A photo of Kada Scott that hangs in her father's home. Read more Jessica Griffin / Staff Photographer

by Ellie Rushing and Jesse Bunch Published Oct. 20, 2025, 12:11 p.m. ET

Prosecutors on Monday charged Keon King, the man accused of kidnapping Kada Scott from her workplace earlier this month, with arson — and said they soon intend to charge him with murder for allegedly killing Scott, then setting the car they said he used to abduct her on fire last week.

District Attorney Larry Krasner said he expects to charge King with murder in connection with Scott’s death, but that officials are awaiting additional information from the Medical Examiner’s Office and are working to “precisely confirm everything we need” to do that.

Prosecutors also said they “have reason to believ

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