After leaving her friends for the night, Samantha Josephson waited for her ride home in Columbia, S.C. Surveillance footage shows the University of South Carolina student getting into a car that police say wasn't her Uber ride. They have charged a suspect with murder.
By Katie Mettler Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features Email Bio Follow March 31 at 6:05 PM It was just past 2 a.m. Friday when Samantha Josephson decided to part ways with her friends and leave the Bird Dog bar alone. Then, according to police, the 21-year-old college senior called an Uber.
“Our hearts are broken,” said Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook at a weekend news conference, shortly after meeting with Josephson’s family, who had traveled to town from New Jersey. “They’re broken. There is nothing tougher than to stand before a family and explain how a loved one was murdered.” In a message, the university encouraged students to use campus shuttles and to “exercise best practices when using services like Uber and Lyft.” Match the car description and license plate with the information in the app, the message said, and always ask the driver the name of the person they are supposed to be picking up before climbing inside.
— Columbia Police Dept March 30, 2019 Authorities began collecting information on Josephson’s last known whereabouts and asked for photos they could distribute to media outlets. They found the surveillance footage and released information on what Josephson had been wearing that night: black jeans, light shoes, orange top.
Authorities shared vehicle information for the suspicious Impala and put the community on alert. At 3 a.m. Saturday morning, about 24 hours since Josephson disappeared, a patrol officer spotted a black Impala two blocks from Five Points. The police chief said Rowland had previously lived near the area where Josephson’s body was found, a place he described as “very difficult to get to unless you knew how to get there.”
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