The family of a woman killed when she entered the car of a fake Uber driver is working hard to make sure no other person falls victim.
Samantha Josephson was just 21 years old when she got into what she believed to be the Uber she ordered. The car, driven by Nathaniel Rowland, was not her rideshare, though it was set up to appear as one. Rowland then used the child lock to trap Samantha. She was stabbed 120 times.
Seymour and Marci Josephson are heartbroken at all the moments they've missed with their daughter. She was close to graduating from the University of South Carolina. She'd been accepted to law school and dreamed of marrying her boyfriend and starting a family. She even wanted to live next door to her parents so they could help her raise her kids.
"I looked forward to seeing her graduate from college, from law school, walking her down the aisle … and now it's all gone," her father told Inside Edition.
The couple is working on Sami's Law, which would require ridesharing companies to provide barcodes users can scan before getting into a car to confirm it was the one they ordered. It would also require placards with the driver's photograph, name, and license plate number.
"I'm going to try to save as many lives and change the world and change the rideshare industry," Seymour Josephson shared.
"I'm making this my mission to have this never happen again."
