Thomas Randolph, Convicted "Black Widower," Serving Sentence at Nevada Correctional Center

Thomas Randolph, known as the "black widower" for a string of deceased wives, is currently incarcerated at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, serving a sentence of 60 years to life. Randolph was convicted in 2024 for the 2008 murder of his sixth wife, Sharon Causse, and the murder of handyman Mike Miller.

Netflix's documentary "The Widower: Til Death Do Us Part," released in September 2026, details the case. Randolph, who has been married six times, was accused of murdering his wives for insurance money. He was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for Causse and Miller, and one count of conspiracy to commit murder.

According to a report by the Las Vegas Review Journal, Randolph collected approximately $500,000 from a life insurance policy on his second wife, Becky Gault, who died in 1986. Randolph was tried for Gault's murder but was not convicted, as the defense argued her death was a suicide. He also faced the death penalty in a 2017 trial for the murder of Sharon Causse, but that conviction was declared a mistrial in 2020 by the Nevada Supreme Court. The court cited that evidence from Randolph's 1986 case should not have been admitted.

Randolph, now 71, is housed at the Lovelock Correctional Center, a medium-security facility in Pershing County, Nevada. The Nevada Supreme Court recently denied his appeal, rejecting his argument that the 15 years leading up to his conviction violated his right to a speedy trial. The court upheld his murder convictions and sentence, ruling that he had not shown sufficient grounds for a new trial.

The documentary also addresses why Randolph did not face the death penalty in his 2024 retrial. The state of Nevada chose not to seek capital punishment in that instance, though the death penalty remains legal in the state. Executions have not occurred in Nevada since 2006. It is speculated that the state's decision may have been influenced by a desire to limit potential legal avenues for appeal that could arise from a death penalty case.

Randolph had also contested the use of a filmed walk-through of the crime scene, claiming he was coerced by police. However, the court noted that detectives testified Randolph was not threatened with arrest and agreed to participate of his own free will.