Where Is Thomas Randolph Now? 2026 Prison Status and Sentence

As of October 2026, Thomas Randolph is in prison in Nevada. The 71 year old man at the center of Netflix’s The Widower: ‘Til Death Do Us Part is serving 60 years to life at Lovelock Correctional Center in Pershing County for the 2008 murders of his sixth wife, Sharon Causse, and handyman Mike Miller in Las Vegas. On Aug. 31, 2026, the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed his convictions and rejected all seven issues he raised on appeal, so there is no third trial coming.

The short version:

Where he is: Lovelock Correctional Center, a medium custody state prison in Pershing County, Nevada, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections inmate listing cited by Decider.
His sentence: An aggregate term of 720 months to life, which is 60 years to life, handed down in April 2024 after his second jury conviction in August 2023.
Latest news: The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the conviction in an order dated Aug. 31, 2026 (case No. 88625). TODAY reported the ruling was announced on Sept. 2.
Can he get out? Not realistically. His minimum term alone runs 60 years, and he is already 71.
Death penalty? He was sentenced to death after his 2017 trial, but that verdict was overturned in 2020, and the state did not seek death at the 2023 retrial.
Does he admit it? No. He still says he is innocent, and he still calls Dateline producer Dan Slepian from prison.

Thomas Randolph is alive and in prison in 2026. He is held at Lovelock Correctional Center in Pershing County, Nevada, serving 60 years to life for conspiring to kill his wife Sharon Causse and for murdering both her and Mike Miller in Las Vegas on May 8, 2008. The Nevada Supreme Court upheld those convictions on Aug. 31, 2026. He is not expected to ever be released.

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Where Is Thomas Randolph Now in 2026?

Thomas Randolph is at Lovelock Correctional Center, a state prison in rural northern Nevada, where he is serving the sentence from his 2023 retrial. Decider reported on Sept. 30, 2026, that the Nevada Department of Corrections lists him at the facility, which houses medium custody general population inmates. The National and TIME also place him at Lovelock.

If you came here after the Netflix film asking “where is Thomas Randolph now” or “what prison is Thomas Randolph in,” the answer is the same: Lovelock, with no release date in sight.

He is also still talking. Slepian, who followed the case for roughly 18 years, told TODAY in an interview published Oct. 2 that Randolph had phoned him days earlier. “He just called me two days ago,” Slepian said. “He sees me potentially as an opportunity to continue to have a bullhorn of some sort. He’s 71 years old, still talking my ear off.”

TIME reported that Randolph continues to claim innocence and has people on the outside handing out flyers about his case around the courthouse.

What Did the Nevada Supreme Court Decide in 2026?

The court affirmed every part of the judgment, ending his bid for a third trial. The three justice panel (Justices Pickering, Parraguirre, and Bell) issued an order of affirmance in Randolph v. State, No. 88625. Randolph raised seven issues, and the court wrote, “Finding no error, we affirm.”

Here is what he argued and how the court answered (it also rejected an emergency motion and a cumulative error claim):

Speedy trial: Randolph said a 15 year delay ruined his defense. The court refused to count the full 15 years, noting it had already rejected his complaint about the nine years before his first trial. It looked at the 19 months between the 2020 remand and the 2023 retrial, found he raised the issue more than four months after the verdict, and said his list of ten dead or unavailable witnesses came with no affidavits or offers of proof. “Randolph has not shown his right to a speedy trial was violated,” the court wrote.
The crime scene walkthrough: He said detectives coerced him and that pain medication impaired him during the filmed reenactment. The court pointed to testimony from detectives Clifford Mogg and Dean O’Kelley that he was not threatened, and noted that “Randolph agreed on video that he was participating of his ‘own free will.'” It ruled his statements voluntary.
Attorney client privilege: He claimed the state violated privilege after jail staff impounded a computer he used for his case. The court said he showed no evidence that anyone accessed privileged material.
Jury instructions: He objected to robbery and felony murder instructions. The court said the evidence supported them, citing near daily contact between Randolph and Miller, no sign of forced entry, and a bag of costume jewelry and house keys found near Miller’s body.
Two lawyers at closing: He wanted both of his attorneys to argue. Nevada only guarantees that in cases punishable by death, and the court noted the state did not seek death on retrial.

What Did the Nevada Supreme Court Decide in 2026

What Is Thomas Randolph’s Sentence, and Can He Ever Get Out?

He is serving an aggregate 720 months to life, and with a 60 year minimum, he is expected to die in prison. He was sentenced in April 2024 on one count of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of murder with the use of a deadly weapon, according to the Nevada Supreme Court’s 2026 order and coverage from TODAY and Rolling Stone.

Even if he receives credit for the time he spent in custody since 2009, the earliest point at which parole could even be considered would land many decades from now, when he would be well past 100. That is our own estimate from the 720 month minimum, not an official parole date. Rolling Stone put it plainly: he is expected to die in prison.

At his April 2024 sentencing, Randolph addressed the court and denied it all. “I didn’t kill Sharon,” he said, as quoted by The National. “I have nothing to do with this.”

Can Thomas Randolph still appeal?

His direct appeal is over, but post conviction challenges are still technically possible. Defendants in Nevada can file state habeas petitions after a direct appeal, and federal habeas review may follow. As of Oct. 14, 2026, we found no report that Randolph has filed a new petition.

What Is Thomas Randolphs Sentence and Can He Ever Get Out

Why Didn’t Thomas Randolph Get the Death Penalty the Second Time?

Because prosecutors did not ask for it at the 2023 retrial. After his first trial in 2017, a jury convicted him and he was sentenced to death. When the case came back for retrial, the state took death off the table, and the Nevada Supreme Court’s 2026 order confirms that “the State declined to seek the death penalty for the offenses.”

Prosecutors have not publicly explained the choice, as Decider noted. Decider speculated that a capital case would have handed Randolph more procedural avenues, which he had used for years. That is a reasonable reading, though it is not an official explanation.

Nevada still has the death penalty on the books, but it has not carried out an execution since 2006, according to Decider.

What Happened to Sharon Causse and Mike Miller?

Sharon Causse, 57, was shot and killed at the couple’s Las Vegas home on May 8, 2008, and Randolph then shot and killed Mike Miller, the handyman he had hired. The couple had gone out to dinner that night ahead of Mother’s Day, according to TIME. Randolph called 911 and told dispatchers an intruder had shot his wife and that he had shot the man in self defense. The man turned out to be Miller.

Lead detective Dean O’Kelley quickly doubted the story. As Rolling Stone and TIME detailed, the ski mask was found on the garage floor with no blood or bullet holes, even though Miller was shot in the head. Most of the casings and bullet holes were in the garage, not the hallway where Randolph said the shooting happened. A neighbor reported gunshots at 8:33 p.m., but the 911 call did not come until 8:45 p.m.

Prosecutors argued that Randolph hired Miller to kill Sharon during a staged burglary, then double crossed him and killed him to eliminate the only witness. Miller’s family and a friend told investigators that Miller said Randolph had asked him to kill his wife, and relatives testified that Miller said he was about to come into money from Randolph, according to the 2026 court order. Two separate juries found Randolph guilty.

Money was central to the state’s theory. Rolling Stone reported that Randolph had three life insurance policies on Sharon worth about $350,000. Three months into the marriage, Sharon had updated her will to leave nearly everything to him, but she later secretly wrote a new will naming her daughter, Colleen Beyer, as sole beneficiary.

“When my mom’s friend called me, cause she saw the news that a woman was killed on that street, I just knew right then it had to have been my mom,” Beyer says in the documentary.

What Happened to Sharon Causse and Mike Miller

Why Is He Called “The Widower”? His Six Marriages, Explained Carefully

Randolph has been married six times, and four of those wives are dead. That pattern earned him the nickname “the Black Widower” in the press, as Rolling Stone and The National reported. It is important to separate what courts decided from what families and investigators believe.

Kathy Thomas (married 1975): His first wife is alive. She and her later husband, Steve Thomas, say in the documentary that Randolph once asked Steve whether he would kill someone for money. “I firmly believe that [Kathy] was the target,” Steve Thomas says. Randolph was never charged over any of this.
Becky Gault (married 1983): Becky, whose name also appears as Beckie, died of a gunshot wound at their Utah home in 1986. Her death was initially ruled a suicide. Randolph was later charged with her murder, and a Utah jury acquitted him in 1988 after his lawyers argued she died by suicide (The National dates the acquittal to 1989). He reportedly collected about $500,000 in life insurance, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporting cited by Decider. He did serve about 18 months for witness tampering after prosecutors said he tried to hire someone, who turned out to be an undercover officer, to kill a witness, according to TODAY. That conviction was later expunged, and he settled a lawsuit against the prosecutors.
Leona Stapleton: She died of cancer after they divorced, according to TODAY and Rolling Stone. No one has suggested foul play in her death.
Gayna Allmon: She is alive. She says in the documentary that a gun Randolph was cleaning once went off in her direction. He said it was an accident, and she left him soon after.
Frances Randolph: She died in 2004 after heart surgery, days into what looked like a normal recovery. Her family claims in the documentary that he steered her toward the operation and the surgeon. Her death was never investigated as a homicide, he was not charged, and he settled a wrongful death suit against the hospital, per Rolling Stone.
Sharon Causse (married 2007): The only death for which he stands convicted, along with Miller’s.

In the documentary, Randolph repeatedly denies any role in the deaths of his wives and denies any murder for hire plots, TODAY reported. His only standing convictions for murder are for Sharon Causse and Mike Miller.

Why Was His First Conviction Overturned?

In 2020, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled the jury should never have heard about Becky Gault’s death. At the 2017 trial, prosecutors used evidence about the Utah case. The court found that was improper “prior bad act” (propensity) evidence and ordered a new trial, as reported by NBC affiliate KSNV and summarized by TODAY. The 2026 order cites that earlier ruling as Randolph v. State, 136 Nev. 659 (2020).

Randolph had predicted it. Decider’s ending recap notes that he boasted on camera that the conviction would not hold, and it didn’t. “He played the system like a fiddle,” Slepian says in the film.

At the 2023 retrial, jurors heard nothing about the earlier wives. They convicted him anyway, largely on the physical evidence and his own filmed walkthrough. “I think Randolph saw the camera as giving him a stage. But it also gave detectives a record,” Slepian told TIME.

If this long road through the courts sounds familiar, our guide to where Jodi Arias is now follows another case in which a death sentence was overturned and a retrial ended with a long prison term instead.

What Netflix’s The Widower Shows, and What It Adds

Netflix’s The Widower: ‘Til Death Do Us Part premiered on Sept. 30, 2026, and it is the most complete look at the case yet. Directed by Chris Smith, an executive producer of Tiger King, and produced by Library Films and NBC News Studios, the 91 minute film is built on footage Slepian shot while embedded with Las Vegas detectives from the days after the killings through the 2023 verdict.

That access is what sets it apart. The film includes Randolph’s filmed reenactment at the house, his January 2009 arrest at his mother’s home in Utah, and years of jailhouse interviews. TODAY reported that when filming began, Colleen Beyer was pregnant with her daughter, Katie. By the second conviction, Katie was 15.

Slepian, who normally reports on wrongful convictions, says the case inverted his usual work. “This was kind of the same, except that Randolph was the one manipulating the system,” he told TIME. “He played the bureaucracy like a piano and kept winning over and over again.” He described Randolph to TODAY as “a self-described narcissist who makes menace sound like charm, and charm sound like a warning.”

The film ends with a postscript noting the September 2026 appeal denial, according to Decider’s ending explainer. The same story was told earlier in the 2021 docuseries Dateline: The Widower and in Investigation Discovery’s The Black Widower: The Six Wives of Thomas Randolph, now on HBO Max.

The film is still pulling viewers two weeks in. FlixPatrol had it at No. 5 among Netflix movies in the U.S. on Oct. 13, 2026, its 13th day on the chart.

For more spouse murder cases with insurance money at the center, see where Kouri Richins is now, and for a case built on a staged scene and a killer’s own words, see where Alex Murdaugh is now.

Thomas Randolph Case Timeline: 1975 to 2026

The key dates span five decades, from his first marriage to the 2026 appeal ruling.

1975: Randolph marries his first wife, Kathy.
1983: He marries Becky Gault.
November 1986: Becky dies of a gunshot wound in Utah. It is initially ruled a suicide.
1988: A Utah jury acquits him of her murder (some outlets say 1989). He serves about 18 months for witness tampering, later expunged.
1990s to 2004: Marriages to Leona Stapleton, Gayna Allmon, and Frances Randolph. Frances dies after heart surgery in 2004.
2007: He marries Sharon Causse after meeting her online.
May 8, 2008: Sharon Causse and Mike Miller are shot dead at the Las Vegas home.
January 2009: Randolph is arrested in Utah and charged with both murders.
June 2017: A Las Vegas jury convicts him. He is sentenced to death.
2020: The Nevada Supreme Court reverses the conviction over the Becky Gault evidence.
August 2023: A second jury convicts him on conspiracy and two murder counts.
April 2024: He is sentenced to 60 years to life.
Aug. 31, 2026: The Nevada Supreme Court affirms the conviction. TODAY reports the ruling was announced Sept. 2.
Sept. 30, 2026: Netflix releases The Widower: ‘Til Death Do Us Part.

For a wider look at other notorious offenders and their current status, our infamous killers where are they now roundup collects the latest updates.

Confirmed Facts vs. Reported Claims About Thomas Randolph

His convictions, sentence, and appeal result are confirmed by court records, while the claims about his other marriages come from families, witnesses, and the documentary.

Claim	Status	Basis
Convicted of conspiracy and two murders (Sharon Causse, Mike Miller)	Confirmed	2023 jury verdict, affirmed by Nevada Supreme Court, Aug. 31, 2026
Serving 720 months (60 years) to life	Confirmed	Nevada Supreme Court order, No. 88625
Held at Lovelock Correctional Center	Confirmed	Nevada DOC listing, per Decider; TIME; The National
Acquitted of Becky Gault’s murder	Confirmed	Utah jury verdict, 1988 (some outlets say 1989)
Collected about $500,000 on Becky Gault’s insurance	Reported	Las Vegas Review-Journal, via Decider; Rolling Stone
Asked men to kill earlier wives	Claimed	Witnesses in the documentary; never charged
Played a role in Frances Randolph’s death	Claimed	Her family; never investigated as a homicide, never charged
Still calls Dan Slepian from prison	Reported	Slepian, via TODAY and TIME

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Thomas Randolph still alive?

Yes. Thomas Randolph is alive as of October 2026 and is 71 years old, according to TODAY, TIME, and The National. He is serving his sentence at Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada.

What prison is Thomas Randolph in?

He is at Lovelock Correctional Center in Pershing County, Nevada, a medium custody state prison, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections listing cited by Decider.

Will Thomas Randolph ever get out of prison?

Almost certainly not. His sentence carries a 60 year minimum, and the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed his convictions on Aug. 31, 2026. Rolling Stone reported he is expected to die in prison.

Was Thomas Randolph convicted of killing all of his wives?

No. He stands convicted only in the 2008 deaths of Sharon Causse and Mike Miller. He was acquitted in Becky Gault’s 1986 death and was never charged in any other wife’s death, though some families still suspect him.

Did Thomas Randolph confess?

No. He has denied killing Sharon Causse at every stage, including at his 2024 sentencing and in interviews for the Netflix documentary, and he continues to maintain his innocence.

Where can I watch The Widower?

The Widower: ‘Til Death Do Us Part is streaming on Netflix as of Sept. 30, 2026. The earlier Dateline: The Widower series and ID’s The Black Widower: The Six Wives of Thomas Randolph also cover the case.

Where Is Thomas Randolph Now? His 2026 Prison Status, Sentence, and Netflix Widower Updates

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