Kim Matthews (second from left), mother of Kada Scott, holds an image of her daughter before a Domestic Violence Awareness walk at the Philadelphia Art Museum on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Read more Yong Kim / Staff Photographer

by Andrew Kitchenman Published Oct. 26, 2025, 4:20 p.m. ET

The family of Kada Scott honored her life Sunday morning by releasing balloons on the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum .

Organizers described the event as a vigil to honor the life and memory of Scott, the 23-year-old Mount Airy woman who police say was murdered earlier this month. Police found Scott’s body Oct. 18 after a two-week search, buried in the woods behind the vacant Ada H.H. Lewis Middle School.

Scott family members who attended Sunday’s vigil included her mother, Kim Matthews,

See Full Page