Episode 78: The Murder of Samantha Folsom
Sam in June of 2008 after giving birth to her son Darren
Growing up, Samantha Folsom was known as an animal lover, athlete and devoted little sister who did everything with her older brother Jonathan. She played soccer, was a talented swimmer and was the captain of the junior varsity cheerleading team. She was known as someone who would always stand up for others and defend the underdog.
Soon after graduating high school, Samantha met a man named Jesse Folsom. Sam’s parents were hesitant about Jesse, especially when they noticed bruising on their daughter’s arms and suspected Jesse was abusing Sam. Nonetheless they tried accepting him into their lives and helped Jesse obtain his G.E.D and join the military. The couple moved to California where Jesse was stationed and married in December of 2005. This is when Samantha starting dabbling in drugs and soon became addicted to heroin. On a visit back to Maine in 2008, Samantha found out she was pregnant. She gave birth to a baby boy named Darren in June of that year, and the couple returned to Maine where they decided to separate. Sam moved into an apartment in Lewiston, Maine on Oxford Street, and after she got settled in she told her parents she was ready to go to rehab to get clean for her son.
The last time Samantha was heard from was on November 6th, 2011, when she arranged for a close relative to watch her son so that Sam’s parents could take her to rehab the next day. She stopped answering her phone and didn’t come to the door when her parents knocked. Finally after three days on November 9th, the apartment manager let Samantha’s parents into the apartment so they could feed her cat.
Despite it being November, her parents found several fans blowing and windows left open as well as the TV on full volume. When they opened the closet to grab the cat carrier, they found Samantha’s body. The case was quickly declared a homicide and the only two suspects, Jesse and Sam’s new boyfriend, were both in jail at the time of her murder.
Samantha left behind her three year old son Darren, her loving parents and her beloved cat Gadget. Anyone with any information on the murder of Samantha Folsom is asked to please call the Maine State Police at 1-800-228-0857 or (207) 657–3030.
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pressherald.com - “Who killed Samantha? A year later, friends and family still don’t know”