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(Photo by CARLOS OSORIO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) 'Never seen levels like this': Union president on airline passenger misconduct Memorial Day weekend will bring rain and cool air for much of the East Missing USC student Samantha Josephson was found dead after last being seen getting into a vehicle Friday morning in Columbia, SC (CNN) — Samantha Josephson decided to call an Uber around 2 a.m. Friday after being separated from her roommates during a night out in Columbia, South Carolina, police said Saturday. The 21-year-old University of South Carolina senior hopped into a black Chevy Impala, thinking it was her ride, Columbia Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said during a news conference. Columbia Police Department Nathaniel David Rowland About 14 hours later, turkey hunters found her body in a field 90 miles from Columbia, he said. “What we know now is that she had, in fact, summoned an Uber ride and was waiting for that Uber ride to come,” Holbrook said, citing surveillance footage. “We believe that she simply mistakenly got into this particular car thinking it was an Uber ride.” Holbrook said he spoke with Josephson’s family prior to the press conference. “Our hearts are broken, they’re broken. There is nothing tougher than to stand before a family and explain how a loved one was murdered,” he said. “It was gut wrenching, words really can’t describe what they’re going through.” Nathaniel David Rowland, 24, has been arrested on charges of murder and kidnapping in connection with Josephson’s death, Holbrook said. He is being held in jail in Columbia. CNN has not determined if he has a lawyer yet. Rowland also faces two misdemeanor charges for failing to stop on police command and for simple possession of marijuana, Columbia Police Department Public Information Officer Jennifer Timmons said. Police are also questioning a female acquaintance of Rowland, who was in his vehicle at the time of his arrest, Timmons said. Timmons said the acquaintance is cooperating with law enforcement and that there is no indication at this time that she was in the vehicle when Josephson got in the car. She does not face any charges from Columbia police at this time. Chief says student’s blood found in suspect’s car Holbrook described how the case came together quickly. Josephson’s roommates began to worry when they hadn’t heard from her later Friday morning. Holbrook said, and they called the police around 1:30 p.m. Friday. Columbia, SC Police Department Missing USC student Samantha Josephson was found dead after last being seen getting into a vehicle Friday morning in Columbia, South Carolina. While Columbia police were starting their investigation, turkey hunters found a body around 4 p.m. Friday about 40 feet off a dirt road in a wooded area in Clarendon County, southeast of Columbia, Holbrook said. It was identified as Josephson’s. Police searched for the car Josephson had gotten into and around 3 a.m. Saturday a Columbia officer saw the Impala and stopped the vehicle, Holbrook said. When the officer asked the driver to get out the car, he ran but was quickly captured, the chief said. Investigators searched the Impala. Blood found in the car’s passenger side and trunk was matched to Josephson’s, the chief said, and her cell phone was found in the passenger compartment. Investigators also found a container of liquid bleach, germicidal wipes and window cleaner in the vehicle, he said.<doc-sep>In a message to students, the university encouraged them to use campus shuttles and to “exercise best practices when using services like Uber and Lyft.” The message said a customer should always match the vehicle description and license plate with the information in the app and should ask the driver to say his or her name before entering the vehicle.<doc-sep>The police in Columbia, S.C., arrested a man on Saturday in connection with the killing of a 21-year-old college student who was last seen early Friday before she apparently got into a car that she mistook for an Uber she had called, the authorities said. The police said at a news conference on Saturday night that the body of the woman, Samantha Josephson, was found Friday in a wooded area in Clarendon County. They said they believed that the man they had taken into custody, Nathaniel D. Rowland, 24, had recently lived nearby. Mr. Rowland faced murder and kidnapping charges. He was arrested early Saturday when the police found him driving a car that resembled the one Ms. Josephson had entered, said William H. Holbrook, the chief of the Columbia Police Department. The police did not say whether there was any known connection between Ms. Josephson and Mr. Rowland. The police did not share a possible motive for the killing, but Chief Holbrook asked the public to report any recent experiences of someone trying to “entice” them into a rideshare vehicle in the Five Points neighborhood, where Ms. Josephson was last seen at 2 a.m. on Friday getting into a black Chevrolet Impala.<doc-sep>The New Jersey woman killed after getting into a car she believed was her Uber was likely stabbed to death by her attacker, officials in South Carolina said. Samantha Josephson, 21, died of “multiple sharp force injuries,” the Clarendon County Coroner found, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Court documents released by the agency said Josephson suffered “numerous wounds evident on multiple parts of her body to include her head, neck, face, upper body, leg and foot.” It was not immediately clear what weapon was used in the murder, or if investigators had found any weapon at all. Josephson’s body was discovered by turkey hunters 12 hours after she was seen getting into a black Chevrolet Impala in front of the Bird Dog bar in Columbia. Her remains were found off a dirt road in Clarendon County, a rural area about 65 miles southeast from where she had last been seen alive. The aspiring lawyer and political science major, who was in her junior year at the University of South Carolina, believed the car she was getting into was the Uber she ordered, police said. But instead, Nathaniel Rowland, 24, was behind the wheel of the car, according to police. Authorities said they found Josephson’s blood and cellphone in Rowland’s vehicle when they pulled it and him over Saturday. He was arrested and charged with murder and kidnapping in connection to Josephson’s killing. Rowland is due in court later this month. RELATED STORIES<doc-sep>
The investigation regarding USC student Samantha Josephson is now a homicide case. Her body was found by hunters in rural Clarendon Co. late yesterday afternoon. Suspect Nathaniel Rowland has been charged w/ Murder & Kidnapping by SLED. Agents have been an integral part in case. pic.twitter.com/2tj8TVRAex — Columbia Police Dept (@ColumbiaPDSC) March 30, 2019 EMBED >More News Videos News conference on New Jersey student's murder in South Carolina held on March 30, 2019. Cont’d: Special Victims Unit investigators believe that shortly after 2:00 a.m., Josephson was seen getting into this newer model Chevy Impala along Harden Street. Family & friends have been trying to locate her ever since. Again, call @MidlandsCrime 1-888-CRIME-SC w/your tips. pic.twitter.com/3211Wjx6PK — Columbia Police Dept (@ColumbiaPDSC) March 30, 2019 COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- Police say a University of South Carolina student from New Jersey, who was found dead about a day after she was reported missing, was murdered.Investigators believe the victim, 21-year-old Samantha Josephson, was waiting for an Uber ride around 2 a.m. Friday in the 5 points section of Columbia, South Carolina.Police say she got into a black Chevy Impala, driven by 24-year-old Nathaniel David Rowland, outside a bar.However, police do not believe Rowland was an Uber driver. "We believe she may have mistakenly gotten into the Impala thinking it was an Uber ride," said Columbia Police Chief William "Skip" Holbrook.By 1:30 p.m. Friday, police received a missing person's report from a roommate who had been with Josephson the night before but got separated.A few hours later, Josephson's body was discovered by hunters in a wooded area of nearby Clarendon County. It's an area known to Rowland, police say.At around 3 a.m. Saturday, a K-9 officer on patrol stopped the Impala. Rowland jumped out and ran but was soon caught, police say.Inside the car, investigators say they found the victim's blood, her cell phone, bleach and germicidal wipes.Investigators also say the car's child safety locks were engaged, which would prevent someone inside from escaping the back of the vehicle.Josephson was a senior political science major from Robbinsville, New Jersey. She had been admitted to the Kline School of Law at Drexel University. "Our hearts are broken. There is nothing tougher than to stand before a family and explain how a loved one was murdered. It was gut-wrenching. This is personal to us," said Holbrook.Josephson's father posted on Facebook that his daughter "is no longer with us but she will not be forgotten. "James Mindnich's family lived right next door. His son grew up with Josephson and her sister. "Smart, bubbly, funny, funny kid. She was a good kid," said Mindnich. "Sami had a full ride to Drexel Law School. She was graduating this year from South Carolina. It's a shame that this had to happen. "Josephson's college professor, Daniella Jaimes describes her as a dedicated student with big dreams. "It's just not fair how her life got cut short, how she's not going to fulfill her dream of being in international law, how she's not going to fulfill the plan that her and I had talked about," said Jaimes.