Just days before New Jersey native Marci Josephson will bury her daughter, Samantha, she had just one question for the alleged killer: Marci then let anyone who could hear that she and her family are grieving, they're stunned, they're shocked and they're terribly angry that anyone could kill somebody they affectionately called "sweet pea." "Does he even know her name?" The violence happened after she mistakenly entered a black car early Friday that she thought was her Uber ride. The Clarendon County, SC coroner determined Monday that Samantha was stabbed to death, saying she had "multiple sharp force injuries" when her body was found on Friday. Over the weekend, the family was letting people know that they're not through, that they will work to honor Samantha's memory since the 21-year-old University of South Carolina student, unlike the alleged killer, had "purpose in her life." Instead, police say, it was driven by her killer. A chilling video also shows when Samantha Josephson entered the car: The alleged killer, Nathaniel David Rowland, 25, wasn't there to hear it. He had the option to not attend the jail hearing on Sunday, more than 24 hours after he was arrested and charged with kidnapping and killing Samantha. "My daughter's name is Samantha Josephson," Marci said during an emotional bond hearing on Saturday, according to a recording from WIS News in Columbia, SC. "Don't ever forget her name." And it was two days after Samantha got into the wrong car – allegedly Rowland's vehicle – that she mistakenly thought was her Uber ride. Samantha went missing for hours before she was found more than 60 miles away, in Clarendon County, about 40 feet off a dirt road, police said. Read more: The Wrong Car: Shocking Details Of Samantha Josephson's Alleged Murder But the family was there in Columbia, anyway, and they also attended a vigil at USC later, letting anyone who listened know that they weren't going to let what happened to Samantha happen to anybody else. "We thought we would be here to see his evil face," Marci said in the WIS recording. They also wanted to let people know who Samantha was, a "bubbly, loving, kind" woman who was "full of life, a University of South Carolina senior who "had a plan. She worked hard, was graduating college in may and starting law school in September." "Unlike him, Samantha valued human life and could never harm another soul," Marci said in the WIS audio tape. Here is the recording of Marci as she spoke at the hearing; the story continues below the video: The Robbinsville family did it as they also planned a funeral that will be held on Wednesday at 12 p.m., with services at Congregation Beth Chaim at 329 Village Rd. East in Princeton Junction. The burial will follow at Perrineville Cemetery, 755 Perrineville Rd., in Perrineville. After the burial, the Josephson family will sit Shiva, then visiting hours will be on Thursday after 3 p.m. and Sunday starting at 12 p.m. at the family's house. A GoFundMe page was set up to raise money for the family, and nearly $50,000 was collected. Born in Princeton, Samantha graduated from Robbinsville High School in 2015. Kathie Foster, superintendent of the Robbinsville School District, released a statement, saying: "Our hearts are heavy with grief and shock as we process the news of the sudden and tragic death of Samantha Josephson." "On behalf of the Robbinsville Board of Education and entire school community, we want to extend our deepest sympathy and love to the Josephson family," Foster said. "Sami, a 2015 Robbinsville High School graduate, was a vibrant young woman with an infectious smile and a contagious laugh. "Robbinsville is a strong, close-knit community and we will continue to find ways to care for and support our students, families, friends, staff, and community members as we hold the Josephson family in our hearts." On the GoFundMe page, fellow Robbinsville classmates and friends expressed their shock. One person noted she tutored her in Math and Samantha had babysat her twins. "She was such a sweet and caring girl," the person wrote. "I am completely devastated and am praying for her family." Robbinsvile officials also took time out to salute the family, noting that her father, Seymour, "was like a big brother" to people when they played baseball together. As parents, Mayor Dave Fried and others said, "This is just beyond my comprehension capabilities." At USC, Samantha was majoring in political science, according to her obituary. She would have graduated in June and planned to attend Drexel University School of Law. During a candlelight vigil in Columbia, SC later on Sunday, friends remembered Samantha as somebody who "had a personality and a presence that lit up a room, and everyone was automatically happier" when she was there. Samantha's father appeared at the vigil, too, telling students: "I can't tell you how painful this is." But he also used it as an opportunity to warn students about ride-share services and to use them properly. Indeed, Uber, which has declined to comment, has a list of safety tips that advises people: "Get in the right car. Before you get in the car, check that license plate, driver photo, and driver name all match what's listed in the app." Seymour and his family say they're going to work to let people know about ride-share service safety, saying they don't want anything like what happened to Samantha to happen to anyone else. "Samantha was by herself. She absolutely had no chance. None," Seymour said in the CBS3 video shown below. "The door was locked. The child safety lock was on. She had absolutely no chance in this." "If there's somebody else in the car, she actually has a chance." During the jail hearing, Marci said there are no words to describe "the immense pain" the alleged killer's actions have caused her family and friends. "He's taken away a piece of our heart, soul and life. Shame on him," she said. "I cannot fathom how someone could randomly select a person, a beautful girl, and steal her life away.<doc-sep>COLUMBIA, S.C. (CBS) – It’s a life gone too soon as friends and family gathered Sunday to remember 21-year-old Samantha Josephson. The University of South Carolina student and New Jersey native was abducted and killed after getting into a car Friday that she thought was her Uber in Columbia, South Carolina’s 5 Points area. Her father now has a warning to students and young people everywhere: be safer and act smarter. “I can’t tell you how painful this is,” Seymour Josephson said. Missing New Jersey College Student Found Dead In South Carolina Was Murdered, Police Say Josephson pledged to honor his daughter’s memory by bringing pressure on rideshare services to increase safety standards. “Samantha was by herself, she had absolutely no chance,” he said. “None. The door was locked. The child-safety lock was on. She had absolutely no chance. If there’s somebody else in the car, there’s actually a chance.” Hours before the vigil, Nathaniel David Rowland, the man accused of killing Samantha Josephson, waived his appearance before a South Carolina judge. Investigators haven’t said how Josephson died. In Rowland’s car, the child safety locks were activated, meaning she couldn’t escape. Her body was dumped 70 miles outside of Columbia. In court, Marci Josephson, Samantha’s mother, held nothing back. “His actions were senseless, vile and unacceptable,” she said. “It sickens us to think that his face was the last thing my baby girl saw on this earth. Does he even know her name? “He took away our daughter, a sister, a granddaughter, a niece, a cousin and a friend to so many. “His selfish, unspeakable and violent actions have created a hole in the universe, a hole in our universe and we see the unimaginable ripple effect in our world.” Samantha Josephson was winding down time as a Gamecock and was looking forward to law school at Drexel University.<doc-sep>Slain University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson "was the love of my life," her boyfriend said at an emotional vigil on Tuesday night — days after police said the college senior was kidnapped and killed after she got into a car she mistakenly thought was an Uber. Family, friends and community members were among those sharing hugs, tears and stories at the candlelight vigil in Robbinsville, New Jersey, where 21-year-old Josephson grew up. "I see why she loved all you guys so much," cried her boyfriend, Greg Corbishley. "I saw myself 10 years from now coming back to this place with her." Samantha Josephson was alone when she requested an Uber ride early Friday morning, Columbia police said. After she got into a stranger's car — mistaking it for her Uber — the child safely locks were activated, preventing her from escaping, police said. She died from multiple sharp force injuries, officials said, and her body was recovered in a wooded area. Corbishley called the crime an "unspeakable evil." Her suspected killer, Nathaniel Rowland, was charged with murder and kidnapping, police said. He didn't attend his first court appearance Sunday and is next due in court on April 22. "He was a monster," Josephson's father, Seymour Josephson, said the vigil. "What he did, I don't want anyone else to go through it as a parent." "I requested to meet the officer that captured and arrested the person that," Seymour Josephson said, choking up, "that murdered my daughter. I wanted to thank him." In the wake of her slaying, Seymour Josephson urged his daughter's classmates to be mindful of safety when calling for rides from companies like Uber. South Carolina legislators this week introduced the "Samantha L. Josephson Ridesharing Safety Act" which would require ride-sharing vehicles to have an illuminated, company-provided sign with the company's "trademark or logo that is patently visible so as to be seen in darkness," according to the bill. The bill also requires that an Uber or Lyft employee who stops working as a driver must return the light to the company, said South Carolina State Rep. Seth Rose, a co-sponsor of the bill. Robbinsville Mayor Dave Fried said at the vigil that he's "truly in awe" Josephson's parents who "were able to spring into action and use this as a teachable moment for all of us." Mourners are set to gather at the college student's funeral on Wednesday afternoon at Congregation Beth Chaim, a synagogue in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.<doc-sep>An official with SCDNR says crews are looking for additional articles pertaining to the murder of Josephson. CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — Law enforcement spent hours Wednesday searching an area of Clarendon County looking for more information in the slaying of a University of South Carolina student. Dozens of police officers and vehicles responded to a remote area where the body of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson was found last Friday afternoon. Josephson, a USC student, was kidnapped and killed after mistakenly getting into what she thought was her Uber ride in Five Points. The spot is just off Black Bottom Road, in a wooded area just with several dirt roads nearby. The suspect in this murder case, 24-year-old Nathaniel Rowland, used to live in that area, according to investigators. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources dive team was brought in search a pond there, and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) agents responded too. An official with SCDNR said crews were looking for "additional articles pertaining to Josephson's murder." The news comes on the same day Josephson was laid to rest in her hometown back in New Jersey. Columbia police say Josephson, a senior political science major, had been hanging out with friends between 1:30 and 2 a.m. last Friday morning at The Bird Dog at 715 Harden Street in Five Points. She somehow got separated from her friends, and decided to get an Uber ride using her phone. Chief Skip Holbrook said she saw a black Chevy Impala pull up to the curb, thought it was her ride, and at 2:09 a.m., got into the back of the vehicle. However, it was reportedly not the car she was waiting for. Hours later, her roommates, who all lived with her at The Hub high-rise in downtown Columbia, became concerned. At 1:30 p.m. Friday, they called police after all their efforts to reach her failed. Officers began their investigation, and around 3:45 p.m., they got a call from the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office stating turkey hunters had found a woman's body in a wooded area off a dirt road. That's roughly 70 miles from where she went missing. The area has thick trees, farms and very few people living nearby. News19 spoke with people in that area who said they saw SLED agents and Clarendon deputies in the area late Friday afternoon. Holbrook said Rowland had lived around there, and was familiar with the area where investigators say he left the body. The chief added that someone would almost have to know that spot to go to it. "It's very difficult to get to unless you knew how to get there," Holbrook said. Forensics investigators were able to confirm that the body found there was Josephson. Around 3 a.m. Saturday morning, a K9 officer found a black Impala about two blocks from in Five Points. His partner pulled over the car, but the driver, Rowland, got out and ran.<doc-sep>
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Authorities have charged a man with murder and kidnapping in the disappearance of University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson. At a press conference Saturday evening, Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said that 25-year-old Nathaniel David Rowland had been charged after a joint investigation by the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and Columbia police. According to Holbrook, friends of Josephson filed a missing persons report for her around 1:30 p.m. Friday after the 21-year-old could not be contacted and did not return to The Hub, an apartment complex in Columbia where she lived with friends. Just before 4 p.m. Friday, Clarendon County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a body found in a rural area. Turkey hunters found the body in field near a wooded area about 40 feet off a dirt road. "The spot would be difficult to get to unless you knew how to get there," Holbrook said. Around that same time, Columbia police publicized Josephson was missing and details of a related vehicle. Around 3 a.m. Saturday, a Columbia canine officer found a black Chevy Impala two blocks from the Five Points area and made a traffic stop. When the officer asked the driver to step out of the vehicle, the driver ran. The officer took the driver into custody after a foot chase and returned to the vehicle, where blood was discovered. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division examined the vehicle and found "a lot of blood" in the trunk and passenger compartment of the vehicle. After processing it at the state lab, the division determined the blood belongs to Josephson. Her cellphone was also found in the vehicle, Holbrook said, as well as liquid bleach and window cleaner. A child safety seat was in the backseat and the child locks were activated, Holbrook said. Holbrook said the investigation has determined Rowland was driving the Impala and pulled up near the Bird Dog bar at 2:09 a.m. Friday. Based only on surveillance video, police believe Josephson was waiting there for an Uber ride and entered the car mistakenly. The body was located in area known to Rowland, a place where he recently resided, Holbrook said. Holbrook said the investigation is ongoing. University of South Carolina Harris Pastides issued a statement Saturday saying Josephson had been found dead. “Our prayers are with the family and friends of Samantha Josephson following the devastating news of her death,” Pastides said. “Times like these leave me searching for words of wisdom and comfort. However, I take solace that the Carolina Family is here to embrace those who are hurting.” Josephson’s father, Seymour Josephson, spoke about his daughter’s death publicly via a Facebook post Saturday morning. “It is with tremendous sadness and of a broken heart that I post this!” he wrote. “I will miss and love my baby girl for the rest of life. Samantha is no longer with us but she will not be forgotten. It is extremely hard to write this and post it but I love her with all my heart. I could continue to write about her but it kills me. I sit here and cry while looking at the picture and write this.” Josephson is from Robbinsville, New Jersey, and was a senior at USC majoring in political science, according to Jordyn Spencer, a friend. She is the third USC student to die in the past week. Parker Neff, a USC Salkehatchie baseball player from Travelers Rest, died Friday after collapsing on the field. Another student died by suicide March 25, according to a report from The State. “It has been a difficult week for our extended Carolina family,” Pastides said in his statement. “The loss of a student is never easy but this has been a particularly painful few days as we have experienced loss on several of our campuses. As a family, let’s continue to pray for all the families experiencing heartache and grief this week.” Contributing: Donna Isbell Walker, The Greenville News, Ken Serrano, Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press