Police continue to search for missing Philadelphia woman
Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that while the Homicide Unit is involved in the investigation, the case is currently not being investigated as a homicide.
Philadelphia police continue to search for Kada Scott, a 23-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a week.
Contacted Tuesday, Oct. 14, police did not immediately provide more information on the investigation other than to confirm that the police homicide unit was working the case in order to help provide additional resources.
Philadelphia police also scheduled a press conference in which they planned to provide updates on the search for Scott that was scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. They later cancelled that press conference, however, and have not revealed why.
Law enforcement sources also confirmed on Tuesday that police identified a man who they want to talk to in connection to the case. That man is not considered a suspect but instead someone who could possibly answer questions in regards to Scott’s disappearance.
Scott has been missing since Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after she disappeared while working an overnight shift at her job at the Terrace at Chestnut Hill, a nursing home on East Abington Avenue.
Her family last saw her at about 9:45 p.m. that evening when she left her home along the 8300 block of Rodney Street to head to work.
However, police said she never finished her shift.
Police said that she drove to work, and parked her car there, but she didn’t leave in her vehicle.
The car was found by police in the parking lot of the nursing home after she was reported missing, officials said.
Also, officials said that interviews with Scott’s coworker revealed that she had complained that someone had been harassing her through her phone shortly before her disappearance.
Police explained that they haven’t seen any cellphone activity from Scott since she went missing.
Investigators said Scott was typically active on social media but they haven’t seen any activity on her social media accounts since her disappearance.
Family members also said Scott does not have a history of disappearing, describing her as an energetic woman.
Her family hasn’t given up hope of finding Scott and they spent last weekend canvassing the neighborhood where she was last seen and handing out flyers with the hopes that they can find any clues that can lead to her being found.
“We are just trying to figure out more. As much as we can,” said Sanaya Murray, Scott’s friend.
A day earlier, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, investigators were searching the Awbury Arboretum in Philly’s Germantown neighborhood, but officials said they found nothing.
