Student Found Dead after Ordering Uber Ride in SC

By: Taarek Refaat

WASHINGTON, Mar. 31(SEE)- A 21 year old University Student Samantha Josephson hopped on Saturday into a black car, thinking it was her Uber during a night out in Columbia, South Carolina, only to be found dead 14 hours later in a field 90 miles away.

[caption id="attachment_43341" align="alignleft" width="168"] Last CCTV Surveillance Camera Footage of Josephson[/caption]

"What we know now is that she had, in fact, summoned an Uber ride and was waiting for it to arrive," Columbia Police Chief W.H. Holbrook said to the press, adding that it is believed she mistaken that car with her Uber ride.

A 24 years old Nathaniel David Rowland was hunted down by the police on charges of kidnapping and murder of Josephson and is currently being held in Columbia jail.

After a high-speed police chase of a man high on drugs, Rowland's vehicle was stopped with blood found on the side and in the trunk matching to that of Josephson's.

[caption id="attachment_43340" align="alignright" width="169"] Suspect Nathaniel David Rowland[/caption]

Officers are currently questioning a female companion found in the suspect's vehicle during his arrest, however, police said she does not face any charges at the moment. Along with liquid bleach and cleaning materials, the student's cell phone was found in the passenger's seat, police said.

After inspecting the vehicle, child safety locks were found                         activated, making it impossible for Josephson to open the  doors from inside.

Surveillance Camera Footage of Josephson entering the suspect's car

Last  January, Uber driver Jason Brian Dalton pleaded guilty after killing six clients back in 2016 in Michigan.