Killing of Samantha Josephson

Then in 2019, approximately 27 years after the disappearance of Dale Dinwiddie, the disappearance and subsequent murder of another USC student would open back up those painful wounds and memories of Dinwiddie's case and bring it back into the spotlight.

On March 29th, 2019, 21-year-old Samantha Josephson was in the Five Points area in downtown Columbia, the same area Dale Dinwiddie went missing from, when she was last seen getting into a black Chevy Impala, thinking the car was her override.

Josephson entered the car and never returned home that night.

When she did arrive home by 2 a.m., her roommates knew something was wrong and filed a missing persons report the following day, Friday, March 30th.

Later that same day, the county sheriff's deputies received a report of a woman's body found by turkey hunters in a remote forest outside of town.

The body was identified as the missing USC student Samantha Josephson.

She had been stabbed over 120 times and left in the field where she was found.

On Sunday, March 31, her killer was caught and arrested.

Then in 2019, approximately 27 years after the disappearance of Dale Dinwiddie, the disappearance and subsequent murder of another USC student would open back up those painful wounds and memories of Dinwiddie's case and bring it back into the spotlight.

On March 29th, 2019, 21-year-old Samantha Josephson was in the Five Points area in downtown Columbia, the same area Dale Dinwiddie went missing from, when she was last seen getting into a black Chevy Impala.

Thinking the car was her Uber ride, Josephson entered the car and never returned home that night.

When she didn't arrive home by 2:00 AM, her roommates knew something was wrong and filed a missing persons report the following day, Friday, March 30th.

Later that same day, the county sheriff's deputies received report of a woman's body found by turkey hunters in a remote forest outside of town.

The body was identified as the missing USC student, Samantha Josephson.

She'd been stabbed over 120 times and left in the field where she was found.

On Sunday, March 31st, her killer was caught and arrested.

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Samantha Josephson was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Robbinsville Township, a close-knit community around 10 miles east of Trenton.

Samantha's mum, Marcy, is a speech and language specialist, and her dad, Seymour, works in tech sales and had done for over 30 years.

He called both his children Sweet Pea, and it became Sammy's family nickname.

Then in 2019, approximately 27 years after the disappearance of Dale Dinwiddie, the disappearance and subsequent murder of another USC student would open back up those painful wounds and memories of Dinwiddie's case and bring it back into the spotlight.

On March 29th, 2019, 21-year-old Samantha Josephson was in the Five Points area in downtown Columbia, the same area Dale Dinwiddie went missing from, when she was last seen getting into a black Chevy Impala, thinking the car was her Uber ride.

Josephson entered the car and never returned home that night.

When she didn't arrive home by 2:00 AM, her roommates knew something was wrong and filed a missing persons report the following day, Friday, March 30th.

Later that same day, the county sheriff's deputies received report of a woman's body found by turkey hunters in a remote forest outside of town.

The body was identified as the missing USC student, Samantha Josephson.

She'd been stabbed over 120 times and left in the field where she was found.

On Sunday, March 31st, her killer was caught and arrested.