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WCAU Dateline NBC October 14, 2017

Could samira have made an enemy . I said if you hit me, ill knock you through that window. Those were my exact words. Reporter were there women, who might want her out of the way . They had a common career. They were exotic dancers. Reporter had the good doctor been keeping a secret . It did appear that she was conducting an investigation into her husbands activities. Reporter a case, that could turn on a single damning clue. I literally looked at it for a minute. I was, like, seriously . Reporter a glamorous, extravagant life ends in a mysterious, violent death. Behind the curtain was a very dark story reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with at at the bottom of the pool. Reporter it was a cold morning in february. Cold for northern florida, that is. Crisp but sunny when the call came in can i get an officer out here in golden eagle . Theres a lady laying in the pool, in her backyard in her pool. Reporter made no sense really. Way too cold for a swim. But the lady wasnt swimming. Wasnt even floating down at the bottom of the pool shes dead. Reporter she was lying face up, her palms too, as if in supplication. Her leopard print robe drifting in the water around her she been in there. I dont know how long she she she completely gone. Reporter the house with the backyard pool was located in an exclusive gated community in tallahassee, florida called golden eagle. First responders went out there. And pretty soon, sheriffs detective tony geraldi got a call. Patrol deputies had found a body in a pool, a woman in a pool. And we were scrambling our investigative unit. Reporter is that about as much as you knew, when you got that first call . It was. Reporter he would discover the emts had been there by then, tried cpr. Just in case. Given that the water was so cold. I dont think they knew how long she had been in the pool. So the thought process was maybe that they could revive her. Reporter yeah. Because a persons metabolism slows down sometimes they look like theyre dead. Maybe theyre not dead. Was there a serious thought that maybe she would survive this . It wasnt the case. Reporter no. At the hospital, the doctors tried to check her body temperature to determine how long shed been dead, but she was too cold for the thermometer, no way to calculate how long shed been in the pool. Of course, by then theyd figured out who she was. Samira frasch. Unusual name. They looked her up online. And . Wow. She was really vavavoom. Reporter Samira Frasch was amazing. Look at her. Stunning, most certainly and glamorous and very french its everything or nothing. Im french you know. [ laughs ] reporter once upon a time, she turned heads in paris. A runway model, a sultry music video singer, a shooting star. I tried to call you all the time or so the stories went. Such a shame, what happened to samira. And such a mystery. When you think about all of the strange twists that this story took reporter joel silver was a friend by the time it all ended. The story is very sad, how it all ended up. But it is still a wild story. Reporter the story, her story, was not at all wild to begin with. She was born far away in frenchspeaking madagascar. She was poor, dirt poor, like the dirt floors in her familys little house. And her story, frankly, would have ended there, anonymously. Wed have nothing to tell. Were it not for something in her. Some drive, some desire. She was full of energy and determination. And she always wanted to be doing something. Reporter over here we call it the american dream. There . It was paris. It was her own hard work that won her a spot in a paris college. It was her talent and her remarkable look that got her a place on paris fashion runways. And still, thered be no story for us. Were it not for the night in 2006, in a trendy paris nightclub, when she met him. Adam frasch. Jackie watson, a French National herself, was samiras friend. He showered her with gifts and love and flowers. Reporter it was that ultimate intoxicant. Love at first sight. She was brilliant and tall and incredibly beautiful. And he was a prominent and successful florida doctor, a podiatrist and surgeon. And attractive said samiras friend, jackie watson. Very handsome man. Tall, bright blue eyes very good looking. They were making the perfect couple. Reporter and he was smitten. She showed him a paris he had seen before. But never like he saw it with samira. Beautiful lady, beautiful spirit, huge smile. Reporter adams friends saw it, too. Like the reverend Larry Johnson. And they were obviously in love with each other. Reporter the romance with adam was right out of a book. She said actually it was like a fairytale. Reporter so thats how it began. And back and forth they went. Hed fly to paris, she to tallahassee, florida where he lived. Just so they could see each other. Adam couldnt stop talking about her, couldnt believe his luck. And he said, im in love with her and im going to marry her. Reporter mind you, adam frash was a catch, too. Bright . Oh yes. Hed flown through college in three years, was the youngest graduate in his med school class. A workaholic in school and out and when he was in college, he had three parttime jobs for awhile. And hed never buy pop cause that cost too much. Hed just drink water. Reporter but his medical practice, said his dad, alvin, was amazing. It was very successful. Id go in the office and the waiting room would be full when i got there, and at 5 00, it would still be full. And by the time adam met samira, he was both a respected podiatrist and a wealthy man with two practices in georgia, just over the Florida Border near tallahassee. I was impressed with his professionalism. He was not in a hurry to do it fast and get out, you know, go on to the next patient. He had a big heart. Reporter before they could marry, they had to wait, adam and samira. He was in the midst of divorce. And when it was final, they did not hesitate. They married in vegas. And they made their home in tallahassee. Not many French Nationals here. Yes, tallahassee . Reporter yeah. I mean, talk about a cultural shift. No kidding. [ laugh ] you dont say. Reporter Annabelle Dias became samiras, what, sounding board . Soul mate . Culture shock is an easy phrase to say, but for french women like annabelle and samira, getting used to tallahassee was not so easy. Reporter and all you have to do is open your mouth and thats pretty much it. Reporter youre different. [ laugh ] yes. Yes. Reporter annabelle, who emigrated years earlier, had to give samira a tutorial on the english language. Especially when it came to words that began with the letter h. Remember, french people dont say their hs, so imagine the amount of trouble you can get in speaking english when hs are silent. Reporter it sounds like you speak from experience. I do. I do. Reporter so hate would come out as ate hurt as urt. that sort of thing you know . And i used to have this with samira, i was like, no, dont use h words, they are not going to understand you. Reporter but here she had friends, like jackie and annabelle, and annabelles mother who kind of adopted samira. A good life. So we were just trying to be a bunch of french girls drinking red wine and eating cheese. [ laugh ] reporter and eventually for adam and samira, there were babies. First came little hyrah. A baby who would have the childhood samira could only dream of. I think she was trying to really provide this world for this baby that she thought the baby deserved, that she thought hyrah deserved. Reporter hyrah and then skynnah. Samira picked the names. Her entire world were those two kids. You know . I mean, like she just loved her babies. I mean, i dont think that theres anything that she wanted to do or be except for their mother. Her whole world revolved around them. Reporter and then it was that february morning in 2014, about 11 a. M. It was the handyman who called 911. And here, the story seemed to end. The adventures of Samira Frasch dead at 38, though really, in a way, the story had just begun. Reporter what happened to samira . When we come back tucked right underneath the hose, on the edge. Had she tripped, chasing the family dog . It wouldnt be the first time. I about stumbled on that hose tryin to catch him. Even if youre healthy. Pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease that in severe cases can lead to hospitalization. It may hit quickly, without warning, causing you to miss out on the things you enjoy most. Prevnar 13® is not a treatment for pneumococcal pneumonia. Its a vaccine you can get to help protect against it. 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Reporter he told the operator he knew Samira Frasch had children, two little girls, but he couldnt find them. Where are her kids . You said she has kids. I dont know, maam. I cant get in the house. I cant get nothing. I just found her in the back back there in the pool. Reporter investigator jason newlin searched for clues at the place Samira Fraschs all too short life came to its sudden end. I studied the crime scene a lot. Looking just for does anything stand out . Reporter and right away what stood out was evidence of one of those bizarre rube golberg tripping accidents people tend to fall prey to. This is police video. The pool deck was kind of a mess. And, look at this, one of samiras sandals was caught under a garden hose that ran across the deck and into the pool. Tucked right underneath the hose, on the edge and then the other one was just down in the bottom of the pool. Reporter and detective tony geraldi discovered that samiras little indoor dog bella, had escaped to the pool deck. So they have this small dog that is apparently runs around if it gets out. Oh, i figured she fell. That stupid dog they had got out, run around the pool. Reporter when he heard about samiras death, her fatherinlaw, alvin frasch said the same thing very nearly happened to him during a visit. I couldnt catch him out there around the pool. I about stumbled on that hose tryin to catch him. Reporter so seemed obvious samira must have been chasing her little dog, tripped on the hose, maybe hit her head, and wound up in the pool. And tragically, the one thing samira couldnt do was swim. But one look at the web told the detectives this was otherwise a very versatile woman. You could definitely Google Search her youtube. Reporter and there she was, about a half dozen music videos under the name samira ds. Many made in her native madagascar. They did not go viral. But once she became a mother, samiras ambition shifted. Now she wanted her daughter, eventually daughters, to be the center of attention. I said, but youre so young, so beautiful. She said lets be serious here. Lets focus on the kids. Reporter the kids and a big idea. And thats when she first met joel silver. Hes a producer. In 2012, she called him out of the blue and set up a meeting. Other mothers say, my baby is beautiful and should be on tv, on commercials, on this. But samira acted on this. Because, said silver, samira instinctively, seemed to understand the power of social media. By that time, we were startin to see those kinda things on youtube and facebook, famous people. You know, famous dogs on facebook that have thousands and millions of followers. Reporter why not a famous baby . Why not a famous baby, was her idea. We just said, lets go and so we can see how it works. Reporter you were in. I was in. Reporter the idea was to create and market a Childrens Clothing line based on the outfits she designed for hyrah. She would sell them from a website called hyrah. Com. The youtube videos would push potential customers to the site. If the kardashians could do it, why not her . She said, i want to make videos of my baby. And i want to travel and make sure everybody can see how beautiful my baby is. Reporter it seemed to be a perfect formula, that is, using the Online Clothing business based on little hyrah. So she could be close to her baby and adam, and see the country, and have fun. Enviable. When i saw her and her husband and that little girl, i looked at them and i said, this is what i want one day. Reporter they took their road show all over the country. Vegas, disney world, hollywood, the kentucky derby, washington, d. C. , new yorks times square. And everybody admired the baby. Even another tv celebrity, the late big ange from mob wives. Hi, hyrah, you are so gorgeous. I dont know if she just thought, this is how you do it in america. Reporter theres some evidence to suggest, it is or Something Like that . Yes. So, right. When you come to the u. S. , this is what she thought, i guess, was the best way to showcase hyrah. Reporter in the background, adam, always a bit off camera, quietly hovered, proud but worried a little. Protective. Of course he financed the productions, paid for her music videos, too. Reporter out on the road, were you ever approached by people who thought this was off . We never really got any kind of backlash from anybody about saying, this is terrible, what are you doing . What are you doing . And it might be because hyrah was just always the perfect tv star. She was always in a great mood, always waving, smiling. Anytime you see any of these videos, this baby was always happy. Reporter and samira . Over the top or not she was, somehow genuine, said silver. And he rolled the camera as she, no fuss, no furs, no makeup, doted on her baby girl. This, thought joel silver, was true love. And then there was the party. Hyrahs first birthday party. And samiras biggest promotion on social media. She pulled out all the stops. Tallahassee had never seen anything like this. With how much samira loved this baby, she was determined to make it the party of all parties. This was like an l. A. , you know, hollywood birthday of a celebrity baby. Reporter samira played host and narrator. Okay, today is hyrahs one years birthday, watch. Reporter men dressed as egyptian guards, a sword wielding belly dancer and samira dripping in gold and wearing a gown fit for the queen of the nile. Adam frasch, her husband, went for something a little more elvis. And there at the center of it all, their daughter hyrah, dressed in white feathers and fur. Reporter as they sang happy birthday, samira and adam were beaming. Not a hint in the world that in a little more than a year shed be gone, her babies, just two, and ten months, without a mother. Detectives had watched the videos in Something Like amazement. And then they heard from the coroner. And remember that Rube Goldberg tripping thing . Maybe not an accident after all. Reporter coming up what the medical examiner had to say. The m. E. s physical finding was foul play. And questions about the ha y handyman who refused to pull her from the water. Hes, like, i wasnt gonna touch her. Reporter when dateline continues. The 3d white collection from crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Your toilet is germridden with mineral buildup. Clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach is no match against limescale. But lysol power toilet bowl cleaner has 10x more cleaning power against limescale. So switch to lysol. What it takes to protect. Wowe run marathons. Companies. Solve problems. How . We eat. Every. Single. Day. We eat, and we own it. It pushes us. 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Oh, my. Reporter what did the m. E. Discover . The cause of death was Blunt Force Trauma to the head coupled with drowning. In such a way that it couldve happened accidentally, or did it seem to the m. E. As if it was homicide . With the m. E. s physical findings that there was foul play. We were looking for somebody that caused this death. Reporter heres what the m

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