Kada Scott: Police find human remains in search for missing woman

Police have found human remains while searching for Kada Scott, a missing woman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

John Stanford, the deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department told reporters at a press conference, shared by NBC Philadelphia, that investigators had found remains that were around a week old in a shallow grave in a wooded area behind the abandoned Ada H. Lewis Middle School near the Awbury Arboretum following an anonymous tip.

They have not yet been identified but a spokesperson for the department told ABC News that they believed they belonged to Scott.

Newsweek reached out to the Philadelphia Police Department for comment on this story.

This is a developing story. More to follow.