A suspected kidnapper who was charged with violently attacking a woman earlier this year has been busted for another kidnapping — this time of a 23-year-old woman who is still missing 12 days after she vanished in Philadelphia.
Keon King, 21, was first busted earlier this year for allegedly throwing a woman in his car and then trying to strangle her, Fox 29 reported.
However, the charges were dismissed in May when the accuser stopped showing up for court — until King was eyed in the recent disappearance of Kada Scott, a 23-year-old who vanished on Oct. 4.
He has now been charged in both cases in what Philadelphia police call a disturbing “pattern of behavior.”
He was charged as a huge search is continuing for Scott, who was last seen leaving the senior home where she worked.
She had been communicating with King in the days before her disappearance, but police are still trying to establish the exact nature of their relationship, PPD Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore told reporters.
Her 1999 gray Toyota Camry was discovered Wednesday in the East Falls neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia, after police allege King tried to dispose of it. Her bank card and a phone case were also found in an abandoned Germantown elementary school, after police searched with drones and K9 units.
The case is being investigated by Philly’s homicide squad, but only because it has “the most experienced investigators,” Deputy Commissioner John Stanford said.
King has been charged with kidnapping the still-missing Scott, as well as recklessly endangering another person and use of a communication facility.
He has also been charged again in the earlier kidnapping, with cops refiling the charges after tying it to Scott’s case, authorities said.
“So at this point, he will have two open kidnapping cases that will face preliminary hearings in the coming months,” Assistant District Attorney Ashley Toczylowski said.
Scott’s family has started a GoFundMe, and says the money raised will be a reward for credible information that leads to her discovery.
“Canvass the neighborhoods, any leads we can possibly get we forward to police in hopes of getting my daughter back home,” her father, Kevin Scott, told 6ABC.
“You never know what little, small, minuscule information may apply to the big picture, the puzzle that might get Kada home. So whatever you think may help, call and report it to the police department,” he added.
