Thomas Randolph has been married six times. Four of his wives died.
The charismatic Casanova—and convicted killer of his sixth wife, Sharon Causse—is at the center of Netflix’s The Widower: ‘Til Death Do Us Part, a documentary that revisits Randolph’s six marriages, the deaths of four spouses and the investigators who relentlessly pursued a conviction.
Through it all, Randolph has continued to insist that he is innocent, portraying himself as the victim of unfortunate circumstances and other people’s misconduct.
“I’m a nice guy,” Randolph says at one point in the documentary. “I’m cocky. I’m a little flashy, but you know, certainly doesn’t make me a murderer.”
More than a decade after Causse’s death, Randolph was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison following two highly publicized trials. His first conviction was overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court, but a subsequent trial again resulted in a conviction, despite his repeated efforts to remain in the public eye.
So where is Randolph now? Here’s what to know:
Who is Thomas Randolph?
Randolph was known for his distinctive appearance, constantly changing hairstyles and success with women.
“Thomas Randolph is a complicated, inappropriate, disturbing, and oddly engaging self-described narcissist that loves to talk,” Dateline producer Dan Slepian told Oxygen in 2021.
He supported himself through a series of odd jobs and by collecting substantial life-insurance settlements following the deaths of his wives.
During his 2017 trial, witnesses Eric Tarantino and Glen Morrison portrayed Randolph as a drug dealer who was constantly calculating his next move, according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Who Were Thomas Randolph’s Wives?
Randolph married six times over the course of his life. His first marriage was to Kathryn Thomas, whom he wed when he was 20.
“He was a very charming and witty person and very intelligent,” Thomas recalled in a police interview featured in the documentary. “And I fell for that at first.”
The couple had two children, but Thomas said she eventually became afraid of Randolph and described him as controlling and psychologically abusive. She divorced him and moved to Washington with her new husband.
On the day their divorce was finalized in 1983, Randolph married his second wife, Becky Gault, according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal. Three years later, Thomas told police she returned home and found Gault dead in bed with a gunshot wound to the head, The Las Vegas Sun reported.
Randolph has consistently said Gault died by suicide. However, he was arrested and charged with her murder after Tarantino alleged that Randolph had asked him to kill Gault so he could collect nearly $500,000 in insurance proceeds, according to the documentary and Tarantino’s later testimony.
Tarantino said he spent months preparing for the killing before changing his mind, warning Gault and going into hiding. In the documentary, he said he contacted police after learning that Gault had been killed.
Randolph faced the death penalty, but he was acquitted in 1989 after his attorneys persuaded jurors that Gault had taken her own life, according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Following the verdict, Randolph said, according to KSL, “I just need to thank the jury for being so attentive.”
After his third wife, Leona Stapleton, died of cancer, Randolph married Gayna Allmon. She testified that she left him after he fired a gun in her direction, according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal. Randolph maintained that the weapon misfired while he was cleaning it.
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Randolph later married his fifth wife, Francis, in August 1997. She died after undergoing heart surgery in circumstances prosecutors later characterized as suspicious during Randolph’s first 2017 trial for Causse’s killing, the outlet reported.
Francis’ daughter Rachel Gaskins also testified at the trial that Randolph had prevented her from visiting her mother in the recovery room after the surgery and cremated her body the next day.
Then, in 2006, Randolph married Causse in Mexico, one year after they met on Match.com, per The Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Thomas Randolph is Convicted of Killing Sixth Wife Sharon Causse
But the couple wouldn’t get their happily ever after. Causse was killed May 8, 2008, as she was returning home from a date night with Randolph.
According to an indictment provided to Oxygen, Randolph conspired with Mike Miller, a handy man who performed odd jobs for him, to kill his wife and stage it to look like a burglary.
After authorities said Miller fired a fatal shot to Causse’s head, Randolph turned on his accomplice, shooting him to death, then claiming he’d killed the intruder in self-defense.
Once again, prosecutors said he’d hoped to collect on $360,000 in insurance money, per Fox 5 Vegas.
Was Thomas Randolph Ever Convicted?
Randolph first went on trial for the murder in 2017. He was convicted of conspiring with Miller to kill his wife, along with the murders of both Causse and Miller, according to a 2026 filing from the Nevada Supreme Court.
However, the verdict was later overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court after they ruled that evidence of Gault’s death should not have been introduced at the trial, according to the documentary.
Randolph went on trial a second time in 2023. Jurors heard that just hours before Causse’s death, Miller and Randolph had spent time together, according to the court records.
Miller’s relatives also testified that he told them he’d soon be coming into money and leaving the state.
Randolph was convicted a second time of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
Before his sentencing, Randolph proclaimed his innocence.
“I didn’t kill Sharon,” he said, per KLAS. “I have nothing to do with this.”
This time, he was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison.
“He’s never going to take responsibility,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Hamner told the outlet after the sentencing. “It’s always going to be someone else’s fault. So that’s what you saw today.”
Where is Thomas Randolph Now?
Today, Thomas remains incarcerated at the Lovelock Correctional Facility in Lovelock, Nev., according to Nevada Department of Corrections records.
The 71-year-old recently appealed his conviction to the Nevada Supreme Court; however, the court denied his appeal and affirmed the conviction in a decision filed Aug. 31.
“Randolph argues that the cumulative effect of errors warrants relief,” the court wrote in their decision. “Because we do not recognize any of the errors alleged by Randolph, there are no errors to cumulate.”