The Drive To Kill

Fake Uber driver who 'kidnapped and killed a South Carolina student' was arrested for selling items stolen from another kidnapping five months earlier

The man who is accused of kidnapping and killing a college student who mistakenly entered his car thinking it was her Uber, has been linked to another kidnapping five months prior, it's been revealed. 

Nathaniel David Rowland, 24, has been charged with the murder and kidnapping of University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson, 21.

He allegedly he locked her in his car and killed on March 29 after she mistakenly entered his vehicle at 2am, thinking it was her ride-share car home.  

Resurfaced warrants and police documents show he was arrested on October 19, 2018 in Richland County, South Carolina for allegedly trying to sell items stolen during another woman's kidnapping, according to WLTX. 

© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Nathaniel David Rowland, 24, (left)who has been charged in the murder and kidnapping of University of South Carolina senior Samantha Josephson, 21, was linked to another kidnapping five months prior

A woman told Columbia police that two men carjacked her while she was at a traffic light in Columbia. They physically assaulted her and forced her to drive to an ATM to withdraw money. 

Then they made her drive to her home where they stole items and left the scene. 

Cops say that just hours later some of those stolen items - including a Playstation 4 - showed up at a pawn shop. 

© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Josephson was murdered on March 29 when she mistakenly got into the wrong car, thinking it was her Uber and was attacked Authorities tracked the stolen items sold at the shop back to Rowland and arrested him. 

However, there was no indication that Rowland was involved in the carjacking itself. 

He was charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses valued at $2,000 or less, according to the State Law Enforcement Division. 

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Rowland currently awaits a bond hearing set for April 22 for the murder and kidnapping charges in the murder of Josephson.

Authorities say she died suffering multiple stab wounds with a sharp object to the head, neck, face, upper body, leg and foot. 

Her body was found dumped in Clarendon County, about 65 miles from where she was last seen. 

Rowland was arrested at 3am on March 30 after police saw him driving a few blocks from Five Points, the bar where Josephson accidentally entered his car.  

© Provided by Associated Newspapers Limited Rowland currently awaits a bond hearing set for April 22 for the murder and kidnapping charges in the murder of Josephson. Josephson pictured above with her boyfriend Greg Corbishley

His parents insist that he is innocent and was at a party at the time of the attack. 

They say he passed out at the party, woke up and found his car keys in his vehicle - its interior covered in blood. 

However, authorities say they have surveillance video of Josephson entering Rowland's dark colored car. 

The night after Josephson's murder cops noticed Rowland's black Chevrolet Impala two blocks from the bar where she was kidnapped and arrested him after a short chase.

Information provided by

Marlene Lenthang

15/04/2019

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