In February 2014, Samira Frasch, a French model of Malagasy descent, was found dead at the bottom of the swimming pool in her Tallahassee mansion. Although Samira’s death appeared to have been an accident at the crime scene, a subsequent autopsy revealed that she died from a combination of blunt force trauma to the head and drowning.
A three-year investigation into the model’s murder sheds light on the events that took place in the hours before she was killed by her estranged husband Adam Frasch. The murder of Samira Frasch will be discussed in Wednesday’s episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncover. The episode synopsis titled At the Bottom of the Abyss reads:
“When a model and aspiring YouTube celebrity was found dead, authorities spoke to her husband to see if he had any answers.”
The episode will air on Oxygen on February 15, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Samira Frasch’s autopsy report, Adam’s cellmate’s testimony, and other information about the case
1) The owner discovered Samira’s body in the swimming pool.
Gerald Gardner, a handyman, discovered Samira Frasch’s body at the bottom of a pool in her backyard at the Golden Eagle gated community in Tallahassee. He is said to have discovered the body just before 11am. Samira was unresponsive, lying in the pool with only a leopard coat tied around her waist. Gerald then contacted authorities to report the murder and expressed aversion to the removal of Samira’s body from the swimming pool.
2) Samira Frasch’s autopsy report
At first, it appeared that Samira slipped and fell over the cliff, perhaps while chasing her dog, which was discovered nearby. According to Oxygen, upon closer inspection, police determined that the circumstances at the scene did not match that premise. Although the faucet is partially buried in the water with one of Samira’s shoes hidden underneath, it looks like it was made. Authorities were also puzzled as to how the ankle strap sandals could come off so easily.
An autopsy determined that Samira died from a combination of drowning and blunt force trauma to the head. Furthermore, the victim’s friends and relatives informed the authorities that she could not swim.
3) Adam Frasch was there several hours before her body was discovered.
According to sources, Samira’s estranged husband, Adam Frasch, spent the night before the murder at the mansion. He left at 8 a.m. the next morning, driving his two young children to Panama City Beach in a rented GMC Yukon. Three hours later her body was found.
Witnesses claimed to have seen someone resembling Samira on the premises after Adam left with their children. However, he was detained for disobeying a court order giving Samira sole temporary custody of their children. At the time of the attack, the couple was in the process of getting a divorce. Authorities are said to have noticed a scratch under Adam’s eye during the arrest.
4) The night before the murder, Samira and Adam had a fight.
According to Adam Frasch, Samira was a violent drunk who drank two bottles of champagne the night before her body was discovered in the pool. However, a toxicology test revealed that she had no trace of alcohol in her body. That night, the pair were said to have clashed when Samira discovered an intimate video of Adam with his ex-girlfriend. Furthermore, he allegedly had many relationships at the time.
The couple are going through a bitter divorce and custody battle, with Samira Frasch potentially given custody of her daughter, home ownership and child support.
5) At the trial of Adam Frasch, his cellmate testified, stating the truth about the murder of Samira Frasch.
One of Adams’ inmates, Dale Folsom, testified during his trial, saying the father of two children told him the truth about the murder. Frasch allegedly struck Samira Frasch in the head with a golf club before pushing her into the pool. He says it was an accident and that Adam didn’t mean to kill her.
According to The Tallahassee Democracy, officials later discovered Samira’s DNA on a golf club at their residence. However, the medical expert confirmed that the bat in question did not cause injury to the victim.
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