10 things about Miss Philadelphia Township USA 2025 Kada Scott

Kada Scott was an alumna of Pennsylvania State University in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States. She competed in the 74th edition of Miss Pennsylvania USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Scott was an American beauty queen with a bachelor’s degree in communication. She loved fashion.

Miss Pennsylvania USA 2025 was Scott’s first and only beauty pageant. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She is Kevin Scott and Kim Matthews‘ daughter and Desmond Scott‘s niece.
2. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3. She worked at The Terrace, an assisted living facility in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.
4. She has one younger sibling.
5. She was 2 years older than Keon King.
6. She was born in 2002.
7. From 2019 to 2023, she attended Pennsylvania State University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in communication.
8. She was Miss Philadelphia Township USA 2025.
9. She was a Miss Pennsylvania USA 2025 candidate.
10. She died in 2025.

TIMELINE

Kada was 5’6″ tall. She weighed around 120 pounds.

2010s

• In August 2019, she entered Pennsylvania State University.

2020s

• In June 2023, she graduated from Pennsylvania State University.
• On August 2, 2025, she represented Philadelphia Township at Miss Pennsylvania USA 2025 and competed against 31 other candidates at the Richland Performing Arts Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She was unplaced.
• In September 2025, she started working at The Terrace in Chestnut Hill and was assigned to the overnight shift that ran from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
• From September 28, 2025 to October 4, 2025, she and King exchanged text messages.
• At around 9:45 p.m. on October 4, 2025, she went home to borrow her mother’s car and left for her 10:00 p.m. shift at The Terrace. At 10:07 p.m., she texted King “kidnap me again” and he replied “better be up too”. At 10:09 p.m., she texted him “cm when u here”. She met him after she left work early at around 10:30 p.m. It was the last time she was seen alive. The Awbury Arboberetum in East Germantown, Philadelphia was one of the last places that her phone pinged before it was deactivated.
• On October 5, 2025, her mother reported her missing.
• On October 10, 2025, Philadelphia Police Department officers searched the Awbury Arboberetum and did not uncover any evidence that revealed her whereabouts.
• On October 14, 2025, the Philadelphia Police Department announced that its homicide unit was investigating her disappearance.
• On October 15, 2025, King was arrested and charged with her kidnapping.
• On October 18, 2025, her remains were found in a shallow grave in a heavily wooded area behind the Ada H. H. Lewis Middle School, an abandoned school in East Germantown, Philadelphia. Her identity was confirmed through deoxyribonucleic acid testing.
• On October 23, 2025, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that she died from a gunshot wound to the head. The date of her death was listed as October 18, 2025.