The man charged in a Pennsylvania woman’s ongoing disappearance was ordered on Thursday to remain jailed on $2.5 million bail.
WPVI reported that Keon King, 21, was arraigned as he faces charges of kidnapping for ransom, false imprisonment, criminal use of a communication facility, stalking, recklessly endangering another person, and tampering with physical evidence. Philadelphia police believe King was the last person with Kada Scott, 23, before she vanished on October 4.
Scott, who remains missing, left early from her overnight shift at a nursing home. Cell phone data allegedly indicated that King was traveling with Scott’s phone that night before it was turned off or shut off. Scott’s car was found in the parking lot of the nursing home.
Philadelphia Police Captain John Craig said Scott does not have a history of disappearing, and her co-workers did not notice anything out of the ordinary before she went missing. However, Craig also claimed that Scott told her family about someone harassing her over the phone shortly before she vanished.
@s4lcc I’m glad your in jail now , can’t hurt anybody else …. This is him one of the many times he tried to break in my house , hope they throw him under for everything he’s ever done #keonking ♬ original sound – CC ❤️🩹
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that King was charged twice in the past year for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. While he was accused of kidnapping the woman and choking her in a vehicle, prosecutors dropped both cases after she did not appear in court.
In light of his latest arrest, Assistant District Attorney Ashley Toczylowski refiled the prior kidnapping charges against King. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Toczylowski’s office did not handle the previous kidnapping case involving his ex-girlfriend.
A video posted to TikTok on Wednesday reportedly shows King jumping over a fence and peering into a woman’s home. A woman, who is not on camera, is heard telling the man to “go away” as he continued to look through windows around the home. The woman was also filmed telling someone to call the police.
Toczylowski identified King as the man in the TikTok video — telling WCAU that the incident occurred an hour before he kidnapped a woman, threw her in a car, and assaulted her. King eventually released the woman, Toczylowski said, noting that a 2-year-old was in the back seat as the violent incident unfolded.
“Ultimately, when the complaining witness and eyewitness on that case stepped out of the property later that day, that is when the kidnapping occurred and he grabbed the victim, put her in the car, drove away and assaulted her,” she said.
While King was charged with kidnapping for that incident, the case was dropped in May because the victim did not appear in court.
WCAU reported that King also has pending charges for driving away from a police officer during a traffic stop and driving without a license. Those trials are scheduled to begin in November and December of this year.
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[Feature Photo: Philadelphia police; TikTok]
