PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia community gathered again on Tuesday night to honor Kada Scott.

"To see this happen to someone so close to me and not understand why it happened, such a senseless, foolish crime," said Preye Korimodei, who is Scott's friend.

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They gathered outside the vacant Ada Lewis Middle School in East Mount Airy. It's not far from where detectives found Scott's remains on Saturday in a shallow grave in a wooded area behind the building.

"We are a city that stands on love. We know that Kada was loved," said Desiree Whitfield, who co-organized the vigil.

Korimodei says she had an instant connection with Scott when they met as students at Penn State.

"She never let anyth

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