PHILADELPHIA -- A suspect has been arrested and charged with kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of a Philadelphia woman, police announced on Wednesday, as an urgent search continues for a car connected to the case.

Kada Scott, 23, has been missing since early October.

Officials said the suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Keon King, of Philadelphia.

Police say he was the last person in contact with Scott, noting that the two did know each other; however, it is unclear for how long.

Investigators said they believe King and Scott came in contact with each other the day she went missing.

"Our evidence is pretty clear that she was in communication with an individual, that individual appears to meet her very shortly after she leaves her place of work, and very shortly

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