Court declines rehearing in the Josephson murder case
WIS · Kevin Connaughton · September 25, 2024
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2019 · Columbia, South Carolina
Samantha Josephson
The student whose killing prompted rideshare safety advocacy
Samantha Josephson, a University of South Carolina senior preparing for law school, disappeared after leaving Columbia’s Five Points district in March 2019. She entered a car she believed was her requested ride and was killed. Investigators used vehicle evidence, surveillance and forensic testing to build the case against Nathaniel Rowland. A jury convicted him in 2021, and he received a life sentence. South Carolina’s appeals court upheld the convictions in 2024 and subsequently declined rehearing.
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Court declines rehearing in the Josephson murder case
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South Carolina Court of Appeals upholds Rowland’s convictions
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