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Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Sumner. Pennsylvania authorities have determined Kaita Scott was

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Speaker 2: murdered after recovering her remains fourteen days after she was

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Speaker 2: last seen at her nursing home job. On October eighteenth,

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Speaker 2: Scott's body was discovered behind an abandoned school near the

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Speaker 2: Arboretum in Germantown. Her body was located in a wooded

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Speaker 2: area in a shallow grave.

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Speaker 1: Well based on a tip that came in last night.

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Speaker 1: Through the night, the investigators began the process of following

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Speaker 1: up on that tip, and the tip was very specific

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Speaker 1: that led us back to this location here today.

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Speaker 2: Philadelphia Police's first Deputy Commissioner, John Stanford said the remains

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Speaker 2: appeared to be about a week old. Officers had already

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Speaker 2: searched the school on a previous tip locating some of

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Speaker 2: Scott's belongings, but returned on a second, more specific tip.

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Speaker 3: Week We received a tip to go to the Ada

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Speaker 3: Lewis Middle School. Investigators went did a thorough search. Essentially,

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Speaker 3: what the new tip was this weekend was go back.

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Speaker 3: It was go back, she's there, look again, and they

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Speaker 3: did give more specific details in terms of where to look,

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Speaker 3: and ultimately that is what led us to her.

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Speaker 2: Law enforcement has not commented on the identity of the tipster.

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Speaker 2: The Philadelphia Medical Examiner determined kDa Scott, twenty three died

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Speaker 2: of a gunshot wound to the head. On Wednesday, prosecutors

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Speaker 2: formally charged key On King, twenty one, with Scott's murder.

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Speaker 2: King was initially arrested on October fifteenth and charged with

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Speaker 2: kidnapping and unauthorized use of a vehicle. Monday, the District

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Speaker 2: Attorney's office added arson causing catastrophe, conspiracy, tampering with evidence,

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Speaker 2: reckless endangerment in receipt of stolen property. In addition to

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Speaker 2: Thursday's murder charge, King is also facing robbery and abuse

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Speaker 2: of a corpse. His bail was set at two and

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Speaker 2: a half million dollars. Investigators initially sought King's gold nineteen

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Speaker 2: ninety nine Toyota Camry, believing King transported Kada in that car,

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Speaker 2: but later determined King was driving a stolen black two

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Speaker 2: thousand and eight Hundai Accent. The car was found burning

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Speaker 2: blocks away from the abandoned school on October seventh, but

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Speaker 2: was not connected to the case until fire investigators had

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Speaker 2: already destroyed it. Surveillance footage places the accent at the

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Speaker 2: nursing home and middle school. King's cell phone data also

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Speaker 2: puts him at both scenes, but police say King did

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Speaker 2: not act alone.

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Speaker 4: At this point.

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Speaker 3: We do have reason to believe that other people may

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Speaker 3: have been involved after the fact. At the point where

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Speaker 3: the Hyundai accent is on scene on video at the

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Speaker 3: rec center leading up to all of the events, we're

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Speaker 3: talking about the other car, the Toyota is there as well,

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Speaker 3: and we believe the people and these vehicles are working.

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Speaker 2: Together, detectives say. The day after Scott's disappearance, surveillance video

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Speaker 2: shows two individuals exit the camera at Ada Lewis Middle

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Speaker 2: Hours later, two individuals are seen carrying an object out

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Speaker 2: of the stolen black Hyundai. The object was consistent with

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Speaker 2: that of above. Assistant District Attorney Ashley Telaski did not

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Speaker 2: comment on who may have been behind the wheel of

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Speaker 2: King's Camra, but expects further arrests in the case. Now

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Speaker 2: to California, where investigators have married the timeline of a

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Speaker 2: missing child's case from more than a year to two weeks.

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Speaker 2: The Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office initially believed Melody Buzzard, a

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Speaker 2: nine year old Mompop girl, was last seen in October

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, but they now say she was last

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Speaker 2: seen earlier this month. Buzzard's mother returned home alone after

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Speaker 2: renting a car and taking a road trip with her daughter.

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Speaker 4: Ashley was with Melody as recently as October seventh, and

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Speaker 4: that they may have driven from the Lompoke area as

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Speaker 4: far as the state of Nebraska. We understand that she

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Speaker 4: had rented a vehicle, a white Chevy Malibu, and we

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Speaker 4: are providing that license played information to the public in

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Speaker 4: case anybody saw Melody or Ashley together in that vehicle.

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Speaker 4: We do also want to point out that it is

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Speaker 4: a rental car and that is no longer in Ashley's possession.

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Speaker 2: The Santa Barbe Sheriff's Office public information officer rakel Zinc

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Speaker 2: Says the rental, identified as a white Chevrolet Malibu with

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Speaker 2: the license plate number nine m G one oh one,

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Speaker 2: has since been returned. On October fourteenth, Lompoc Unified School

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Speaker 2: District employees reported Melody, who was homeschooled, missing after she

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Speaker 2: failed to pick up assignments for an independent study program.

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Speaker 2: The Sheriff's office said that Lompoc Unified School District employees

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Speaker 2: last saw Melody in August when her mother registered her

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Speaker 2: for the program. Police subsequently served a search warran at

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Speaker 2: Ashley Buzzard's home, but did not find Melody. During follow

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Speaker 2: up visits, Buzzard reportedly became uncooperative with the search and

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Speaker 2: has not offered any valid explanations as to where her

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Speaker 2: daughter is.

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Speaker 4: Detectives did already conduct a thorough search of the family's

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Speaker 4: residents as a result of that search. We are continuing

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Speaker 4: a search for a missing person. This is not a

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Speaker 4: homicide case. The hope and the goal is that we

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Speaker 4: find Melody alive and that we can ensure.

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Speaker 2: During additional visits, officials knocked on Ashley Buzzard's door, but

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Speaker 2: she stopped answering. As the search continues, law enforcement is

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Speaker 2: asking the public for tips. The most recent photos of

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Speaker 2: Melody were taken around two years ago, and officials say

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Speaker 2: her appearance may have changed.

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Speaker 4: Ashley is not cooperative at this time, which is why

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Speaker 4: we are reaching out to the public for any assistant

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Speaker 4: or information that they can provide, and detectives are continuing

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Speaker 4: to utilize investigative techniques as well.

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Speaker 2: Buzzard has reportedly tried to rent a car from at

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Speaker 2: least two different agencies in the last days and was

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Speaker 2: denied the rentals. Neighbors say she has been served with

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Speaker 2: a notice to produce her daughter or face arrest. Anyone

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Speaker 2: with information regarding Melody's whereabouts is asked to call Santa

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Speaker 2: Barbara County Investigators at eight O five six' eight one

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Speaker 2: forty one Fifty for the latest crime and justice breaking.

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