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Witnesses testify in trial of man accused in Uber killing
A witness has testified that the South Carolina man accused of killing a woman who mistook his vehicle for her Uber ride later cleaned blood out of the car with bleach
ByThe Associated Press
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COLUMBIA, S.C. The South Carolina man accused of killing a woman who mistook his vehicle for her Uber ride later tried to clean blood out of the car with bleach, a witness testified Wednesday.
Nathaniel Rowland is standing trial on kidnapping and murder charges in the death of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson. The University of South Carolina student from Robbinsville, New Jersey, disappeared from Columbia’s Five Points entertainment district one night in March 2019. It was the spring before she was set to graduate and head to law school.
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
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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.