District Attorney Larry Krasner said the city's use of a cash bail system led to the release of Keon King, who is accused of abducting Kada Scott earlier this month.

Scott, 23, went missing on Oct. 4 and has yet to be found, and King was arrested and charged with kidnapping and reckless endangerment on Tuesday. During a news conference Friday, Krasner said a key issue in the case was King's access to a large amount cash, which allowed him to pay bail and be released following a similar case with a different woman months earlier. MORE: Man charged with kidnapping Kada Scott, the East Mount Airy woman who disappeared in early October

In April, King, 21, was arrested and charged with kidnapping and strangulation, the second time he was taken into custody that year. Krasner said

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