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from the pictures we're seeing, you can see entire subdivisions were taken out by this fire. >> this tragedy absolutely touches everyone in our community. we're a very tight-knit community. the amount of devastation touches everyone in our community. we are so grateful for the hard work of the first responders, not just from the local up tos but all the first responds who came in from out of town. >> do you know if everyone has been accounted for given the nature of how quickly these fires ripped through the various neighborhoods? >> you know, there's not an accounting system of people, so we had really strong evacuation, i visited the evacuation centers last night and saw lots of neighbors and folks from towns. >> mayor folsom, i'm just trying
with wind and some fire, it just becomes a tragic recipe. >> what are you hearing, mayor folsom, about the potential cause of this? >> i have not received any information on that. >> mayor stolzmann, have you heard anything? >> the official cause is not determined, the conjecture was downed powerlines but the official cause has not been released. >> it's new year's eve, we've all been dealing with this pandemic and now you have these fires that have ripped through so many of your communities, people will be without a home. they're -- from what i understand looking at facebook pages, people are still looking for their loved ones, animals, pets. what is your message to the people in your community? we'll start with you, mayor stolzmann. >> thank you.
president booster and put that thing on tape record it and puts it on your website. tell people to get back to work. we understand 750,000 have lost their lives but the numbers are down. the country has to get back to work. no one is going back to work at the rate she should be or would be. i would love to hear the president say that for a change. instead i will give you free money to stay away. steve: not just the free money. it's also the fact that and this is one of the reasons they are pushing build back better, there are a lot of people at home with their children and they need child care. but, there are also a number of people and, you know, we had a guest on yesterday. who was talking about how in their town out in folsom, california, there are just a lot of people who have not had covid and don't want to get it and so they are not going back to work for that reason.
>> forty, four-zero. >> forty? >> yes, sir. >> do you have any pending charges? >> i have one. >> what is that pending charge? >> possession of methamphetamine. i've done almost every drug there is, sir. i've been a drug addict since i was 9 years old. so i've done them all just about. >> give me a break. this guy was outrageous. >> reporter: what was more, folsom had an arrangement with prosecutors. he was released from jail on probation in exchange for his testimony about frasch. taylor made sure the jury knew all about that. >> you'd do anything to stay out and keep yourself out of jail, isn't that true? >> most people would. >> mean anything to you to raise your right hand and swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but truth, so help you god? >> of course it does. i have a degree in theology. i went to bible college. >> and that's what you do, you're a truthful guy, right? >> most of the time, i try to be. >> when you're writing bad checks, stealing from people, and doing drugs?
>> they spent several months in a cell together. they did in top bunk, bottom bunk. >> reporter: prosecution investigator jason newlin talked to folsom in the county lockup. >> we got along with each other. we're both the same age. um, and we just hit it off real good. >> i believe the information he provided me was credible. >> reporter: and here was the story folsom said he got from dr. frasch -- on the day she died, samira discovered her husband had been texting another woman and she, hurt and angry, lost her temper, started a fight and ended up at the bottom of the pool. >> reporter: now on day three of adam frasch's trial, dale folsom raised his right hand, swore to tell the truth, and told that story to the jury. >> she started a fight that night, kicked him in the back. >> folsom's testimony about the fight between adam and samira was vivid and rich with detail. >> he defended himself pretty much. he thought they were fighting,
identify that person as ms. frasch, but everything else about that description fits. >> this was a big deal. and the prosecutors knew it. >> this was a credible person, right? >> yes,i think he was wrong. i don't think he was lying. >> of course, you -- >> but so -- >> -- think he's wrong. but he -- he thought he was right. >> he did. >> pretty certain of it? >> yes, he was. >> reporter: the neighbor had credibility, not a quality, said the defense, possessed by adam frash's cellmate, dale folsom, the jailhouse snitch. if a snitch is the witness the prosecutor hates to love, he's also a witness the defense loves to hate. >> we love snitches, don't we? tell me what you know about this particular one. >> well, he's a career criminal. started with his first convictions back in about 1990. >> reporter: in court, attorney taylor, the father, went right after folsom. he did not spare the rod. >> it's my understanding you've got, was it four or 40 prior felony convictions?
that's all i have got, judge. >> reporter: the defense may have destroyed the messenger, but they still had to deal with his message, folsom's story about that golf club with samira's dna on it. completely meaningless, said taylor. that golf club belonged to samira. of course her dna would be on it. >> they say, well, she's got dna on it. anybody that plays golf knows if you don't have head covers, you pull your club out of the bag with your hands, and you grab the head. >> wasn't it blood and hair and things like that on that golf club? >> no. no, no, no. >> just touch dna? >> correct. correct. how convenient was that? >> reporter: so convenient, according to the defense, that it was downright suspicious. >> lo and behold, here comes folsom. he's got his story, and the law enforcement guys go out there, and what do they find? they find this magic golf club. planted evidence. no question in my mind.