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Hello. We're here, uh, from Dateline.

- What are you doing? - I'm from Dateline.

- And? - I'm here to see a detainee.

In my 30 years as a journalist,

the case of Thomas Randolph stands out as the most bizarre,

insane, surprising story that I have ever done.

You know this guy? Randolph? He's unforgettable.

He had six wives.

Four of them were dead.

Just make sure you're rolling when we meet.

This is the second time that he's facing the death penalty.

- Hi, Dan. - How you doing?

You wanna just clip it on there?

I interviewed him over a decade, ten times.

What's up with your hair?

Uh, it was this long last time you was here.

This guy's giving me all this access.

This is the Tommy Show, live from Las Vegas.

He's claiming he's innocent.

Maybe he's just really unlucky.

Am I beautiful?

Or perhaps he's a criminal genius.

Who in America has stood trial, facing the death penalty twice,

20 years apart?

I would absolutely agree with you.

And again, you must remember...

...I didn't kill anybody.

I've got your picture

That you gave to me

And it's signed "with love"

Just like it used to be

The only thing different

The only thing new

I've got your picture

She's got you

As a producer for Dateline, I have covered hundreds of stories.

We got access. We got full access

to the homicide unit and a couple detectives.

I followed dozens of murders in real time

as a fly on the wall filming everything.

And so when I get a lead, I don't know what's gonna happen.

But I follow my gut.

On May 9th, 2008,

I get a call from the Las Vegas Homicide Bureau.

"We had a weird case last night."

"You might wanna pay attention to this one."

911 emergency.

Uh...

My wife's been shot, and there's a guy in my house,

and I shot him.

- What's your name, sir? - Uh, Tom. Uh, Tom.

Where is your wife in the house?

In the hall, in the bedroom. She's been shot bad.

Where is she shot at? Do you know?

Uh, I think in the head.

And is the guy still in the house?

No, he's in the garage. I know him.

Do you know what his name is?

Mike. I don't know his last name.

Is... is he hurt too?

I hope he's dead!

Who shot your wife? He did?

- Uh, he did. - Is she awake?

No. No.

Okay, put her flat on her back.

Oh, God.

- Sir? - Oh, God.

Sharon. Oh, fuck.

Metro officers responded to a 911 call from a man who said...

By the time the police come over, Sharon Randolph had died.

And the intruder, Mike Miller,

had been shot dead by her husband, Thomas Randolph.

You okay, Tom?

- Been a long day. - I can imagine.

It was like 12:15 in the morning. They brought in Randolph.

He was the only one alive at the scene.

He was the only one that saw what happened.

You had told us that

you had employed a person by the name of Mike.

- Is that correct? - Yes.

Did Mike know you guys were going to dinner tonight?

Yeah, yeah.

Mike Miller had a ski mask.

There was a bag of jewelry that was next to him.

There's a lot of detectives saying looks like a guy is protecting his house.

This guy's a hero.

But one detective was like,

"Something doesn't feel right about this."

On the night of May 8th,

I got a call from my sergeant to respond to a murder that occurred.

My responsibility as the lead investigator is to document the crime scene.

And right out of the gate, there were things that weren't adding up.

The burglar, Mike Miller...

...he had been shot in the head.

So why was the ski mask on the floor of the garage...

...without any blood on it?

We then entered to find Sharon Randolph laying at the other end of the hallway.

And we were able to determine that Mike Miller came in the back door.

If he heard the garage door opening up,

why wouldn't he have run out the back door?

I'm expressing out loud some of the red flags that I'm seeing.

And I'm getting a lot of pushback, even from my own sergeant.

We butted heads over it.

But when I spoke with Dan Slepian,

and I said, "Something seems off about this,"

he was immediately on board.

He wanted to get on a plane, I think, you know, within minutes.

When I asked permission from the Vegas Homicide Unit

to follow Dean O'Kelley, they were like,

"We don't want big boom microphones and cameras around."

And I said, "What if I just show up by myself with a camera?"

- I'm looking at you? Down? - Yeah.

- Does it look weird though? - I don't know. No. I don't think so.

So they allowed me complete, unfettered access.

You're videoing me tucking my shirt in.

All right.

Dean told me that we're gonna have Thomas Randolph walk through the scene.

I asked him, "Are you gonna videotape that?"

My name is Tom Randolph. My date of birth is 2-2-55.

And it's my understanding we're doing a walk-through of the house,

kind of a reenactment of what happened, uh, last Thursday.

About there, we start opening the door up.

She's going in the house about right now.

He explained Sharon had gone in

while he has apparently finished listening to a song.

Now, this door was closed. I open it up.

I get right here, and Sharon's laying in the floor,

face down.

And I stopped right about here.

I had the door.

I said, "Sharon?"

"Sharon?"

About... about right here, when I was like this,

I was trying to kind of get a view.

I thought I'd just seen like a shadow or something over this way.

I reached right up here, got the gun,

grabbed it, stuck it in my pocket, came around just like that.

And about that time, he's right up on me. And that's when I just pushed him.

Boom, boom! Boom! Boom, boom! Boom, boom!

And I don't know if I shot him once, I shot him twice.

And then started coming back down this way.

And I'm being real, just, you know...

"Sharon? Sharon!"

"Sharon!"

And she's not...

What are you doing now?

I'm just kind of trying to see if anything else is going on.

He said he cleared the rest of the house...

ended up getting the home phone.

And I got back over here

where I could kinda see everything.

And I called 911.

911 Emergency.

Okay, let's focus on your wife.

I said, "Sharon? Sharon?"

The paramedic keeps telling him, "You need to turn her over."

"You need to, you know, do compressions." All these things.

I should go open the garage door, shouldn't I?

No! Keep doing what I'm telling you to do.

There was multiple times where he delayed it.

Sir, we've gotta do this quickly.

It was like...

And she came over.

And it was the... the grossest thing I had ever seen in my life.

Just really thick, globby stuff coming out of the mouth.

I felt like from the video walk-through that he was confident in his story.

We've switched tapes. And now we're on tape two.

So now it's my turn.

And when you first fire, he's right in this area.

- Yeah. Probably. Maybe... - Still facing you.

Maybe a little more that way, maybe a little more this way.

And I just shot and shot and shot and shot.

If those shots were fired in the hallway, the bullets should be in the hallway.

But except for the one cartridge case,

an inch away from the threshold,

everything else is in the garage.

- Where'd you hit him? - I shot him in the head.

Shot him in the head. Shot him in the head.

It seems like he still had his mask on then.

Why was the ski mask on the floor without any blood on it?

If he'd had his mask off, you'd've known it was Mike, right?

Oh yeah. And I would've still shot him. It wouldn't have mattered a bit.

I'm actually thinking, why isn't he seeing that there's a problem with it?

It's not supported by the crime scene.

Are we getting close to done? My back's starting to hurt.

So from the... from the time you parked the car,

how long do you think it took from the time you opened the door

to you being on 911?

- Two, three minutes, maybe. Yeah. - Two, three minutes total?

I heard a gunshot across the street at my neighbor's house.

- Where? - Uh, it's right over there.

We interviewed with a neighbor across the street

by the name of Mark Bartlett.

He had just connected a cell phone conversation with a friend.

Because it was like, boom, boom. You know, I heard it.

Then, uh... I was... I was like, "Oh shit, they're shooting."

According to his phone records, the call occurred at 8:33 p.m.

The 911 call occurred at 8:45.

Why did it take Tom Randolph 11 minutes to call 911?

After the video walk-through, Tom said he was gonna be out of town.

He was gonna be in Utah.

At that point, we didn't have enough to arrest him.

So he was allowed to leave.

Let's zoom in.

- Don't take me in my-- - Hello, Aunt Sharon.

Oh, come on, Mom.

Even at the airport, it's like $6 for a bagel.

Frankly, every story I do about murder affects me.

Because there's collateral damage any time a murder is committed.

Sharon's daughter, Colleen, was her only child.

Say hi.

Try it on, man.

Actually kind of surprised that she wanted to participate.

Oh, he wants his mom.

She was seven months pregnant.

She was devastated.

Here we go. We're gonna get you a cookie.

But she confided in me.

So you wanna know more, like, right when they first met?

- I mean, from what I know. - Tell me whatever you wanna tell me.

She was, um, meeting guys on the Internet.

Sharon and Tom met on Match.com.

And Sharon was swept off her feet.

He showered her with attention.

Took her on vacation.

They decided to go on a cruise to Mexico.

And when they came back...

...Sharon told Colleen...

..."We got married."

I was just like, "Oh God, who's this guy?" You know?

He looked a little wild.

Yeah, he had the super mullet going on.

And then by January, he had moved all his stuff in from Utah.

It was kind of very... very quick.

Did you always feel something was strange about him?

Yeah.

Three months into their marriage, Sharon made a will,

leaving almost everything to Tom.

And he took out three life insurance policies on her

for about $350,000.

And then all of a sudden, now, a new personality started to come out.

He kept leaving for his ex-girlfriend.

My mom was like, "Hell, no." And they fought all the time.

Metro officers responded to a 911 call from a man who said...

So when, uh, my mom's friend called me 'cause she saw the news

that a woman was killed on that street...

And I just knew right... right then that it had to have been my mom.

Hi, Colleen, this is Tom.

After her mother was killed,

Randolph starts leaving these phone messages.

I am just gonna try my darndest to buck up

and get the cleaning done,

and try and save us some money to get this house for sale.

Get this on the market and get on with it.

He thought with his will, everything was his.

Love you, see you later. Bye.

He didn't realize I was appointed special administrator to my mom's estate.

Not long before Sharon died, she started to become concerned

about the way that she was being treated by him

to the point where she believed that she was in danger.

And in secret, she changed her will,

leaving nearly everything to Colleen.

He didn't realize I had a will.

Yeah, he thought he was in control and in charge of everything.

And...

He doesn't like it when a woman takes control away.

Please save.

You know, it's really weird.

We sat there and we talked about the house.

I could see it in your eyes. You was lying through your teeth.

No wonder your mother didn't like you.

End of message.

I'm gonna be wigglin' around today because I am just not comfortable.

After the video walk-through,

I told Tom that there were still some problems

that might need to be cleared up.

Mr. Randolph, thank you for coming in.

So when he came back in town,

we conducted a... a recorded interview with him.

Sum up Sharon in one word.

She's fucking wonderful.

How would you sum yourself up?

I'm a cocky fucker.

If I catch you fucking with me or stealing from me

or fucking my wife we're gonna have a problem.

And since I got a bad back I'll probably bring a bat with me.

And I may even try to find a friend to hold you if I can't catch you.

You could tell he tried to push buttons a lot.

Yeah, actually I got so many fucking bullets it's scary.

I could start a small war on a third country.

- A small third country... - Right.

He was trying to figure out if we were on to him.

Unless you come and just tell me I'm under arrest

I'm probably not coming back out here for at least 30, 40 days.

You think we should tell you you're under arrest?

No, because if you are, you fucked up. You fucked up.

This one's an easy one for you.

He was trying to suggest we should've said,

"Okay, it's all good. It's over with."

It wasn't working for him.

And he became really angry about that.

I like you. You, I don't like, by the way.

- Okay. - I don't know why, I just don't like you.

It happens.

It's not that I don't trust you, but I think I'll take my bag with me, okay?

As we were up and leaving the interview room,

Tom looked at me and said...

Is your wife good-looking?

What do you think?

To kill for.

And I think that was just a little peek at his hand.

A lot of my work actually has to do with cases

where the justice system has gotten it wrong.

People who claim they're innocent and are ignored.

So although Thomas Randolph was under suspicion,

I'm never convinced

whether it's a wrongful conviction or a rightful conviction

until I know all the facts.

So I called him.

I left messages.

And finally, he answered.

Hello?

Hey Tom, it's Dan from Dateline. How are you?

Hi, Dan. I'm so goddamn pissed off at you.

Tell me straight up what it is you're... you're wanting from me

so I can talk to my lawyer and see about coming on your fucking show

and shutting you up!

Because you're out of your fucking mind!

Is that clear enough for you, how I feel about this?

He's mad.

He doesn't know he's gonna talk to me. How am I gonna s-- flip this?

I'm not calling you with any preconceived notion.

I'm not calling you with any judgement whatsoever.

My goal was to slowly have him comfortable with me.

You know that there is some sort of investigation happening.

You know, that must be very stressful for you.

Stressful? I'm ready to blow my brains out.

I never said that I thought he was guilty.

I never said that I thought he was innocent.

I just wanted to keep a relationship with him.

I wanted to keep him talking.

You talked to the detectives, obviously.

Just ask them how much time have they spent with me.

Have they ever had dinner with me?

This is the kind of thing that I'm talking about.

Just kind of getting to know who you are.

That was the beginning of our cat and mouse game.

You got my number.

- Alright, thank you. - Alright, Tom.

While we're conducting our investigation,

there's that ever-present sense of urgency

because we know that he's a very dangerous person.

But to arrest Thomas Randolph, we needed more evidence.

Even though Mike Miller was a victim, he was also a suspect.

So I wanted to look into his relationship with Thomas Randolph.

We learned that he had family members in North Carolina

and friends in South Carolina,

so we traveled there to get interviews with them in person.

Most importantly,

let's talk about life on the road for a homicide detective.

It's all about eatin' grits.

Grits.

I go with him,

riding shotgun the entire time with my camera rolling.

Approaching left turn, followed by a right turn.

All right, did I just do a circle?

- Go straight. - Why'd I do that?

Approaching destination on the right.

All right.

- Is this it? - That's it.

If a person's the subject of an interview, they had to say yes or no

as to whether or not they wanted to be on camera.

- Hey, how y'all doing? - Good. How are you doing?

Dan Slepian.

I'm with NBC News.

They not only approved. They were willing to... to tell us everything.

My brother worked all his life.

We're sorry for your loss.

The detectives went to interview Mike Miller's two brothers.

- Come on in. - Reco.

- Excuse me. - No, take your time. You're fine.

Come in.

Judy?

And a friend of Mike Miller's.

Judy, you understand this interview is being recorded?

- Is that okay with you? - Yes, sir.

About how long ago did you meet him?

It was about 15, 16 years.

- So you're pretty good friends with him? - Mm-hmm.

And at some point he moved out to Las Vegas?

Yup, he said he was moving out for a better life.

And what did he tell you?

Did he... Did he give... give you a call after he got settled in?

He always talked about the man he met at the store.

Randolph met Mike Miller months earlier at a convenience store.

Seemed like a guy down on his luck, and he bought him some beer.

He said, "I need a handyman. You wanna come and help me?"

- Was he getting paid then? - Yeah, he said he was getting $600 a week.

Did he say how often he had contact with this man Tom?

It was all the time.

Over the course of four months, they spoke, like, every day.

There was like 200 phone calls that Randolph made to him.

Mike told me... he said he had got a gun. A 9 millimeter.

Mike said he got that from who?

He got that from the white guy.

I kept telling him, I said Mike, something's ain't right about that man.

And then Mike told me "The man wanted me to kill his wife."

I said, "For what?"

He said, "He'll pay me to do it."

Tom Randolph convinced Michael to kill Sharon...

...make it look like a burglary,

and that they would later split the insurance money.

The ski mask probably came off immediately,

but Tom double-crossed him and killed him.

Are you 100% convinced that he's guilty of murder?

Yes. I expect that we're gonna arrest him.

Good morning, sir.

Dean can't make an arrest without the permission

of the District Attorney's Office.

So I follow him over to meet assistant district attorneys

Dave Stanton and Robert Daskas.

I had never had that kind of access to prosecutors

where I'm filming

as they're having strategy sessions,

talking about whether they should be able to arrest this guy or not.

We have a pretty good idea of when they got home.

It's based on video surveillance.

They got a surveillance video from the casino in the restaurant

where he had taken Sharon out for a Mother's Day dinner.

If the allegations are true, as he's holding her hand,

he knows that she's gonna be dead within five, ten minutes.

She came in this garage door,

and just as she clears this doorway, she's shot.

They have the forensics that don't match,

the odd behavior with the walk-through.

Boom, boom! Boom! Boom! Boom, boom!

They have the timeline that doesn't match up.

He can't get over that time. He can't get around it.

And now they have information from Mike Miller's family.

So what's the current status of your case?

Well, we're... we're talking with you and roundtabling it

to see whether or not you think we have enough to...

to get the affidavit together and submit it.

I thought, this is a slam dunk.

They're gonna be thanking us to bring such a good-quality case to them.

The way I assess it is

the defense attorney walks in and says... says to a jury,

"Look, there's an intruder. He's startled. He panics. He grabs a gun."

"Is it... is it any wonder he can't remember exactly where he was

when he fired that gun?"

I... I tend to agree with Robert.

If I'm a defense attorney, yeah, he's panicked.

I was dumbfounded.

Feeling like I was being punked or something,

like, "What-- Are-- You're serious?"

Unless there's more evidence I'm not aware of right now,

there's no way that a jury convicts him of anything.

Even the testimony from Judy Archie,

the prosecutors say it's not good.

Mike told me the man wanted me to kill his wife.

Tom didn't say to her that he wants to kill his wife.

Miller told her that Tom told him that he wanted to kill his wife.

That's called hearsay. So it's not admissible.

We've got to make sure, you know, we're ready

and we've done everything we can to get this guy.

I just... I think it's not there.

When the prosecutors declined Dean's request

to arrest Thomas Randolph,

I was a little bit like, "Oh shit."

"Is this story dead?"

But Dean O'Kelley wasn't gonna give up.

We had to dig as deep as we could

into Tom Randolph's life.

And it turns out

Sharon Randolph was...

Tom Randolph's sixth wife.

And out of the six times he'd been married,

four of those women were dead.

I was like, "What?"

I've never met anybody who had six wives and four of them are dead.

His first wife, Kathy Randolph, was still alive.

And she lived in Carnation, Washington.

...boarding everyone at this time.

- Are we getting it now? - Yep.

So the detectives boarded a plane.

That's Rob.

And that's Dean.

I flew with them,

filming them along the way

as we unraveled the secrets of Thomas Randolph's past.

- Hello. - Kathryn, hi.

Hi, Robert, Dean, and Dan. Right?

- You got it. Dan. - Okay.

We have a more recent photograph of him,

and we'd just like you to take a look at it.

Sure.

That's definitely him. He looks terrible.

How did you, uh, meet Thomas Randolph?

Um, I was in high school.

I was a senior, and I had a girlfriend.

And her boyfriend happened to be roommates.

We were married August 2nd, 1975.

I was 18.

He was 20.

I had my two children with him.

He was very charming and witty person and very intelligent.

And I fell for that at first.

Do you know if he had an insurance policy on you?

Yes, he did.

He got really scary.

Not physically, but psychologically.

He liked to control you, you know?

Didn't want you to have any friends.

He started seeing other women, um, doing a lot of drugs,

and I... I just couldn't handle it anymore.

The day I decided to leave, you could see his face just go red.

But I knew he had guns.

He really scared me at that point.

She went on to marry a guy named Steve Thomas,

who used to be friends with Randolph.

He had, uh, approached me and asked me if I would kill somebody for money

if I knew I could get away with it.

Not just once, but several times.

At the time, I didn't really know, but looking back,

I firmly believe that she was the target.

This was the first time we know that Tom Randolph tried to groom someone

to commit murder.

It shows a pattern.

He's around somebody for a while,

and then he'll just maybe put something out there

and see whether or not they,

like you say, whether or not you bite on it.

It was good to know that we're on the right track.

But we needed to dig further. We needed more.

During the investigation, Thomas Randolph was free.

So Colleen wanted to change the locks on her mom's house

so he didn't have any access.

He's a lot more dangerous than I thought he was.

He doesn't... he doesn't care about anybody but himself.

Oh, you took your shoes off.

Colleen was very afraid of Randolph.

I think that's why she contacted us, uh,

when the locks were being changed on the house

to make sure that somebody was there to protect her.

I mean, look at this stuff.

Bullets.

And he's got this bulletproof vest.

And as they're changing the locks,

Randolph shows up.

Um...

And I... I'm still not quite sure I understand this.

He hasn't left yet. He's arguing with O'Kelley out front.

I know.

Now, you got a piece of paper that says I can't be here?

That's what I thought, so... I think I'll stay in my house.

No, I don't think so, sir.

He was agitated right out of the gate,

wanting to take things from the house, being told that he couldn't.

I live here. This is my house and address.

That's not the way it's going to go today.

What do you mean? I can't get my clothes?

No. That's something you... you got to work out with your attorney.

I'm like, "Okay, let's go. We're leaving the house."

You're just an asshole, aren't you?

Yeah, you really are.

Right.

He's locked out because he can't get his clothes.

And I'm not talking to him.

Hmm.

Oh, my heart's still going pretty fast.

Just scared the crap out of me.

This guy's dangerous,

and you don't know what he's planning on next.

The sooner we can get him into custody, the better.

Hi, Dan. I just thought I'd call you back 'cause I...

Tom and I would have hours-long phone conversations,

so we formed this rapport.

I'm really starting to like you. I really am.

And what seemed to be very appealing to him

was my work with wrongful convictions.

My perspective is the same as yours. The system's screwed up.

In his mind, if he thought he was being wronged,

he may have seen me as an ally.

These cops-- I'm just pissed off.

How callous or how unconcerned they was.

They think they found a serial killer

marries these women and insures them and kills them.

You know, there's always been a lot of insurance

on every wife I've ever had.

And I've had a bunch of 'em.

And my second wife killed herself 22 years ago.

Suicide! She committed suicide.

Tom's second wife was Beckie Randolph,

who he had met in Utah.

He had been with Beckie before he divorced Kathy.

So when he divorced Kathy, he ended up marrying Beckie the next day.

In 1986, Randolph was pulled over, driving erratically,

had a bottle of vodka in the car with him, and he was arrested.

He got out of jail the next morning, went to the house, called 911,

and said he found Beckie dead and that it was a suicide.

I'd been in jail for about four hours

before my wife killed herself.

So, I didn't do this shit.

These cops, I guess now they want to solve this

and become policemen of the century or something.

- We'd better hit the road though. - Okay.

I went with the detectives to Clearfield, Utah,

to talk to Beckie's aunt.

Anything you wanna say to your lieutenant and your, uh, sheriff?

We did not rent an Infiniti.

This car is awful.

Yeah, I think that's the only...

How are you? Rob Wilson.

- Rose Allred. - Nice to meet you, Rose.

- Hi. Hi. - Dean O'Kelley. Good to meet you.

Come on in.

One picture of her.

Here's...

Beckie was happy.

Even though Beckie died 20 years earlier...

I felt that emptiness.

I felt that sadness from her.

Tell me what you know about Tom Randolph and their relationship.

I just didn't like him. He was just an arrogant smart-ass.

Did, uh, Beckie ever talk to you about anything that he was doing to her?

Yeah.

He had a room down in the basement, and he always kept it locked.

She told me that he had other girls down there and make her go down.

I asked her, "Doesn't it kill you to watch him do that with other girls?"

She said, "Yeah."

"But I do it because he wants me to."

She lost her job.

They were losing the house.

And Tom was bitching

'cause the insurance premium was due on their insurance.

- The life insurance? - Mm-hmm.

He had three policies out on...

Rosealie said Beckie was getting up the courage to leave him.

And Beckie told Rosealie,

"I'm gonna go over to the house, pack up some stuff,

and I'm gonna stay with you."

The... My cousin called and told me to come home.

At what-- 'cause I was at work, told me to come home.

And I said, "She's dead, isn't she?" "Just... just come home."

And she was dead.

When the investigators came over, there was a gun in her hand.

There's a suicide note.

But one detective was convinced there was foul play.

- Is it 160? - I think so.

While we were in Utah,

we went up to meet with the lead investigator of Beckie's death.

- Dean O'Kelley. Good to meet you. - Dean?

He pushed back, like I did,

because he had problems with what he saw at the scene.

There were a lot of things that, you know, was a red flag to me,

you know, such as the position of the hands.

Upside down, laying like this to pull the trigger?

Mm-mm. Ain't happening.

Just by looking at it, she'd have had to be

on her head and ambidextrous in order to pull that trigger.

There was no way that could have happened.

Not long after the murder,

Dick Martin went back to the crime scene to do a deeper investigation.

I was under the impression

that the County Attorney's Office had locked the house down.

By the time I could get my warrant

in order to get back in there and do things,

everything that I wanted to do was gone.

Carpet was up, walls painted.

You know? I mean, you name it, it was done.

'Cause they didn't lock it out, that allowed Tom Randolph then

to get back into the house and change things.

And it's case closed.

So Randolph was able to profit

on insurance policies close to half a million dollars.

He ends up buying a hot tub and a Porsche,

and he lived for a couple of years believing it was over.

But that all changed in 1988.

When Beckie Rae Randolph died two years ago

from a gunshot wound to the head,

Clearfield police called it apparent suicide.

But today police arrested Randolph's husband

on charges of murder

after new evidence implicated him in the shooting.

A new witness came forward.

Eric Tarantino.

He was a former friend of Randolph's,

and he'd been in hiding for two years.

Eric Tarantino claims Randolph once offered him $10,000

to kill Mrs. Randolph

and make it look like an accident.

The prosecutors claimed Tom Randolph had groomed Eric

and got him to the point where he'd be willing to kill Beckie.

That's all matching up with what we knew happened in Las Vegas with Mike Miller.

So we needed to travel to New Hampshire and get a statement from Eric Tarantino.

I flew in with the detectives,

but I assumed that he wouldn't want me around.

He was terrified of Thomas Randolph.

In fact, he moved as far as he could across the country,

literally to New Hampshire from the West Coast

to get away from him.

Really appreciate you coming. Dean.

Mr. O'Kelley, how are you?

- Rob Wilson, my partner. - How you doing? Nice to meet you.

And Dan Slepian.

I say to Eric Tarantino, "I'll stand in the background."

"Do you mind if I film the conversation?" He's like, "No, go ahead."

And it's a scene out of a movie.

You know, it was 20 years ago,

but for 20 years, it was yesterday.

There isn't a day that goes by I don't look over my shoulder for him.

I don't think anybody ever got as close to him as I did.

I don't think anybody ever would.

Tarantino met Randolph when he was 19.

Randolph was older. He looked up to him.

Tom and I had become good friends.

We did a lot of camping,

hunting, fishing, running around, doing what guys do.

We were shooting guns in, uh, I wanna say, Weber Canyon.

It's just one thing after another.

It was little innuendos here and there

about killing somebody for, you know, collecting insurance.

And then just a point-blank, "I want you to kill my wife."

And "no" was the first thing out of my mouth.

And this is exactly what he said.

"You know way too much to say no."

"So it's you or her."

Well, I wasn't ready to die, so I played the game.

I did whatever he asked me to do.

I mean, we went out so many different times

practicing ways to kill her.

Pushing her down in a canyon with a raging river.

Shooting her, accidental, non-accidental.

You didn't make mistakes or you paid for them.

The way Eric Tarantino explains it

is that they practiced killing Beckie for about a year.

He was almost like a hostage.

But Eric developed affectionate feelings towards Beckie,

and he wasn't gonna be able to follow through with it.

She got on the phone. I said, "Beckie, Tom's gonna kill you."

"He's got life insurance policies in the bottom drawer of his bureau

at his mother's house."

He was dancing on the bed when we were there,

uh, playing a Rod Stewart song.

"I wanna kill my wife and make it look like suicide."

Or should I act Quite cold and deliberate?

Or maybe blow out her brains With a bullet?

They'll think suicide They won't know who done it

I wanna kill my wife

I knew when I made that phone call,

I either had to run or I was gonna be dead.

I wasn't going anywhere where I could be found.

The next day, Tarantino went into hiding...

...but then about a year later, he gets a call saying she's dead.

Beckie's dead.

They had a hundred suspicions that her death was murder

and not suicide.

I was the missing link to the entire thing.

Based on Tarantino's testimony,

prosecutors filed murder charges against Randolph.

It is a capital case,

which means Thomas Randolph could face the death penalty.

Tom knows

the key witness against him is his former friend.

So while he's in jail,

Tom hires a hit man to kill Eric Tarantino.

They were smart enough to put an undercover agent

in the cell next to him,

which was the person that he hired for the contract.

So you would think a person wanting to have

one of the witnesses against them murdered

would be something that the jury would wanna hear.

But unfortunately,

there are many occasions where evidence cannot be introduced

that would prejudice the jury against the defendant.

So they never heard about the attempt on Eric Tarantino's life.

Everything hinged on Eric Tarantino's testimony.

When I walked into the trial,

I was less than a foot from Tom Randolph.

Shaking.

My mind was racing 100 miles an hour.

I looked at the jury a lot of the time, just trying to get them to realize...

...that's an insane person.

That's a psychotic person.

The 34-year-old Randolph testified for more than two hours,

described marriage to a woman he said was disturbed,

depressed, and dependent on drugs.

Randolph had his alibi. "I was in jail that night."

The prosecutor argued he killed Beckie first.

He wanted to establish an alibi.

And what better alibi than to be thrown into jail?

The jury must decide if Beckie Randolph took her own life

as a way to escape her problems

or if Thomas Randolph used his wife's depression

and her talk of suicide as a way to mask

what he may have thought was the perfect crime.

The jury was out... ...most of the day.

Um...

They came back.

Michelle, we were just informed a few moments ago

that the jury has returned a verdict.

He did not kill his wife to collect a quarter million dollars in insurance.

Minutes after the jury's decision,

Thomas Randolph Jr. approaches our camera.

I need to thank the jury for being so attentive.

How are you feeling?

Wonderful.

It just goes to show how effective he is in swaying people.

He was facing the death penalty, and he was acquitted.

Minutes after he was acquitted, Randolph was hauled back to jail.

He faces another charge,

conspiracy to murder the state's star witness against him.

Randolph ended up spending about a year and a half in prison

on the witness tampering charge,

got out,

and then sued the prosecutors for prosecuting him.

Not only did Tom get a settlement. He also got his record expunged.

He knew how the system worked. There's no question about that.

And like everything else he did, he knew how to manipulate things too.

There were other tears of anger and bitterness

from members of Beckie Randolph's family.

I think it's very unfair and unjust.

Part of it, which I found chilling to hear,

Beckie's mother goes outside and is filmed by the local news.

He's guilty.

And he's just gonna kill somebody else's daughter, so beware.

Let's get this on tape for you.

You want to shoot my belly?

Yeah, that's my baby girl.

I had a young child at the time.

I felt Colleen's pain.

We have scheduled a pickup time for Thomas Randolph

to come get his stuff from the house.

Tommy, let her take a look at that, please.

I was hoping he would be arrested,

but, uh, it turns out they're gonna hold off on that.

I'm losing faith.

Just, I... I worry

about my... ...my safety and my kids.

Yeah, it's just... ...it's taking too long.

I knew any moment that he was free,

anybody on Tom's radar that could testify against him

could end up dead.

- Thanks so much. - If he bothers you at all, just call.

But before we could arrest him, we needed to dig further

into all of these previous marriages that Tom Randolph had.

After Beckie,

the next woman that Tom Randolph married was Leona.

He met her in Utah,

and together they moved to Indiana.

They were divorced,

and she actually ended up dying much later from cancer.

But Indiana started to open up the eastern front for him

when it came to finding new wives.

His fourth wife, Gayna,

was the only other woman that's still alive.

How are you feeling about flying cross-country again?

Sucks. I hate flying.

Approaching left turn.

We go over to Gayna's house.

Hi, Gayna. Dean O'Kelley.

Come here.

She lets me film her interview with the detectives.

Do a little introduction to the recording, and then we'll talk.

- All right? - Let's go. Chop-chop.

How did you meet Tom Randolph?

Through, um, a... an ad, a dating thing in the newspaper.

He says everything that, uh, you basically wanted to hear.

Brought flowers and all those kind of stuff.

Then the next thing I know, I'm stupid enough to marry him.

One day, she gets a call from the Edinburgh Police Department

saying that Tom was involved in a shooting at a bar.

"And by the way, you know about his second wife, right?"

They were asking me if he'd taken out a life insurance policy on me,

and I told them, yes, that he had,

and then they explained to me about an incident that happened in Utah.

That he had been under suspicion as far as murder there of the wife.

- And I had no knowledge of any of that. - Mmm.

And I was totally shocked.

Everything came to a head, uh, one night

when Tom was supposedly cleaning firearms...

...and the bullet went through the floor about a foot away from her.

I was extremely scared, and it wasn't too long after that

that he went to work, and I packed up my stuff, and I was gone.

Gayna took off as fast as possible, and it's a good thing that she did

because Randolph had allegedly approached a guy named Glenn Morrison

about killing his wife.

Mr. Morrison, do you understand this is being recorded?

Yeah.

- Do you recognize this fella? - Yeah, that's Randolph.

We were out drinking beer, or something.

And he asked me something about making some quick money.

He said, "Well, my wife."

"I got insurance money for you to shoot her and shoot me in the leg."

"I'll give you 30 minutes to get away."

"Wait for the insurance company and if it settles I'll pay you the money."

He was trying to make it look like a robbery?

Yeah.

Although no investigation was ever done into this claim

and Tom Randolph was never charged,

it's exactly what played out in Las Vegas with Mike Miller and Sharon Randolph.

Way before Tom even met Sharon,

he's talking to Glenn Morrison about doing the same thing.

I said, "You're out your fucking mind, man."

I said, "I ain't have nothing to do with that."

If I did that, he'd have shot me.

It'd be the perfect alibi.

I broke in there, shot his wife, shot him, tried to rob the place.

No witnesses.

He actually saw the outcome of what happened to Miller...

...and said, "No, I don't want to have anything to do with this."

While he was with Gayna,

he had met Frances, his fifth wife.

And he convinced Frances to leave her husband to marry him.

We knew that Frances was dead.

The question was, why? How did that happen?

Destination on the left in 0.3 miles.

And so we ended up meeting with Frances's family.

- How are you? - Hello. Dean O'Kelley.

- You're Dean O'Kelley? I'm Carolyn Austin. - Yes, ma'am. Hi.

And we found out that she had a heart condition

that needed to be dealt with at some point in time.

She told me that week.

She said, "I don't have to have the surgery."

"But they said if I would have it before I got older,

that it'd be so much better for me."

Tom hand-selected this doctor in Utah to get the surgery done.

Family members come to visit.

She had surgery, come out of recovery, and was doing fine,

was sitting up, eating, talking.

So we all went back.

While they're at the airport, they get a phone call

that said that Frances had taken a turn for the worse...

...and that she had died.

To this day, it's never been declared a murder.

He insists that she died from a malpractice.

And he ends up not only collecting on her life insurance money,

but he sues the hospital for wrongful death

and settles with them.

And it seemed like everybody he's ever around,

these women come up dead. He comes up with money.

Every time there's money, he's always getting money.

Are you saying...

And then Carolyn comes up with this videotape.

I'm like, what is that?

Well, this is the will that he... he had sis to make.

I've never watched this because I can't... I just feel like I can't bear to watch it.

- Go ahead and do it now? - Pardon me?

- You want me to go ahead and do it now? - Uh-huh.

This is Frances Louise Randolph

and I'm makin' this tape

so that people will know what I want

when I pass away.

What do you want done with yourself?

And for my burial

I would like to be cremated and put along, uh, with Tom in a place.

I don't want to be separated from him,

so please, Tommy, do what you think is best

because I know you'll do what's right for me.

Seeing that video

of someone speaking about their demise from the grave

was chilling.

And Tommy,

I hope you never have to look at this tape.

Because... I love you too much to think someday I won't be with you.

- Asshole. - I love you, Tommy.

We found out so much more than I could've ever expected.

And Dean said, "This is the time for us to bring the case back."

Today's date is September 9th,

and we are heading up to, uh, Dave Stanton's office

to discuss the completion of the affidavit

and our being ready to submit the case.

It's the moment of truth, all right?

This time,

the prosecutors say...

You know, one of the things I wanted to talk about today is

pulling the trigger when we do grand jury versus prelim.

Now arrest warrant's typed up, signed by a judge,

and I don't think the ink was dry before we were on our way

to take Thomas Randolph into custody.

These cops, they know damn well I didn't shoot Sharon!

Most of the time when I spoke with Tom,

he was at his mom's place in Utah.

I'll save the state of Nevada a lot of money

if they're coming to arrest me.

Just let me know and I'll go ahead and shoot myself.

You know, maybe I can shoot them too and save the taxpayers some money

'cause they sure as hell ain't very good cops.

We drove all night,

and we ended up in Clearfield, Utah,

at about 4 or 5 a.m.

I'm excited, man,

but I'm also kind of nervous, you know?

- We're gonna get him, though. - Oh, no, no.

I mean, we're definitely gonna get him, but I wouldn't put it past him

just to get a chuckle out of it, you know?

We met in a remote location

down the street from where the house is located,

and we let the detectives from Clearfield take the lead.

Do we want to sit on it at all and try and wait and watch,

or are we just gonna hit it and see what we get?

We knew that Tom Randolph might be armed and dangerous.

He's not answering, just so you know.

So there was that heightened level of concern.

If he was cornered, he might go down in a blaze of glory.

The Clearfield detective approached the house.

I had my weapon drawn because we didn't know what he had.

Hello?

- Can I talk to you real quick? - Good morning.

Put your hands on your head right now! Put your hands on your head right now!

He had his hand behind the door.

- Watch it. Watch it. - Come out.

He wouldn't show his right hand.

- Look. Taser. - Let me see your hand.

On the ground! On the ground!

My hand. My God. Look what you've done to me.

- On the ground! - On your belly!

- Hands behind your back. - My hand.

- Oh my God, you-- - You're under arrest.

I understand that.

Let's get him up. Let's get him out.

- Oh my God. - Let's get him out.

- Oh, you-- Fuck. Oh my God. - Stand up and walk!

- I can't stand up, you stupid fucks. - Walk! You can!

Oh my God.

Let's get... get him out of the house.

- Walk. - You're killing me, you scum. This is--

Walk. Walk.

- Walk. - Jesus Christ.

Don't make any dumb moves, okay?

After he was tased and dragged through the snow,

his mother came out.

- Tommy, you okay? - No!

What did you do to him?

He refused to show his hands when he was ordered to do so,

so they had to take appropriate action.

She's a tough woman,

and she just supported him with everything he ever did.

- Be careful. - Yeah.

Hey, I didn't have to do...

Did you not know that they were coming?

- Careful, Dan. - No.

Are you warm enough now, Thomas?

- Uh, not really, but... - I'll turn those vents on.

I know you guys have to be burning up with the coats on.

Now, remember,

we've never met each other in person.

I've been talking to him on the phone for six months.

Look at those mountains, huh?

Did you use to ski?

- Long time ago. - Did you?

I broke my leg when I was

16, 17.

He's been tased,

so they need to take him to the hospital.

I said, "Tom, do you mind if... if I go with you?"

And he was like, "No, you can come."

Well, everybody who I've spoken to who knows you

says you're a pretty charismatic guy.

I don't know about that, but I guess that's good.

I don't feel too charismatic now. I kind of hurt.

I'm a nice guy.

I'm... I'm cocky, I'm a little flashy, but, you know,

certainly doesn't make me a murderer.

Thomas Randolph wanted me there with him.

He invited me in.

If you go to Vegas, if you end up in jail or waiting trial, I'll come and visit you.

- We'll do interviews there. - Okay. Cool.

- All right? - Yep.

- Hi, how are you today? - Hey, how's it going?

As soon as Tom was arrested,

his mother mortgaged her house

to have enough money to get him his first attorney.

This place always smells.

I don't know what. It smells...

It smells like the bottom of somebody's foot.

What did you wanna talk to me about?

Okay, for bail, I need to be out to help you 'cause...

This is the second time that he's facing the death penalty,

but Tom thinks he's the assistant lawyer and not the defendant.

So my files are in Mom's house, in my attic, in Mom's attic,

in the garage.

- What... what files, what... what paperwork? - We moved it to--

By the way, my legal assistant, Melinda, thinks you're a whack job.

She read your letter, and she says,

"I don't understand anything he's writing."

Okay, she, like, actually typed it out.

She read it and typed it out and then read it again

and said that you're all over the place.

Gabe knew that the monumental fight in this case

was to make sure that the Utah case

was kept out for the Sharon Randolph trial

because there was only one question to be answered.

Whether you were shooting a burglar or an accomplice.

- See you, Tom. - See you later. Thanks, Gabe.

But before Gabe went to trial, Randolph essentially fired him.

I mean, Randolph couldn't afford Gabe,

but he never went to Gabe and said,

"Hey, can you represent me?" or whatever.

It was almost like he was happy to see them go.

So the trial date got postponed, leaving Colleen in limbo.

Katie.

- We got the new member of the family. - Yeah, good girl.

Oh, definitely I thought trial would've started by now.

This is getting ridiculous.

I... I just wish, uh, he would give in...

...or pass away... ...and get it over with.

I think she looks a little like my mom, especially in the eyes.

I see my mom. It's hard sometimes.

That stuff is...

After Gabe Grasso, the new attorney was hired by the name of Brent Bryson.

Breakfast of champions with coffee.

Doesn't get better than that, man.

Now, Brent Bryson became a lawyer

because he was charged with manslaughter years earlier.

He was a musician. He was at a bar where he got into a fight with a guy.

Bryson was charged with manslaughter and faced trial.

And when he was acquitted, he pledged that he was gonna become an attorney.

May you all find justice this morning.

The big issue for Brent Bryson, as it was for Gabe,

is making sure this Utah case stays out of the trial.

Tell me when you guys are on. We... we... we're all... we're good? Okay.

Um...

As we were sitting here talking, you know, the judge came back with this order.

She is, uh, going to let Utah come in.

So it's gonna make the job a little more difficult.

So if... if the jury decides that I'm guilty of the Utah thing,

will they kill me in Utah, or will they kill me in Vegas?

- Uh, well... - It's... it's insane. It's insane.

Problem. There's no doubt about it.

You could see Brent Bryson's face increasingly getting red.

This... this is the state's theory, four of six wives.

- It's from day one they're saying this. - Tom.

- They wanna kill you, man. - Well, yeah.

Okay? I mean, let's put it out on the table.

- They don't like you. They wanna kill you. - We're... We're okay.

- Let's kick their ass and forget about it. - We're okay.

That's what I'm talking about.

Tom got a new trial date, and once again, Tom decides to fire Brent.

It seemed to be that his strategy

was to continuously change his legal team to run out the clock.

In 2012, it was coming to the end of my career.

But each time they're getting close to being ready for trial

and he fires attorneys,

that delays the trial by a year.

It's frustrating to see somebody manipulate the system

when you know that that's their intent.

I mean, I've gotten really familiar with Thomas Randolph over the years.

You know, I've listened to hundreds and hundreds of jail phone calls.

I know what he does to manipulate even his own mother.

That $10,000 that Sharon left to me,

I want it because I'm broke

and that'll help keep you going.

I've got be honest with you.

The money don't mean nothing to me.

Your life does.

To see his mother sell properties,

to cash in life insurance policies.

He knows what he did.

And to still do that is just heartless in my opinion.

I love you, I will talk to you later.

- They're gonna hang up. - Bye.

As long as Tom Randolph is breathing, he's gonna be a problem.

So I stayed on the case as long as possible.

But ultimately, with another delay, another postponement, and another year...

I decided to retire.

Around the time Dean retired, Tom called me.

"I want you to come over. Let's talk."

Hi, Dan.

How you doing? Thank you.

They let me come in with my camera, and they left me alone with him.

You asked me to be here alone.

- You are. - You said, "No attorneys."

- That's correct. - There are no attorneys.

- So... - Is this a camcorder?

It's... it's a different one that I'm trying to figure out how to use.

Cool.

That shoot was the day that I started to believe,

like, the idea of him being flirtatious with the camera.

Am I beautiful?

He was trying to use me to elevate his story

the way that he wanted it to be told.

This innocent guy, this jovial, smart, funny dude

that all the women love.

Name your wives.

Kathy Randolph, Beckie Randolph, Le-- Leona Randolph,

Gayna Randolph, Frances Randolph, Sharon Randolph.

Do you want the names of my fiancées too?

But I had witnessed people from around the country

telling their experiences with Thomas Randolph...

...that were all the same.

They were terrified of him.

So I started asking him questions in a way that I hadn't before.

I've been doing this with you for four and a half years.

I've done a lot of reporting on you. I know a lot over these years.

- Then you know who I saw. - Just be honest with me.

Don't you understand why people might think

that you were involved in Sharon's death?

Are you talking "four of six wives," that type of thing?

I'm here because Mike Miller killed Sharon.

That's the bottom line.

So I'm back here by then, and I-- as soon as he can get lucky

and get a shot here, and as he... finally follow him.

What about all his family members in South Carolina and North Carolina

that he told, said that there's this white guy

that asked me to shoot his wife?

Um...

Well, did you know actually they all recant that?

- They don't. - Well, only one doesn't.

I can't explain it. I... I can't explain it.

When Eric Tarantino says that "Tom asked me to kill his wife,"

he's lying?

Of course he's lying.

But you tell me everything is not true.

- That's the problem. - What?

- I wanna trust you. - No, what?

- Well, you know, I've never-- - You say, "That's bullshit."

- It's like everyone's bullshit except you. - I... I've...

I ain't taking nothing. I ain't taking nothing.

I didn't do nothing.

I'm the victim in this. I'm the victim in this.

As the years went by, Tom and I stayed in contact.

And I kept coming back to interview him.

That's Tom.

Hey, Tom.

Every time I saw him, it was like a different side of him.

Tell me some secrets about yourself.

Normally I'd say, well, you know, if I tell you my secrets,

I'm gonna have to kill you.

But next thing I know, I'll be get charged with that too.

Oh, yeah, and we're not married. There's no insurance.

So hell, it wouldn't be profitable, would it?

And he was constantly changing hairstyles.

You never knew what you were gonna get.

Appearance keeps changing.

Um...

- Long hair, short hair. - I've always had long hair.

I think he... he did see me potentially as a necessary adversary.

All right.

In the sense that he believed he would be able to sway public opinion.

Throw this idea at 'em, and then you'll be the producer of it.

Oh, you... you're planning our future, Tom.

I told you we're... we're gonna make-- become infamous together.

Well...

What the hell did I get myself into?

This is never gonna end.

And by 2016,

he was one of the longest-serving detainees at Clark County Jail.

So tell him how old you are and what grade you're in.

I'm seven years old, and I'm in second grade.

- What's your name? - Yeah.

My name's Katie.

My baby girl.

I sat in this living room eight years ago.

Eight years ago, yes. It's been eight years. May 8th.

And you're still waiting for justice.

Yes.

I think about my... ...mom almost every day.

Like a stabbing pain in my heart.

When is it gonna end?

I have never met a victim as strong as her.

She is unbelievably, unbelievably brave.

Do you think that you look like your mommy?

Yeah.

There's no cars coming.

So it's June 2017.

I've been following this case for eight years,

and Thomas Randolph is finally going to trial.

Contact on what floor?

You come in on top of a very...

- Hi, Dan. How are you? - Aren't you ready to start?

I am ready. I am past ready.

- What's up? - How you doing, sir?

Morning.

Did they not bring new clothes?

- That's it? - That's what you got.

I'm anal-retentive when it comes to shopping.

I must have a feminine gene 'cause I love to shop.

I love to take the women shopping.

They think I'm such a gentleman 'cause I buy them these clothes.

Hell, it just... it's nice just to get them dressed up in what I like,

knowing I'm gonna be taking them off later, you know?

We set up a control room outside of the courtroom.

We installed four robotic cameras,

and we filmed the trial gavel to gavel.

Ladies and gentlemen, you will hear two stories of two men,

20 years apart,

that never even met each other.

Their job was to kill

the wives of Thomas Randolph.

And the only reason why Mike Miller is dead

is because Eric Tarantino lived to tell the story.

And Thomas Randolph was not going to make that mistake twice.

One of the things Tom was most upset about

was Clark Patrick and Randy Pike, who are two special public defenders.

I don't have a problem with going to trial.

I will be acquitted. I've told you this from day one, have I not?

The only thing that concerns me about going to trial

is these turds for lawyers.

I hope everybody's comfortable

'cause I'm uncomfortable 'cause I have to speak.

When there are discrepancies in testimony--

Oh, excuse me, not testimony. That's over here.

How's it going, Tom?

These attorneys suck.

If I can borrow a phrase, my favorite movie is Forrest Gump.

And that's all I've got to say about that.

Keep trying to explain them there's a way to do it, but,

"Oh, we don't need to do that. We don't need to do that."

"We... we made our point."

What point? They ain't done shit. I'm... I'm not happy.

Not in the least.

State calls Colleen Beyer.

Watching Colleen on the stand when she testified was brutal.

Do you know Mr. Randolph personally?

Yes.

Do you see him in the courtroom today?

Yes.

Got-- Once you got the letter and the will from your mother,

did you read through it and realize you were the main beneficiary?

Yes.

Were you afraid to tell the defendant that?

- Yes. - Why?

'Cause I...

He killed my mom, and I thought he would

hurt me.

The jury deliberated for two days,

and then they finally came back.

- You're confident? - I'm very confident.

It's been a long time.

Here.

- I'm nervous. - Why?

First trial didn't go so well.

And I'm hoping they come back with a guilty on this one.

Okay, bring the jury in, please.

If one person says, "I'm not voting guilty,"

that's called a hung jury, and he walks home.

So there was tension in that room. There is no doubt about that.

And so as the court clerk announces the verdict...

it's silent.

We, the jury in the above-entitled case,

find the defendant, Thomas William Randolph, as follows.

Murder with the use of a deadly weapon, Sharon Causse Randolph,

guilty of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon.

Count two.

Murder with the use of a deadly weapon, Michael James Miller.

Justice, finally, after nine years,

nine really, really hard years.

- And it's over now. - Yes.

I am so happy.

Think next time we'd better call some witnesses, huh?

Tom was found guilty and sentenced to death.

And he just sat there stoically.

Before Tom was taken away, I went to interview him one last time.

This is my last time I'm going to see him.

I'm going to try to get him to confess, maybe...

It was the end of a chapter of sorts.

And now that he was convicted,

I felt liberated to really push him hard on what he had been convicted of.

Tom, you have nothing to lose right now, right?

I mean, you're sentenced to death.

Your chances are probably not great on appeal.

I think mine are actually pretty damn good.

So six wives, four are dead.

That's a fact.

- I'm not saying you killed them all. - Well, unless I can give somebody cancer.

Right. But it's possible that you killed three of 'em.

Which three?

Sharon, Beckie, and Frances.

Oh, no. Frances...

You're saying you didn't-- you couldn't have killed Frances?

I would never kill Frances. I love Frances.

- Just Sharon and Beckie. - See, now you're being funny.

Beckie was whatever I wanted her to be. She was perfect.

I could call up and say, "Uh, I want steak tonight."

"And I want you to dress up as a clown to serve it to me."

And... and she would say, "Are-- Do you mean like a sexy girl clown?"

"Or do you want me to have the floppy shoes and the honk-honk nose?"

Even in that interview,

he was so disgustingly inappropriate.

- Do you think you're a narcissist? - Absolutely. Absolutely.

Do you think because you're a narcissist,

you're unable to see what the truth might be?

If you're talking about the truth of me killing Sharon

or having anything to do with Sharon's death

or Beckie's death, then no, because I had nothing to do with it.

- So-- - I'm telling you, Beckie killed Beckie.

If they right now came and told me,

"If you'll say that you killed Beckie and you killed Sharon,

we'll let you walk out of here," I'm not gonna do it.

- I don't believe that for a second. - Well, I'm not gonna do it.

That was the toughest interview I think I did with him.

So now it's over.

And... and obviously if the appeal comes in and they reverse it,

we're gonna do this again, aren't we?

We'll update it. Sure.

And, uh, thanks for your time.

- Thank you for... for being my friend. - Yeah.

I found that word uncomfortable because I'm not his friend.

- Besides-- - I'm... I'm a producer.

- Huh? - I'm your storyteller is what I am.

We also have the perspective of everybody around the country.

I got you. I got you.

I know more about you than you probably know about you.

We don't have time today to go through it all.

- It's got nothing to do with anything. - It has to do with who you are.

Given who he is

and what I now know he's done...

All right, Tom.

He's deplorable to me and dangerous.

I thought,

this is finally over.

But that did not last very long.

Hell, I will be acquitted. I've told you this from day one, have I not?

It'll be overturned. That... that's one thing I'm convinced of.

The Supreme Court's gonna overturn this. No matter what happens.

It's sad I had to wait nine years to get here.

It's just a matter of three more years, and we'll get a fair trial.

I get a phone call.

"You're not gonna believe this."

The Nevada Supreme Court overturned a conviction for these murders.

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled

that bringing in the Utah case could've prejudiced the jury.

So now Randolph would stay in jail while he awaited retrial.

Hello, this is a prepaid collect call from an inmate.

From jail, Tom called me.

I'm just elated.

I'm gonna get paid and I'm gonna get laid

and I'm gonna be acquitted because I didn't do any of this shit.

I thought about all of the cases that I've done of innocent people

who couldn't even get the attention of the justice system

when they were wronged.

But Thomas Randolph played the system like a fiddle.

The justice system was his game.

That's why I've always said

in the end

I'm gonna win.

68-year-old defendant Thomas Randolph in court today.

...double murder retrial for Thomas Randolph.

I had my robotic cameras, and here we go again.

Trial number two.

But this time,

they couldn't bring in Utah.

So the jury would never hear about any other wife.

Only Sharon's murder.

So what is the truth

about what really happened on May 8th of 2008?

See, Sharon and Tommy went to the Santa Fe Casino.

Tommy and Sharon decide to come home early.

What they didn't know is what would happen when they got there.

Mike Miller entered his home.

He took his possessions,

and he took his wife from him.

Tommy Randolph shoots that gun

at the intruder

who has murdered his wife in a brutal fashion.

For the prosecutors, the challenge became,

how were they gonna convict him if prior bad acts can't come in?

The state will call Detective Dean O'Kelley.

I think that the key

was the testimony of Dean O'Kelley.

What did you use to do for a living?

Uh, before I retired, I was a... a homicide detective

with the Las Vegas Mat-- Metropolitan Police Department.

That's good. Perfect.

- It will work? - You're a pro.

You're videoing me tucking my shirt in.

I have spent years with Dean and getting to know him.

Driving from state to state.

Who's that good doggie? Who's that good doggie right there?

Flying from across the country.

Breakfasts, lunches, dinners.

And Dean O'Kelley was so fixated on justice.

Okay. 188.

The call to 911 came in at, uh, 20:44.

Dean was the encyclopedia for law enforcement for this.

Sharon Randolph wasn't being helped.

It's over six minutes into the call before he starts the chest compressions.

I felt really good about it

'cause as the trial is progressing and it's not going his way,

I don't think he was comfortable at all.

Colleen became someone that I have-- that I care for.

Colleen Beyer, C-O-L-L-E-E-N.

When I first filmed her,

she was seven months pregnant.

Say hi. Katie, say hi.

By the time the second trial came around,

her daughter was 15.

And all she wanted to do was hold this guy accountable.

- How are you feeling? - Very anxious to get this done and over.

Yeah.

To have him put away and finally get justice for my mom.

Ladies and gentlemen, as I told you at the very beginning,

it is really, really hard to plan the perfect murder.

And now that you've seen all the evidence, it is abundantly clear

he completely failed.

He completely failed.

We ask that you find him guilty on all counts.

For the victims' families, it's been 15 long years

since Sharon Randolph and Michael Miller were murdered.

And now the jury could be back at any time.

All rise for the jury.

In the back of your mind, juries can do strange things.

You could have it go the wrong way.

- Mr. Dyer, has the jury reached a verdict? - Yes, ma'am.

The jury did not hear the full story.

They did not hear about any other wife.

All they would need to decide,

based on the evidence of May 8th, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada,

was Thomas Randolph shooting an accomplice

that he double-crossed or shooting a burglar?

We, the jury in the above-entitled case,

find the defendant Thomas William Randolph as follows.

Count one...

guilty of conspiracy to commit murder.

Count two,

guilty of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon.

That man is guilty.

He killed Mike Miller.

He's manipulated countless people.

It was a good feeling. It was... it was good.

Very happy, extremely happy that it's finally over and done.

He is a predator, and he is, um...

This is what he does for a living.

He... he doesn't care about life.

As Thomas Randolph was taken to prison,

I thought about all of the cases that I've done of innocent people,

who are clearly, provably innocent.

And nobody listens.

But Thomas Randolph really manipulated the system

in a way that I've never seen any individual do

in three decades of this work.

My superman.

And if it wasn't for people like Dean and Colleen...

I'm so appreciative.

...Thomas Randolph would be free today.