Fake Uber driver charged in Samantha Josephson's murder was linked to ...

REVEALED: Fake Uber driver who 'kidnapped and killed a South Carolina student' was arrested for selling items stolen from another kidnapping five months earlier Nathaniel David Rowland, 24, who has been charged in the murder and kidnapping of Samantha Josephson, 21, was linked to another kidnapping He was arrested in October 2018, five months before Josephson's murder He was accused of trying to sell items stolen during another woman's kidnapping where two men carjacked her vehicle and ransacked her home Those stolen items were sold at a pawn shop and traced back to Rowland Authorities didn't indicate that Rowland was involved in the carjacking itself He was charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses valued at $2,000 or less Rowland currently awaits a bond hearing set for April 22 for the murder and kidnapping charges in Josephson's murder

By Marlene Lenthang For Dailymail.com

Published: 17:57 BST, 14 April 2019 | Updated: 18:44 BST, 14 April 2019

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The man who is accused of kidnapping and viciously 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. 

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

Josephson was murdered on March 29 when she mistakenly got into the wrong car, thinking it was her Uber and was attacked

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

A woman told Columbia police that two men carjacked her while she was

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