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A trial for the South Carolina man accused of kidnapping and killing a woman who mistook his car for her Uber ride began this week, with prosecutors alleging that the man stabbed the victim more than 100 times before dumping her body in the woods near his home.
Nathaniel Rowland is on trial for the kidnapping and murder of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson, a law student who disappeared from Columbia s Five Points entertainment district one night in March 2019.
In opening arguments in Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, prosecutors previewed evidence and testimony they said would implicate Rowland. That included surveillance camera footage of Josephson entering Rowland s car as well as a witness who the prosecutors say allegedly watched Rowland clean the blade he used to repeatedly 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.
Prosecutors: Man killed student who mistook car for Uber
MICHELLE LIU, Associated Press/Report for America
July 20, 2021
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1of14Defendant Nathaniel Rowland speaks with his attorney, Alicia Goode, right, during his trial in Richland County Court, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. Rowland is on trial for the kidnapping and murder of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP)Tracy Glantz/APShow MoreShow Less
2of14Judge Clifton Newman listens during the trial of Nathaniel Rowland in Richland County Court, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. Rowland is on trial for the kidnapping and murder of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP)Tracy Glantz/APShow MoreShow Less
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