Oct. 12, 2026

50 Shades of Evil: Nevada - Thomas Randolph

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Thomas Randolph called 911 on the night of May 8, 2008, from his Las Vegas home with a chilling story: he and his sixth wife, Sharon Causse, had just returned from a date when a masked intruder shot her in the head. Randolph claimed he then killed the intruder in self-defense. The dead man turned out to be Michael Miller, a handyman Randolph knew. Investigators quickly saw problems with the scene and the story.

Prosecutors later argued Randolph had hired Miller to kill Sharon so he could collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in life insurance, then shot Miller to eliminate the only witness and stage the whole thing as a heroic act of self-defense. It was a calculated double murder dressed up as a random home invasion. What made the case even darker was Randolph’s history. He had been married six times, and four of his wives were dead by the time he was arrested.

One earlier wife in Utah, Becky Gault, had also died from a gunshot wound in circumstances that raised suspicions; Randolph was tried and acquitted in that case years earlier. The pattern—marriages, insurance policies, and untimely deaths—earned him the nickname “the Black Widower.” The road to conviction was long and complicated. Randolph was found guilty in 2017 and sentenced to death, but the Nevada Supreme Court overturned the verdict because jurors had heard evidence from the earlier Utah case. At his 2023 retrial, with that prior-act evidence barred, a second jury still convicted him of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of first-degree murder. In 2024 he was sentenced to 60 years to life. He continues to maintain his innocence.

Timestamps:
02:06 Vegas Home Invasion
05:28 Early Marriages
09:50 Becky’s Death
14:05 Jailhouse Plot
14:43 Leona’s Marriage
15:44 Gayna’s Escape
19:03 Frances’s Mysterious Death
26:13 Sharon’s Murder
29:42 Conviction Overturned

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get into another Fifty Shades of Evil episode. And we're

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going to Las Vegas for this one at a modest

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home where on May 8th of 2008, a 911 call

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was placed and a husband found his wife dead in

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a hallway. A man in a ski mask was also

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dead on the floor and the husband, still breathing, tells

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the dispatcher he just survived a home invasion. His name

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is Thomas Randolph Jr. He was born in 1955 in Fairfield, Illinois.

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And of the six wives that he has married in

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his lifetime, four of them were dead. He became known

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as the Black Widower Man. And today we're going to

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break down his crimes, sentences, and some pretty shocking events

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that took place in between. So let's get into it.

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And we're going to start out in that hallway. It's

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the evening, and he and his wife Sharon, they had

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just come back from celebrating Mother's Day earlier that evening

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at a Las Vegas casino. They go inside their home.

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Minutes later, this 911 call is received by Las Vegas Dispatch.

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What's your name? What's your name?

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We're going to be a wife and a house.

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She's been, like, in the hall in the bedroom.

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She's been shot bad.

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Where did she.

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Shot at, do you know?

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Yeah, I think in the head.

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I can't remember what we started doing.

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It's an art film. I don't know what they do

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in that room.

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And is the guy still in the house, do you know?

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No, he's in the garage.

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He pushed me by and ran on out.

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I know.

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He was ripping me off.

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He started ripping me off. Do you know what his

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name is?

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So you hear in that call, this husband, he seems panicked.

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His claim was he walked into the house and he

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found Sharon shot. He grabbed his gun, saw a man

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in the garage area with a ski mask on. He

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shoots the man and kills him on its face. This

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seemed like a textbook case of self-defense. Now, the man

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under that ski mask was 38-year-old Michael Miller, who was

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a handyman and no stranger to Thomas Randolph. As a

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matter of fact, the investigation would reveal they not only

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knew each other, they had exchanged hundreds of texts with

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each other over the preceding months. Prosecutors would later say

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it was a conspiracy that Randolph hired Miller to kill

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his wife to collect a $ 300, 000 insurance policy and that

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he double-crossed Miller by killing him immediately following Miller killing

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his wife. Now, the police at this time, they were

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not far enough into the investigation on this night to

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figure all of that out. So, there was no arrest,

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just an informal interview to get Thomas Randolph's statement regarding

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the altercation and the shooting. Now, a little bit about

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Thomas Randolph. As I said, he was born in 1955

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in Fairfield, Illinois, and he grew up wanting to be

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a drummer. He had really long hair, kind of looked

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like a rocker type, and he was... not what you

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would consider an upstanding citizen. He would work odd jobs

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as he went into adulthood. He would be a small-time

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drug dealer, kind of ran with a rough crowd. And

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in 1975, he gets married to a woman by the

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name of Catherine Thomas. Now, he and Catherine, they met

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through mutual friends while she was still a high school senior.

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He was a roommate of one of her friend's boyfriend.

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On August 2nd of 1975, the 18-year-old Thomas married the

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20-year-old Randolph, and they would have two children, Krista and Justice,

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which is an ironic name. Now, she described Randolph as

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initially charming, witty, intelligent, but the marriage, it had become

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controlling and psychologically abusive. Not physically violent, although some say

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Mental abuse can be even worse than physical abuse. She

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said he isolated her from her friends. He was very unfaithful.

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He both used and sold drugs and once threw a

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bowl of oatmeal at the wall because it lacked sugar.

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And she told that. to demonstrate how quick of a

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fuse that he had. He owned guns and a lot

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of them, and that kind of frightened her. She said

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at one point he took out a life insurance policy,

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which made her even more nervous. And when she decided

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to leave, she recalled his face turning red with anger.

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They would divorce in 1983 because she had enough. Get this.

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The same day that divorce was finalized, Randolph, he gets

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married again to his second wife, And her name was

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Becky Galt. Now, after the divorce, Catherine, in her own right,

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she married a guy by the name of Steve Thomas,

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who was a former friend of Randolph's. And Steve would

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say many years later to investigators that Randolph had asked

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him multiple times if he would kill someone for money

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if he could get away with it. And he said,

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looking back, I'm pretty sure he was kind of trying

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to groom me to see if I will be willing

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to kill Catherine. But it was all hindsight years later

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after many things would come out on this guy. Now,

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let's get back to the marriage story. between Randolph and

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Becky Galt. Becky was born on December 28th of 1956.

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She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and she

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had a pretty large family. She had two brothers and

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a sister, a bunch of family and friends, and they

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all would describe her as vibrant, compassionate, and fun-loving. And

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she met Thomas Randolph while he was still married to

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Catherine Thomas, the relationship, it would come out later on,

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had started off as an affair. Remember, on the same

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day he divorced one, or the divorce was finalized, he

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ended up marrying his second wife. Now, that marriage was short-lasting.

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It only lasted a little over three years, and accounts

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from family members describe a relationship marked by controlling behavior,

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isolation from family and friends, financial problems, and drug use,

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including cocaine. Sound familiar? Sounds exactly like his first marriage.

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Becky's loved one said she'd become fearful of Randolph and

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was planning to leave him, exactly like his first wife.

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Catherine Thomas, Randolph's first wife, actually later testified Becky called

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her to ask her for advice when these arguments were

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started to escalate. How about that? You're calling the first

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wife to get advice. And Catherine urged her to leave

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him and offered help to her. Becky was reportedly staying

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with relatives and returned to her and Randolph's home to

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retrieve some belongings just prior to her death. So let's

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go to the night of November 6th and 7th of 1986. Randolph,

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he gets arrested for driving erratically in the Clearfields. Utah area.

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Police find a bottle of vodka in that car and

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he spends the night in jail for that. Now the

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next morning, which is November 7th of 1986, he gets

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released from jail. He returns home. And suddenly, he calls 911.

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He reported finding his 29-year-old wife, Becky, dead in their

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bed from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Police arrive.

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They confirm that. She's indeed dead with a gun in

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her hand. There's a suicide note in the room. And

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the wound was a contact shot to the right temple

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with an exit wound. Now, gunshot residue was reported on

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a right hand in the Clearfield Police Department and medical examiner,

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they initially ruled this death a suicide. Randolph told police

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that Becky had threatened a suicide just the day before

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after he refused to take her to Salt Lake City

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for cocaine and said they both struggled with drug use. But,

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Within about 13 days of her death, Randolph, he does

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collect a $ 250, 000 life insurance payout, naming him as the beneficiary.

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And he used that money in part for purchases, including

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a Porsche and homes. And Becky's family and friends, they

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dispute that. those suicide findings, and I was surprised to

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see personally that an insurance policy actually paid out on

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a suicide. I've never heard of that, but obviously they exist.

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So that case remained closed as a suicide until roughly

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two years later when a former friend, a guy by

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the name of Eric Tarantino, he comes forward and he

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tells police, hold up a minute, I don't think that

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this woman committed suicide because Randolph tried to recruit me

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to kill Becky. And it was basically a scheme so

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we could both collect life insurance money. According to his

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testimony in court later on, when they reversed this decision.

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and decide to charge him with murder. He said they

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discussed and rehearsed multiple methods over about a year's time,

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including staging a burglary, drowning, a hunting accident, a bathtub fall,

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all these scenarios to make it look accidental or make

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it look like a suicide. Tarantino was to receive a

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share of the money received from the life insurance and

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And Tarantino said when he refused to do this, he

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said he and Becky had become kind of tight and

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he just couldn't make himself do this. Randolph allegedly beat

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him severely enough to hospitalize him. Tarantino said he fled

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Utah to California. out of fear. So as I said,

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Randolph was arrested for that. That was on December 8th

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of 1988. He's charged with first degree murder, which carries

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a possible death penalty and a related insurance fraud charge.

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Prosecutors argued he staged the suicide for the payout and

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that he had gotten himself arrested the night before as

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an alibi to all of this. Now he's sitting in jail.

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And he does something else really stupid. While awaiting trial,

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Randolph attempted to arrange the killing of Tarantino so that

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he could not testify. And the way he did this

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was there was a guy in the cell next to him.

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And he would communicate with this guy. And he offers

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money for this guy to kill Tarantino. And this guy

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turned out to be an undercover cop. They figured something

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like this may happen with Randolph. So when he did that,

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it led to separate conspiracy charges. So in April of 1989,

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after a multi-day trial in Utah, a jury deliberates about

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five hours. And get this, they acquit Randolph of murder

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and the insurance fraud charge. The defense argued it was

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a clear suicide by a depressed woman with a history

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of drug problems. The prosecution in this case relied heavily

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on Tarantino's account of the plot. And the problem was

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the medical evidence really didn't say what happened one way

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or the other. They just didn't have the evidence at

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the end of the day. So he gets out of that.

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He gets acquitted. And now I'm going to take you

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to March of 1994 and Randolph's third wife, Leona Stapleton. Now,

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this is the least scrutinized of any of Thomas's marriages

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because the cause of death was clear. It was cancer

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and it was well after their divorce. They were only

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married 11 months later. In public information on this case,

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very limited because there was no case, Randolph had described

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Leona as a fun, good person and beautiful. In interviews,

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he called her an island girl, said she liked to party,

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and claimed she sometimes forgot to come home. He also

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stated she was the smarter one who figured out really

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quickly he was having affairs with other women. And one

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report that I came across said the divorce occurred after

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she uncovered some of those affairs. Regardless of that, they

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divorce in 1995. She dies 11 years later in 2006

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from liver cancer, from what I read. Unrelated as far

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as anything he likely had anything to do with. So,

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let's go to his fourth wife, Gayna Allman. Now, she

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is still alive today. She's originally from Indiana, and she

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had previously been divorced and was re-entering the dating scene,

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and this is in the mid-1990s. In the mid-1990s, they

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didn't have Batch.com or any of these apps. She actually

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met Randolph through a newspaper personal ad. Back in those days,

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she had described him as initially charming and attentive. He

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would buy her flowers. He would say all the things

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that she wanted to hear. And he treated her well.

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And she said because of that, the courtship moved quickly.

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And they get married in October of 1995. And keep

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in mind, this dude divorced his previous wife to her

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in 1995. So he gets divorced and he gets married

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within months. back-to-back during these occasions. Now, shortly afterward, Randolph

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takes out a life insurance policy on her. Gayna later

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noted other early red flags. She said he was very

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controlling in his behavior, and she said he would huff

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household products to get high. She said guns were throughout

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the home, and she said his temper could surface over

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minor disagreements. Y'all see pattern here with every single one

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of these people that have married this guy. Now, she

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had no idea about the stuff going on with Randolph

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since their divorce. She didn't even know all the stuff

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going on with these other women, that he had one

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wife die, any of those things. And subsequently, in the future,

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she didn't know about any of that. But police, when

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they're investigating... The most recent case involving this guy, they

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go to her and they say, hey, do you know

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anything about if Thomas Randolph could be a killer? And

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she said, no, I don't know anything about that. And

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they basically told her, well, we talked to a guy

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by the name of Glenn Morrison and Randolph actually used

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to talk to him when y'all were married about killing you.

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He wanted to hire this guy. And this was a

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shocking revelation to this lady. She did tell police the

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reason she and Randolph got divorced was because he pointed

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a gun at her head during an argument. And she

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also told police about an incident where he was cleaning

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guns at their dining room table. She said the weapon

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discharged and a bullet went through the wall right by

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where she was sitting. She said she always believed it

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wasn't an accident. He claimed the gun accidentally went off

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and she believed he had tried to kill her. She

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said she waited until he went to work, packed her shit,

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quit her job, and left, essentially going into hiding until

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the divorce was finalized in July of 1997. So let's

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go into his fifth wife, Frances Randolph. Now, that marriage

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began while he was still involved with his fourth wife

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that I just told you about and ended sadly with

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her death in a hospital in April of 2004 after

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a heart surgery. Now, her death was never criminally investigated,

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but family members have long suspected foul play in that.

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Randolph has attributed it to medical malpractice and so much

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so that he actually collected life insurance proceeds from this

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fifth wife as well as a settlement from the hospital. Now,

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as I said, these two met while he was still

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married to Gayna Allman. and while Frances was married to

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another man. He somehow convinces her to leave her husband.

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And they get married in August of 1997. Now, Frances

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did have a lifelong heart condition that required a lot

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of medical attention. And Randolph would encourage her to undergo

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corrective surgery. And according to her sister, Carolyn... helped select

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the doctor who performed it. So in April of 2004,

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Frances undergoes a heart procedure. Family members have said the

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surgery initially appeared successful, that she seemed stable afterward in recovery,

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and that Randolph was the last person known to see

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her alive. Shortly afterward, Her condition deteriorated, and she died

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in the hospital. Now, some key points from family members.

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One particular family member alleged Randolph restricted family access and

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would not allow her, in particular, into the room to

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see her mother after the procedure. And that's right. I

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said mother. This was her daughter. Family members were initially

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told she was doing fine, then received word of a

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sudden downturn, and her body was cremated within approximately 24 hours,

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which prevented an autopsy or independent forensic examination. And they

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just found it strange. Like, what's the rush? Now, it's

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important to mention no criminal investigation treated the death as

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a possible homicide. and hospital records reflected complications following surgery

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on a patient with pre-existing cardiac issues. Again, the motive

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a little bit suspicious here. Randolph did collect proceeds from

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a life insurance policy. He also sued the hospital, as

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I said, and he got money from that. Ever since,

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he has always denied wrongdoing, which you would expect. Now,

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in a really crazy chain of events... Family later found

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a VHS tape that Frances had recorded as a video will.

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And on it, she stated her wishes that Randolph inherit

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her assets. And you can hear Randolph on the recording

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of the video, and he appears to be almost coaching her.

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as to what to say. Now, she had also written

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a letter, which y'all, that is a lot of steps

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to make to let people know your wishes, right? It

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was read aloud in court years later in another case,

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and I want you to hear it. Listen to this.

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I am writing this because I am getting very nervous

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about my surgery. I already did a video, Will, a

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few years ago, but I thought it would be a

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good idea to do this to explain what I want

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in the event I do not make it through my

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heart surgery. Actually, Tom is typing it for me because

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everyone knows I can't work the computer very well. I

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think all our insurance is already in Tom's or his

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mom's names. I don't really have anything of real value

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because I never did have that much from being with

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Jesse all those years and what little I did get

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with Spetland Lawyers a long time ago. I want Tom

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to have everything. Everything was Tom's already or his parents

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gave it to us or we bought it together after

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we were together and we should have it. I have

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always wanted everything to go to Tom because he will

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take care of everything for me and Rachel like he

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always does.

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I may have some.

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Old insurance at the Masonic home but I'm not sure

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I still do because I quit. I got some retirement

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papers that I was going to fill out but they

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told me I couldn't get it until I was 65

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and I don't get it if I die before that.

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Tom says he thinks I should get a little bit

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because he will from his retirement and he hasn't worked

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as long as I did. If I do get something

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it should go to Tom anyway because he is my

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husband and he will be taking care of everything for

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me and Rachel. I have always and still do want

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Tom to raise Rachel. We have talked about this many times,

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and this is what Rachel wants too. I know Jesse

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and Jay will try to get Rachel, but that is

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not what I.

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Want for Rachel.

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I have never stopped fighting them to keep them from

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getting Rachel, because if they get Rachel, she will end

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up just like Jay or worse, and that is no

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way for anyone to live. I have told my sisters

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this is what I want, and I know Rachel will

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be better off and happier with Tom because she has

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been with him a lot longer than with them, and

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she really thinks of Tom as her dad. I know

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Tom will keep fighting for Rachel for me. I want

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to be cremated and be buried with Tom when he dies.

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Tom knows what I want done at my funeral, and

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I know he will take care of me and dine

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like he always did in life. I already told Tom

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what things I want to go to him and Rachel.

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He also knows what personal things I want to go

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to my brothers and sisters. I am very worried that

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something is going to go wrong this time, but I

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also know if I don't get this done soon, I

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may not get another chance. I am so happy that

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I met Tom, and he is here to take care

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of me and Rachel. I love Tom and Rachel more

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than I ever thought I could love anyone. I also

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love his mom and dad and grandkids just like they

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were my own. I guess really they are. Tommy, you

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know that I love you more than anything and you

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make me happy. You will always be my knight in

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shining armor. I wouldn't change our time together for anything.

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Remember what you promised me. Make sure you kiss Rachel

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and stay with me for me. Your friends is forever

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friends to me and all. Have you had conversations with

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your mom or have your aunts had conversations of where

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you were to go if your mother had passed?

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Yeah, whenever my mom was in the hospital, she had

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told my aunt that she didn't want me to be

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with my dad, Jesse.

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That she did want you to be? Yes, ma'am. And

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that she did not want Tom to have you? Yes, ma'am.

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Do you have concerns regarding the legitimacy or the authenticity

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that your mother.

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Actually wrote this letter?

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Yes, ma'am.

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I mean, to me? That just seems very weird, the

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way that was written. And get this, also years later,

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remember Glenn Morrison, that former associate who also spoke about

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a job, a murder-for-hire job that Randolph offered to him

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regarding Gayna Allman? Well, he testified that Randolph had once

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approached him about killing Francis in a staged burglary. In

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that account, Randolph was to be shot in the leg,

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so he would appear to also be a victim. But

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Morrison said he refused that job as well. He just

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looked at Randolph as a backstabber in his mind. So

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