A South Carolina man was found guilty of kidnapping and killing a 21-year-old woman from New Jersey who mistaken his car for an Uber passenger and will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Samantha Josephson, a senior at the University of South Carolina from Mercer County, Disappeared in March 2019 From the Five Points Entertainment District in Columbia, South Carolina, according to reports Associated Press report, Her body was found in a remote wood about 65 miles away, with more than 100 stab wounds on her body.

Nathaniel Rowland, 24, was convicted of killing Josephson and sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, prosecutors said Josephson got into Roland’s car, thinking it was an Uber car that could take her back to her apartment. However, she was trapped because Roland opened the child lock.

People convicted of murder are not eligible for parole in South Carolina. Associated Press Report.

Roland insisted on his innocence before being sentenced. But investigators linked Josephson’s blood to the interior of his car and the alleged murder weapon, which was a knife with two blades. According to the Associated Press, mobile phone tracking data also determined Roland’s location on the night of the crime.

According to the Associated Press, Circuit Judge Clifton Newman told Roland in court on Tuesday: “She obviously fought you astonishingly and left enough clues for the jury to let them see what you did. .”

According to a report from Robbinsville, Josephson originally came from Robbinsville, is studying political science, and plans to attend law school at Drexel University. nation.

“Her dream is my dream, and her death is mine. I close my eyes and feel what she has endured in his hands,” Josephson’s mother Marcy Josephson said.