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When the only thing the police will say about the victim's death is:
"This was a bad scene"

https://local12.com/news/nation-world/chief-ride-share-mistake-led-to-death-of-college-student-04-01-2019

The man accused of killing a woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride had activated the child locks in his backseat so the doors could only be opened from the outside, police in South Carolina say.

Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook also said investigators found the victim's blood in Nathaniel David Rowland's vehicle. Rowland, 24, was arrested and charged in the death of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson, a University of South Carolina student from Robbinsville, New Jersey.

Investigators would not say what they think Rowland did to Josephson from the time she got into his black Chevrolet Impala in Columbia's Five Points entertainment district around 1:30 a.m. Friday until her body was dumped in woods off a dirt road in Clarendon County about 65 miles (105 kilometers) away.

Josephson had numerous wounds to her head, neck, face, upper body, leg and foot, according to arrest warrants released Sunday by the State Law Enforcement Division. The documents didn't say what was used to attack her.

Josephson's blood was found in the trunk and inside Rowland's car along with her cellphone, bleach, window cleaner and cleaning wipes, Holbrook said.

"This was a bad scene," the police chief said at a news conference late Saturday.

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The girlfriend will not be prosecuted.

https://www.wtae.com/article/uber-driver-killed-monroeville-man-charged-penn-hills/39127804

Calvin Crew, 22, has been charged with homicide in the death of 38-year-old Christina Spicuzza of Turtle Creek.

21:33:45: Crew produces a firearm from his right side and leans forward toward Spicuzza

21:33:47: Crew places his left hand on Spicuzza's left shoulder

21:33:49: Crew states, "Keep driving"; Crew then places the firearm at the back of Spicuzza's head, with the firearm being in his right hand

21:33:51: Spicuzza reaches up with her right hand and touches the gun. Spicuzza then says, "You've got to be joking"

21:33:55: Crew states, "It's a gun"

21:33:57: Spicuzza states "Come on, I have a family"

21:33:58: Crew states, "I got a family, too, now drive"

Crew's girlfriend told detectives that she was in Swissvale on Feb. 10 when she got a call from Crew asking her to order an Uber for him. She said Crew gave her an address to enter into the ride request.

In another interview with Crew's girlfriend, police said she told them she purchased a 9mm gun at a store in McKeesport and it went missing. She said she never reported the gun missing/stolen.

The criminal complaint also said she told investigators that she had a feeling that Crew had her gun because he was the only person around her. When police went to retrieve the gun box and paperwork from her home, both were missing.

Jonathan Pentland

 https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/jonathan-pentland-trial-begins/101-f1d4a608-3658-44b9-9d6f-11eaf285c887

On April 12 of this year a cell phone video showed Pentland having a confrontation with another man who was supposedly walking through the Summit neighborhood where Pentland lives.

Pentland is currently suspended from Fort Jackson.

Friday's hearing began with a pre-trial session, where the defense called six witnesses to the stand including the alleged victim, two neighbors who were there at the time of the incident, as well as Pentland and his wife, Cassie Pentland.

One of the neighbors, Kimberly Hernandez, and Cassie Pentland provided their version of the events that led up to the incident. Hernandez claimed the victim acted aggressively toward her and said when things continued to escalate, she ran to the Pentland home to ask Jonathan to help her.

Cassie Pentland said her husband was just trying to protect his family.

Jonathan Pentland said he'd just gotten home from work and sat down to relax when Hernandez knocked on his door. Pentland said he never would have hurt the man and that he was trying to take control of the situation to de-escalate it.