Thomas Randolph: What We Know

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Thomas Randolph was convicted in 2023 of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of murder with a deadly weapon in the May 8, 2008 deaths of his wife, Sharon Causse, 57, and Michael Miller, 38, in Las Vegas. His first conviction, in 2017, was reversed in 2020 because the jury heard evidence about his second wife's 1986 death in Utah, a death he was tried for and acquitted of in 1989. On Aug. 31, 2026, the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the second conviction. He maintains his innocence.

What's confirmed

1. May 8, 2008, Las VegasSharon Causse, 57, his sixth wife, was shot dead at home. Michael Miller, 38, a handyman Randolph knew, was also killed. Randolph told police a masked intruder shot her and he shot the intruder. (NV Supreme Court 2020; Fox News; Biography; A&E; E!)
2. Prosecutors said the break-in was staged: that Randolph arranged for Miller to kill Sharon for her life insurance, then killed him. (NV Supreme Court 2020, 2026; A&E; Biography)
3. June 2017a jury convicted him; he was sentenced to death. (A&E; Fox News; Biography)
4. That jury heard evidence about his second wife, Becky Gault, who died of a gunshot wound in Utah in 1986. Her death was ruled a suicide. He was tried for her murder and acquitted in 1989. (NV Supreme Court 2020; Fox News; E!; Today)
5. Dec. 10, 2020the Nevada Supreme Court reversed, holding that "the danger of unfair prejudice substantially outweighed any probative value" of that evidence, and ordered a new trial. (Randolph v. State, No. 73825)
6. 2023the State retried him without seeking the death penalty. The jury convicted him again of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of murder with a deadly weapon. (Order No. 88625; KLAS 8 News Now; Fox News)
7. What the second jury heard, per the court: near daily communication between the two men in the months before; together hours before; costume jewelry and house keys near Miller's body. (Order No. 88625, pp. 6-7; Fox News; E!)
8. April 2024sentenced to an aggregate 720 months to life, at least 60 years before parole. At sentencing he said: "I didn't kill Sharon. I have nothing to do with this." (Order No. 88625; KLAS 8 News Now; Biography)
9. Aug. 31, 2026the Nevada Supreme Court rejected all seven of his appeal issues, including a speedy-trial claim and a claim that his statements to detectives weren't voluntary. "Finding no error, we affirm." (Order No. 88625)
10. He is held at Lovelock Correctional Center. (Nevada Department of Corrections; Biography; Oxygen)

What we don't know / what's disputed

• Whether he will take the case further (rehearing or a federal petition). We found no filing and no public statement from his lawyers as of Sept. 30, 2026.
• Randolph denies the killings. His appeal arguments were rejected by the court; his denial stands as his position.
• Netflix's documentary "The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part" was released Sept. 30, 2026. We report the court record, not claims made in the documentary.

What happens next

• Any new filing would appear on the Nevada Supreme Court docket (No. 88625). We're watching it and will post an UPDATE here if the record changes.

Please note

Randolph was acquitted in 1989 in Becky Gault's death and has never been charged in the death of any other former wife. Michael Miller was never charged with any crime; his role is as found by the jury and described by prosecutors and the court.

Sources

1. Supreme Court of Nevada, Order of Affirmance, No. 88625 (Aug. 31, 2026)caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nv-supreme-court/368564.html
2. Supreme Court of Nevada, Randolph v. State, No. 73825 (Dec. 10, 2020)caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nv-supreme-court/2100820.html
3. Nevada Department of Corrections inmate search (offender 1183344)
4. Fox News (Christina Coulter, Aug. 30, 2023, via KTVU)ktvu.com/news/nevada-black-widower-convicted-again-of-murdering-6th-wife-hit-man
5. KLAS 8 News Now (Kyle J. Paine, Apr. 5, 2024)yahoo.com/news/called-black-widower-thomas-randolph-014435139.html
6. A&E (Barbara Maranzani, Sept. 29, 2026)aetv.com/articles/thomas-randolph-black-widower
7. Biography (Catherine Caruso, Sept. 30, 2026)biography.com/crime/a73928619/thomas-randolph-black-widower
8. E! Online (Natalie Finn, Sept. 30, 2026)
9. Today (Scott Stump, Sept. 30, 2026)
10. Oxygen (Jill Sederstrom, Sept. 30, 2026)

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