Sharon's Colleague
Appearances
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
She liked to buy things. She shopped quite often. But spent a lot of time gambling as well. She spent on many things, but gambling is part of it.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
There is a senior living community named Las Ventanas. As soon as it was built, and I would say that would be around the year 2000, and it's on West Charleston and Town Center. Sharon was hired at Las Ventanas to work in the beauty shop as the hairdresser. I was hired at Las Ventanas to work as the manicurist, and that is how I met Sharon.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
Sharon was happy. She was excited. She had that new relationship glow. She was giddy. They had dated for a while. Thomas Randolph had come on weekends to visit. Okay. And then Sharon told me that he was going to move in. I told her that I had bad feelings. I could not explain them, but I had very bad feelings and that she should not get involved.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
I advised Sharon that I thought it was a very bad idea to have Thomas Randolph move to Las Vegas.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
It was after Thomas Randolph had moved in. He would continually call. He called multiple times during the day to speak to Sharon. A minimum of 15 times a day. I would answer the phone. I started to see Sharon become unhappy. She wasn't giddy any longer. She was unhappy. She was Trying to work and he kept calling and she would be frustrated and she just wasn't happy.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
Sharon worked at Las Ventanas for a considerable amount of time. She had had eye surgery also, and she said that her eye was bothering her, but she was under the constant pressure of Thomas Randolph calling her multiple times a day.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
He told her that if she did not marry him, he would leave her. Well, I told her that she should go to Mexico with Mr. Randolph and have a mock wedding. That it would not be legal within the United States. That is the advice I gave her.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
She was upset a lot. She would come to our house, upset, crying about being left, you know, that Tom would take off and... supposedly go stay with his girlfriend, do whatever, he would leave. He would be upset, including over Christmas, around the holidays. It was a very strange thing that he just, he took off, she was upset. They were at odds.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
He had supposedly went and hung out with his girlfriend. Her name was, now you're going to ask me that, Lizzie. Yeah, he would mention it in passing many times in conversations around, even at Sharon's house. And I always thought it was very odd to talk about a girlfriend at your wife's house. Okay. And it came up many times. I used to hear her name a lot.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
Yeah, there was a point where he actually was talking about Sharon about it one day. And he said, man, I loved her, but nobody tells me who I can be with. And it was... It was a lot more gross and colorful than that. But it was very manic, the way it was said, with a good deal of anger.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
I would say it was probably... Well, it was after she had married Thomas Randolph. I noticed her body language. She was moving very slowly and sore. She was sore.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
Her and Tommy Randolph. She said that Tommy was driving the boat very fast across Lake Mead. And he made a sudden sharp U-turn. And she was standing in the boat and she fell. I was alarmed. I said, Sharon, I think he's trying to kill you. I said, whatever you do, do not accept any beverages or food from him. She looked at me and she seemed a little surprised.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
She was shaken. She sounded scared. And she sounded afraid. She told me she needed to get a divorce. I happened to be the vice president on the board of the mediators of Southern Nevada.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
I said, okay, Sharon. I said... I'll help you get a divorce. I had told Sharon, I says, well, it wouldn't be difficult to get divorced because you never married Tommy.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
And she said, yes, I did, Deidre. Talked me into getting married. She had told me she had no money, that her money was gone, that they had gone through all of her money. And I said, okay. I said... That won't be a problem. I said, I do know attorneys. I know paralegals or I will be glad to go down to the self-help center with you at Legal Aid and we will draw up divorce papers.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
I said, what else are you involved with as far as Tommy is concerned? And she said, he does have a life insurance policy on me. I told Sharon, I said, Sharon, this is a red flag to me. I said, now I'm worried for you. I asked her to come and stay with me. I told her that I was worried for her. and that I wanted her to come and stay with me because I wanted her to be safe.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
She said, I know, Deidre, and she sounded worried, but she said, I want to be in my home. I said, I can't force you to come and stay with me. I said, however, I would like you to. I said, but please, whatever you do, Do not accept any beverages, food, or turn your back on Tommy. I don't trust him. I'm worried for you.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
I would say this was within a month to 40 days of her demise. He seemed upset at her for her spending, even after she was gone. Just that she spent a ton of money, and now I've got to get money, and I've got to find ways to make money. He seemed preoccupied with money.
Sword and Scale
Episode 281
He was mentioning that he was going to come in with some money from the estate. He was going to spend money on us. He was going to invest in a studio with me. He kept kind of pushing that at me, which is something I had never asked.