South Carolina man stabbed USC student Samantha Josephson, 21, 100 times and dumped her body near his home after she mistook him for her Uber ride
On Tuesday, the trial of a fake Uber driver accused of murdering Samantha Josephson, 21, a University of South Carolina student in 2019 started
The prosecution and defense laid out their arguments about why they believe Nathaniel Rowland is guilty and innocent
Prosecution says Josephson was found with more than 100 stab wounds, cuts and abrasions after her body was dumped in the woods in South Carolina
They say they have video of Josephson entering Rowland s car and a witness who allegedly watched Rowland clean the blade he used to kill stab Josephson
Michelle Liu12:37, Jul 21 2021
A US man accused of killing a woman who mistook his car for her Uber ride trapped her in the vehicle hours before her body was dumped near his family home, prosecutors argue in court. Nathaniel Rowland, from South Carolina, is on trial for the kidnapping and murder of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson.
Columbia Police
Samantha Josephson had ordered an Uber to take her home, but police say she got into a different car. The University of South Carolina student from Robbinsville, New Jersey, disappeared from Columbia’s Five Points entertainment district one night in March 2019, the spring before she was set to graduate and head to law school.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. Opening arguments are expected Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of killing the South Carolina woman who mistook his car for her Uber ride.
Nathaniel Rowland faces kidnapping and murder charges in the 2019 death of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson of Robbinsville, New Jersey. The trial is being held in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia.
The University of South Carolina student got into Rowland’s car in Columbia’s Five Points entertainment district without checking its license plate or having the driver say her name, authorities said. She then was trapped in the vehicle because Rowland had turned on the child locks in his backseat, so the doors could only be opened from the outside, authorities said.
Trial begins for the man accused of killing college student after she mistook his car for an Uber Brandon Sapienza
Prosecutors opened their case against a man who killed a South Carolina college student by saying that she suffered from “heinous, cruel, and malicious acts” when she was kidnapped as she was attempting to return home.
On March 29, 2019, Samantha Josephson, a senior at the University of South Carolina, was killed after she mistakenly entered what she believed to be her Uber, instead of a car belonging to Nathaniel David Rowland.
The New Jersey native was leaving Columbia’s Five Points entertainment district when she entered Rowland’s black Chevrolet Impala.