The Law Enforcement Division cited an autopsy report from the Clarendon County coroner. Authorities declined to release additional information.
Josephson’s body had numerous wounds, including on her head, neck, face, upper body, leg and foot, according to arrest warrants for suspect Nathaniel David Rowland.
Surveillance video of Josephson outside a bar shows her standing by herself on a curb on the morning she disappeared. She takes several steps toward a black vehicle that pulls up to a parking spot.
She appears to reach for the door handle of the vehicle as it slows down and gets inside, the video shows.
Josephson and her roommates had gotten separated the night they went out, Holbrook said. Her roommates grew worried the next morning. They looked for her and called Columbia police around 1:30 p.m. Friday to report her missing, Holbrook said.
Police arrived at the home where Josephson and her roommates lived that day. Josesphson’s friends also went around Columbia with her photo on Friday asking if anyone had seen her.
Iley Wildes, who co-owns Natural Vibrations, a store located next to a bar where Josephson was last seen, recalled Josephson’s boyfriend and roommates came in to her store with a photo of Josephson. They also wanted to see the store’s surveillance video, Wildes told CNN.
“They seemed very concerned and distraught,” she said. Early Saturday, police arrested Rowland, 24, in Columbia after an officer saw him driving an Impala that matched the description of the vehicle seen in surveillance video.
Police found Josephson’s blood in the car’s passenger side and trunk, authorities said. Her cell phone was found in the passenger compartment, police said. Investigators also found a container of liquid bleach, germicidal wipes and window cleaner in the car, Holbrook said.
Rowland faces charges of murder and kidnapping in connection with Josephson’s death.
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