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Fort Worth Jury Sentences De Aujulee Evans to Life for Killing Sgt. Billy Randolph

Jurors set the punishment after a guilty plea in a wrong-way drunk-driving crash that killed a 29-year Fort Worth police veteran.

Lisa Randolph, right, and family leave the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center on Monday, March 30, 2026, after the sentencing verdict of a woman who killed her husband, Fort Worth Police Sgt. Billy Randolph. DeAujalae Evans received a sentence of life in prison for intoxication manslaughter causing the death of a peace officer.
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Overview

  • A Fort Worth jury gave De Aujulee Evans a life sentence after she pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter in the death of Sgt. Billy Randolph.
  • Evans admitted in court to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for hitting Randolph with her car as he worked a crash scene on I‑35W in August 2024.
  • An arrest affidavit said Evans drank about 10 shots before driving the wrong way, kept going for more than a quarter mile after impact, and tried to run away before officers arrested her.
  • At the time of the crash, Evans was on probation for a prior shooting that barred her from using alcohol, and prosecutors said a violation could have sent her to prison for up to 20 years.
  • During the punishment phase, Randolph’s widow and brother described their loss, Evans’ relatives asked for mercy, and jurors—not a judge—decided the sentence under Texas’ punishment-phase jury process.