Serial killer marries six women, only two survive

In this episode of Crime Watch Daily Updates: Some might say Thomas Randolph was unlucky in love. Others might suggest there was something amiss about his marriages. Thomas wed six times, but four of those women died.

In May 2008, Thomas and his wife, Sharon, walked into their suburban Las Vegas home, and Susan was gunned down in her own hallway. Thomas ran in after her and claimed he saw a masked intruder, so he chased after and shot at him.

Sharon and the intruder, Michael Miller, are both dead.

Detectives turned their suspicions to Thomas, especially because he stood to cash out on a nearly $400,000 life insurance policy. They started digging into his past and learned about the deaths of his other wives. Two potential hit men reportedly came forward and told authorities Tom allegedly hired them to kill his first wife and third wife.

One of his wives, Becky, died in 1986 from a gunshot wound to the head, and officials initially declared her death a suicide. But that would change.

Soon enough, Thomas collected the life insurance policies he took out on Becky. About two years after she died, a man named Eric Tarantino alleged Thomas asked him to kill Becky. Thomas was arrested for Becky’s murder, and while behind bars, he reportedly tried hiring someone to kill Eric.

Thomas was eventually acquitted of killing Becky, but he pleaded guilty to tampering with a witness regarding Eric Tarantino.

Police eventually arrested Thomas and charged him with Susan’s murder. He finally went to trial in 2017 and was convicted of killing Susan and Michael Miller. Then, he was sentenced to death.

Thomas’ attorneys appealed the conviction and argued prosecutors should not have brought up Becky’s death during the trial. In December 2020, the Nevada Supreme Court overturned the guilty ruling and the death sentence.

Let’s take a look back at the case of a Las Vegas man who was spared the death penalty.

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