Could UFCs Dana White Face Charges for Slapping Wife in Drunken Argument? Beaver suggested that someone moved the victims body after death. The burial will follow at Perrineville Cemetery, 755 Perrineville Rd., in Perrineville. On July 27, 2021, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Victim. It's a developing story, but she apparently got into the wrong car, mistaking it for her Uber and the killer dumped her in a rural field. As reported by WYFF4, Josephson got separated from her friends, and reportedly contacted Uber for a ride back to her apartment. He faces up to life in prison if he is convicted of kidnapping and murder in the March 2019 killing of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson. She asked him where he got it, and he said he had found it. In opening statements, a white public defender said testimony would show that Mr. Rowlands car had been used without his permission, and that his father would testify that he was at a party that night, so could not have been the killer. In a virtual hearing, family members for both Josephson and Rowland delivered statements in front of Judge DeAndrea Benjamin. Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. She absolutely had no chance. She worked hard, was graduating college in may and starting law school in September.". The South Carolina student mistakenly . "Don't ever forget her name.". As Samantha Josephson's hometown of Robbinsville prepares to remember the University of South Carolina senior with a candlelight vigil on Tuesday night, many questions surround the circumstances of her death, including the biggest: Why? Rowland also stabbed Josephson in her head with enough force that the knife went through her skull to her brain. Her death has inspired action from state lawmakers, who filed legislation soon after her killing requiring all ride-share vehicles to display an illuminated sign featuring their company's name. Josephsons DNA was also collected from Rowlands fingernails. Samantha Josephson's last known image, as she is waiting for her Uber. Josephson, who was a senior at the time of her death, had planned to graduate in 2019 and go on to study law at Drexel University School of Law. Additionally, Josephson suffered a severed hyoid bone, as well as stab wounds to her face, neck, shoulder, torso, back, lung, leg, and feet. Thomas Beaver testifies about Samantha Josephsons death. [22][26][20], Rowland was charged with kidnapping, murder, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime. Robbinsvile officials also took time out to salute the family, noting that her father, Seymour, "was like a big brother" to people when they played baseball together. [4] A trial began on July 20, 2021. He described parallel marks on the side of her face, noting they were post-mortem because they were yellow and waxy looking. He also found wounds that were exactly parallel to each other, which came from Mr. Rowlands multi-tool. Prosecutors did not choose to seek the death penalty. [3], Rowland was arrested the next day, and charged with kidnapping and murdering Josephson. 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Man Convicted of Breaking into Home, Murdering 2 Kids and Woman over Facebook Post. Rowland was sentenced to life in prison on July 27, 2021. I just wish the state would have done more in finding out who the actual person was, instead of being satisfied with detaining me and proving my guilt., Mr. Rowlands mother tried to tell Judge Newman that her son was innocent, but he cut her off. Shame on him," she said. Josephson was weeks away from graduating with a degree in political science when she was killed. It is popular with white University of South Carolina students, and the surveillance videos show many young whites there. . These placards, which are to be placed on the driver and passenger side back windows, must have the driver's name and photo, along with their license plate number. The details of the horrifying December assault come days after police in South Carolina announced that 21-year-old Samantha Josephson was found dead after getting into a car she may have thought was an Uber she ordered. In April 2019, Senator Anna Kaplan introduced the Samantha L. Josephson Ridesharing Safety Act, to the New York Senate. The judge who sentenced Rowland said: She obviously put up an amazing fight against you and left a sufficient trail for the jury to see what you did.. As reported by The U.S. Sun, Rowland maintained his innocence and has never accepted any responsibility for Josephson's kidnapping or death. The Clarendon County Coroner on Monday released a cause for Josephson of death as multiple sharp force injuries for Samantha Josephson following an autopsy. I close my eyes, and I feel what she endured at his hands.. February 8, 2022 by Juliane Cunha. A murder trial is currently underway following the tragic death of Samantha Josephson. Samantha Josephson's murder prompted several measures to increase awareness and safety when using rideshare services. Seymour and his family say they're going to work to let people know about ride-share service safety, saying they don't want anything like what happened to Samantha to happen to anyone else. Mr. Rowlands defense had weak closing arguments. Columbia, South Carolina police said Josephson got into a black Chevrolet Impala she thought was her Uber ride early Friday morning after leaving the Bird Dog bar in the city's Five Points area. During re-direct, he said she might have hit items in the car such as the door or window. She no longer went partying with him, she said, because she was working double shifts at McDonalds to support the daughter they had together. Born in Princeton, Samantha was a student at The University of South Carolina majoring in political science. It was later determined Josephson was brutally murdered. (Source: Handout/WACH via FOX Edge) Gipson said . In the videos, Josephson is standing by herself on the sidewalk in front of the busy restaurant, talking on her phone, as Mr. Rowlands car drives past her and pulls into a parking space to turn around. Rowland, who was 24 at the time of the killing, is a resident of New Zion in Clarendon County, Columbus. He knew the route from the Bird Dog to her home; he had taken it many times himself. In her victim impact statement, Marci Josephson, the victims mother said, Her dreams were my dreams, and her death was my death. Samantha Josephsons parents established the #WHATSMYNAME Foundation in honor of their daughter, to promote rideshare safety. Ride-share vehicles must also have an identifying marker on the front windshield and back window. But he also used it as an opportunity to warn students about ride-share services and to use them properly. One of Rowlands strikes went completely through her right hand, as she likely used it to protect herself. Instead, she found herself trapped because Rowland had the childproof locks on, investigators said. According to surveillance footage, at 2:09, a black Chevrolet Impala, driven by Rowland, pulled up beside her. He testified that the average human has over a gallon of blood in his body, but Josephson had only two tablespoons, making it hard to get a large enough sample even for toxicology tests. "It sickens us to think that his face was the last thing that my baby girl saw on this Earth. Beaver said he did not know how Josephsons knuckles were injured. Dr. Beaver found three wounds he considered lethal: Josephsons bloody underwear is shown to the jury. A noon funeral was set for Wednesday at Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Road East in the Princeton Junction section of West Windsor. Missing USC student Samantha Josephson was found dead after last being seen . The image of Samantha fighting for her life has haunted her parents for the past 28 months. In the end, the defense called no witnesses, and Mr. Rowland did not testify. [16] An autopsy showed that she died of multiple sharp force injuries. Family vows to find truth after lawyer, 33, dies in Mexico fall, Secret lair holding clues was uncovered in case linked to JonBent, Author's husband wanted her to stop writing before 'faking her death for years', Putin readying 700k troops for new offensive in weeks to cut off Ukraine', 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Nathaniel Rowland has received a life sentence for the abduction and killing of a South Carolina college student who mistook his car for her Uber ride, Samantha Josephson had been on a night out with friends before she was murdered, Chilling moment student, 21, gets into car she thought was Uber hours before being found dead. . The crossed-arms image in this post is the Wakanda Forever salute. @LawCrimeNetwork pic.twitter.com/vpa5YKqC1J, Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) July 26, 2021. The real driver testified at trial that when he showed up, she wasnt there. Note the emojis in this photo: a snowflake, a white bunny, and a target. Forensic investigators determined that she was killed in the car. Many of the wounds, especially those in her right neck and right shoulder, were close together, most likely resulting from being rapidly inflicted stab wounds. Rowland had one past felony arrest in South Carolina from October 2018 for obtaining a signature or property under false pretenses, according to the State Law Enforcement Division. [17] The car also contained Josephson's phone[25] as well as a large amount[16] of her blood, which was in the passenger seat and in the trunk. Prosecutors allege that Josephson, a University of South Carolina senior from New Jersey, stepped into the defendants black Chevy Impala outside of a bar on March 29, 2019 thinking the vehicle was her Uber. "The door was locked. < Grammy Awards Show to Make Diversity Part of the Contract, Being White on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Annual 2023 Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day History Quiz, President Bidens Insulting Prisoner Exchange, How to Stop Blacks from Shooting Each Other. The states theory of the case is that Rowland took Josephson from outside of The Bird Dog bar in Columbia, S.C. (Richland County) and discarded her body two miles from his family home in his hometown of New Zion after killing her. The 21-year-old's body was found with over 100 violent stab wounds in a remote field . "Her dream was my dream and her death was my death," Samantha's mom Marci Josephson told the judge. The act creates a new criminal penalty for impersonating a ride-share driver and makes assaulting a ride-share driver a misdemeanor. When a reporter asked prosecutor Byron Gipson, he said, It was absolutely a random act of violence. Mr. Rowland faced three charges: Murder; kidnapping; and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. For what? The Associated Press, WIS-TV, and WLTX were present as Beaver recalled finding 120 separate stab wounds across the body of Josephson, who was from New Jersey. She had planned to go to the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in Philadelphia after her graduation. According to the news release, an. If were not supposed to pay attention to what the scientists tell us, then why are we sending stuff to science? [6][7][8], The killing attracted national attention and led to discussion about the dangers of ridesharing and the importance of ensuring that a rideshare car is being driven by a registered driver prior to entering. He detailed Josephsons horrifying wounds, noting those that those would have been delivered when she was alive. Surprisingly, Mr. Rowlands Facebook page is still online, and gives us clues about his motive. [39] The law was signed by Governor Roy Cooper in August 2019. [26][18], On July 27, 2021, Rowland was found guilty of kidnapping and murdering Josephson and of possessing a weapon during a violent crime after the jury deliberated for a little over an hour. The video shows Samantha Josephson, 21, on her phone near a crowd gathered outside a bar in Columbia's Five Points entertainment district at around 2 a.m. Friday. [2], Josephson, a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, studied abroad in Barcelona and visited Madrid and Paris during her time at USC. The image of Samantha fighting for her life has haunted her parents for the past 28 months. "[8][31] Newman also characterized Rowland as being "heartless" and said the case was the "most severe" murder he had seen in court before. She was last seen getting into a car at approximately 2 a.m. on March 29. Following his arrest, authorities reportedly made a number of gruesome discoveries inside the vehicle. New Boutique Fitness Club To Open Soon In Princeton, Princeton Appoints Justin Lesko As Municipal Planning Director, 'Mutts' Creator Will Be At Princeton's Bayard Rustin Center Saturday, Estate Planning - Important Changes in 2023, Berkeley College Be Creative Career Seminar - Graphic Design, Interior Design, 3D Visualization, Berkeley College Master of Business Administration Information Session, Professional Kitchen Cabinet Door & Drawer Replacement. A GoFundMe page was set up to raise money for the family, and nearly $50,000 was collected. After she came home from work, Miss Howard saw Mr. Rowland wearing blue surgical gloves and cleaning his car with wipes. USC also asked students to pledge use caution when using ridesharing services by making sure any vehicles picking them up match the descriptions given in the services' app, and by asking for the drivers' names. Additionally, companies must give ride-share drivers two barcodes that passengers can scan to confirm the driver's identity. "A person who is totally emotionless and what the law would call a depraved heart.". Josephsons bare footprint was on the cars rear window, a sign that she had tried to kick her way out. After the burial, the Josephson family will sit Shiva, then visiting hours will be on Thursday after 3 p.m. and Sunday starting at 12 p.m. at the family's house. On Monday, the fifth day of testimony in the kidnapping and murder trial of 27-year-old Nathaniel Rowland ended with both the state and defense resting clearing the way for the presentation of closing arguments today. Miss Howard noticed that the car smelled of chlorine, and she saw a bottle of bleach in the car. also brought up the owner of the cell phone store who says Rowland tried to sell him a cell phone the day after Samantha Josephson's . I suspect he was looking for a white woman and that he did plan to rape her. The vigil starts at 7 p.m. at the West Town Center Lake Gazebo off Route 33. Both sides have rested their case in the trial of the man charged with killing University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson. A forensic pathologist goes over the autopsy report of Amy Mullis. Investigators say Samantha got into a vehicle she believed was an Uber she called for a ride home. The defendants black Chevy Impala drives by, makes a U-turn and drives by again. "I am completely devastated and am praying for her family.". The man was almost immediately captured and identified as 24-year-old Nathaniel David Rowland. She and the boyfriend went to the Bird Dog, where staff let them look at security camera footage that showed Josephson getting into a black Chevrolet Impala, which she appeared to think was her Uber ride. A stab wound that cut her carotid artery and made her bleed out. Detectives said she had just ordered a lift on the popular hail-a-ride app - but the real Uber driver later cancelled the journey after she failed to show up. [17] Specifically, the pathologist determined that she suffered approximately 120 separate stab wounds. Police searched the backyard of Mr. Rowlands and Miss Howards apartment and found the murder weapon inside a plastic shopping bag left in a trash can. . The doctor testified that a pattern of close stab wounds showed she had been stabbed very rapidly. When examining the victim's back, she observed six puncture marks and explains why she feels the victim was stabbed at least twice, if not three times. The University of South Carolina student from Robbinsville, New Jersey, disappeared. She was awakened later that night when the police came to her house to question her. The murder led to the passage of Samis Law in New Jersey, which enhances protections for drivers and passengers using ride share services. In the year 2015, while studying Political Science, she met her boyfriend . He might have known that ride-share services are popular with students who get so drunk they cant drive. Four hours later, authorities received a call from hunters, who found a body in a secluded area nearly 65 miles away from where Josephson was last seen. Prosecutors, for reasons they did not disclose, did not seek the death penalty. He was not charged with a hate crime, nor was he charged with rape. "We thought we would be here to see his evil face," Marci said in the WIS recording. As reported by WYFF4, authorities noted the doors and windows on Rowland's vehicle were outfitted with child safety mechanisms, which likely made it impossible for anyone to exit the vehicle unless they were disengaged by the driver. [37], Josephsons murder prompted lawmakers in North Carolina to propose the Passenger Protection Act. Miss Howard was annoyed that Mr. Rowland was gone that morning, because she had given him her work shirt to launder, and had left her McDonalds visor in the back seat of his car. An Uber customer gets a photo of his driver, but Josephsons driver that night was a black man of the same build as the killer. Samantha decides she's ready to go home around 2:00 a.m. on the morning of the 29th, and she contacts an Uber. She suffered more than 120 stab wounds and bled to death. "His selfish, unspeakable and violent actions created a hole in the universe, a hole in our universe, and we see the unimaginable ripple affect her world," she said in the WIS recording. Lucas Daprile has been covering the University of South Carolina and higher education . However, when they asked the man to step out of the vehicle, he fled on foot. "She was such a sweet and caring girl," the person wrote. The case is expected to be turned over to the jury within the next day. Here you see #SamanthaJosephson in orange, waiting for her Uber. There was also so little blood left in 21-year-old Samantha Josephson's body 20 milliliters (1.3 tablespoons) when a body typically has at least 4 liters (1 gallon) that workers at her . She was never able to get back outdue to the child locks already in place, according to prosecutor Bryon Gipson's opening statement . His face was not clear because he pulled his jacket up to cover his nose and mouth. The ride-share industry has also implemented changes, like clearer displays of driver license plates, following Josephson's death. Maam, Im not going to hear any claims of innocence, he said. Rowland is accused of kidnapping and killing University of South Carolina. Rowland was charged with murder and kidnapping on Saturday after he returned to the Five Points area. I dont have an answer to that. Tragically, Samantha Josephson, will never be able to ask herself those questions, again, as the University of South Caroline student was murdered, allegedly by the driver of a car she mistook. 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"Her dream was my dream and her death was my death," Samantha's mom Marci Josephson told the judge. She asked why he was washing the car with wipes. The childs shoes had blood on them when they got home, and Miss Howard texted her mother about that. [15][7][16], Using a two-bladed knife, Rowland proceeded to inflict roughly 120 stab wounds upon Josephson. As reported by Insurance Journal, the act requires rideshare service drivers, including Lyft and Uber, to clearly display their license plate numbers on the front of their vehicle so riders can confirm they are getting into the correct vehicle. The South Carolina student mistakenly got into the back seat of Nathaniel Rowland's Black Impala, believing it was her Uber driver. The images are of black women, but there are suggestions that Mr. Rowland was interested in white women. [17] Additionally, the child locks were activated, which police believe prevented Josephson from escaping. Samantha, 21, got into Rowlands car after a night out in Columbias Five Points entertainment districtthinking it was an Uber ride that would take her back to her apartment, prosecutors said. Following Samantha's death, South Carolina lawmakers . #FakeUberMurderTrial The defendants DNA was not found under the victims fingernails HOWEVER we just learned that the victims DNA was found under the defendants fingernails. A child safety seat was also found in the back seat and the child safety door locks were locked. NBC 10 reports that 21-year-old Josephson had "numerous wounds evident on multiple parts of her body to Samantha, 21, got into Rowland's car after a night out in Columbia's Five Points entertainment district thinking it was an Uber ride that would take her back to her apartment, prosecutors said. June 28, 2022 In March 2019, Samantha Josephson's night out with friends in Columbia, South Carolina, suddenly ended when she got into a car she thought was the Uber ride she had booked. Miss Howard noticed that Mr. Rowland had a rose-gold iPhone, in perfect condition, which she assumed was a womans phone. We've seen crime scene and autopsy pictures. Among a number of stab wounds in her flank area, one actually went into the lung, he said. Samantha Josephson was born in Princeton, but grew up in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Instead of the seemingly competent white woman who gave the opening statement, a black woman handled the close. Refresh Your Dated Kitchen Cabinets And Save 75%, 9 NJ Hospitals Among Top 250 In New National Rankings, $3.5M For Small Businesses In Mercer Co. RM T29H53 - Columbia, South Carolina USA - March 31, 2019: University of South Carolina students mourn the death of their slain fellow Gamecock Samantha Josephson during a candlelight vigil held in her honor. The page had sexual images and references to sex. Josephsons blood was also found on a sock and a bandana, both owned by Rowland. I was planning my trip to Columbia in 2019 to watch my daughter graduate from college. She would have graduated in June and planned to attend Drexel University School of Law. Former USC student Samantha Josephson thought she was getting into the Uber she booked in March of 2019. Police concluded that Mr. Rowland had used this feature to trap his victim, because Josephson would not have been able to open the rear doors or windows. One of Rowland's strikes went completely through her right hand, as she likely used it to protect herself. The body was found around 4 p.m., nearly 16 hours after she disappeared,. 5th Circuit SolicitorByron Gipson slightlyunderestimated the total count in opening statements last Tuesday. 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