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Man gets life for killing woman who mistook his car for Uber

Man gets life for killing woman who mistook his car for Uber

Defendant Nathaniel Rowland sits with his attorney Alicia Goode during closing arguments in his trial on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student Samantha Josephson, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)
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Defendant Nathaniel Rowland sits with his attorney Alicia Goode during closing arguments in his trial on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student Samantha Josephson, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Columbia Police Department shows Nathaniel Rowland. Jury selection began Monday, July 19, 2021, in the criminal trial of Rowland, accused of the 2019 killing of the South Carolina woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride. (Columbia Police Department via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Columbia Police Department shows Nathaniel Rowland. Jury selection began Monday, July 19, 2021, in the criminal trial of Rowland, accused of the 2019 killing of the South Carolina woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride. (Columbia Police Department via AP, File)

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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg shows a weapon he believes was used by defendant Nathaniel Rowland to kill Samantha Josephson during closing arguments in Rowland's trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)
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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg shows a weapon he believes was used by defendant Nathaniel Rowland to kill Samantha Josephson during closing arguments in Rowland’s trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg points to defendant Nathaniel Rowland's car circling the block as Samantha Josephson waits for an Uber while delivering closing arguments during Rowland's trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)
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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg points to defendant Nathaniel Rowland’s car circling the block as Samantha Josephson waits for an Uber while delivering closing arguments during Rowland’s trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

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Man gets life for killing woman who mistook his car for Uber
Defendant Nathaniel Rowland sits with his attorney Alicia Goode during closing arguments in his trial on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student Samantha Josephson, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)
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Defendant Nathaniel Rowland sits with his attorney Alicia Goode during closing arguments in his trial on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student Samantha Josephson, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

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Defendant Nathaniel Rowland sits with his attorney Alicia Goode during closing arguments in his trial on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student Samantha Josephson, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Columbia Police Department shows Nathaniel Rowland. Jury selection began Monday, July 19, 2021, in the criminal trial of Rowland, accused of the 2019 killing of the South Carolina woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride. (Columbia Police Department via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Columbia Police Department shows Nathaniel Rowland. Jury selection began Monday, July 19, 2021, in the criminal trial of Rowland, accused of the 2019 killing of the South Carolina woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride. (Columbia Police Department via AP, File)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Columbia Police Department shows Nathaniel Rowland. Jury selection began Monday, July 19, 2021, in the criminal trial of Rowland, accused of the 2019 killing of the South Carolina woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride. (Columbia Police Department via AP, File)

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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg shows a weapon he believes was used by defendant Nathaniel Rowland to kill Samantha Josephson during closing arguments in Rowland's trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)
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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg shows a weapon he believes was used by defendant Nathaniel Rowland to kill Samantha Josephson during closing arguments in Rowland’s trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg shows a weapon he believes was used by defendant Nathaniel Rowland to kill Samantha Josephson during closing arguments in Rowland’s trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg points to defendant Nathaniel Rowland's car circling the block as Samantha Josephson waits for an Uber while delivering closing arguments during Rowland's trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)
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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg points to defendant Nathaniel Rowland’s car circling the block as Samantha Josephson waits for an Uber while delivering closing arguments during Rowland’s trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

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Prosecutor Dan Goldberg points to defendant Nathaniel Rowland’s car circling the block as Samantha Josephson waits for an Uber while delivering closing arguments during Rowland’s trial, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia, S.C. Rowland was convicted Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of the 21-year-old college student, who mistook his car for her Uber ride. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student who mistook his car for her Uber ride.

The jury took a little more than an hour to find Nathaniel Rowland guilty of killing Samantha Josephson, a University of South Carolina student who disappeared from Columbia’s Five Points entertainment district in March 2019.

“Her dreams were my dreams, and her death was my death. I close my eyes, and I feel what she endured at his hands,” the victim’s mother, Marci Josephson, said during the sentencing phase of Rowland’s trial Tuesday.

The student from Robbinsville, New Jersey, got into Rowland’s car thinking it was an Uber ride that would take her back to her apartment, prosecutors said. Instead, she found herself trapped because Rowland had the childproof locks on, investigators said. She was never seen alive again.

Covered in roughly 120 stab wounds, her body was later found in remote woods about 65 miles (105 kilometers) from Columbia. The death cast a national spotlight on ride-hailing safety and led to some changes, including more prominent displays of driver’s license plates.

Rowland maintained his innocence before being sentenced, but Circuit Judge Clifton Newman noted that all the evidence pointed to Rowland.

“She obviously put up an amazing fight against you and left a sufficient trail for the jury to see what you did,” Newman said after sentencing Rowland to life in prison. A person convicted of murder is not eligible for parole in South Carolina.

Wearing a mask, Rowland showed little emotion as Josephson’s relatives reflected on the pain of their loss and how Josephson’s future – the college senior was slated to attend law school on a full scholarship – was cut short.

The prosecution spent about a week presenting voluminous evidence and called nearly three dozen witnesses. Experts linked Josephson’s blood to the interior of Rowland’s Chevrolet Impala and to the suspected murder weapon, a knife with two blades. Her blood was also found on cleaning supplies in the trash behind the home of the man’s girlfriend at the time — and on a sock and bandana owned by Rowland, the experts testified.

Other evidence included cellphone tracking data pinpointing Rowland’s location the night of the crime. One forensic scientist testified that DNA collected from Rowland’s fingernails matched the victim’s genetic material, and DNA belonging to both suspect and victim were found on gloves also located in the trash.

Rowland’s defense attorneys pointed out that scientists weren’t absolutely certain Rowland’s DNA was on the knife. His attorneys also argued that although Josephson appeared to fight her attacker, none of Rowland’s DNA was found on her body and he had no visible marks of such a fight after his arrest. The defense called no witnesses, and Rowland did not testify.

Before resting the defense’s case, Rowland’s lawyer asked the charges be thrown out because prosecutors had a circumstantial case — never showing that Rowland actually killed Josephson nor that he was driving the vehicle when she disappeared.

Newman rejected the request, saying there was an avalanche of direct and circumstantial evidence that a jury should consider.

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Jeffrey Collins contributed to this report.

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Liu is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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