American Idol executive Robin Kaye and her husband were found murdered inside their Los Angeles home Monday, and now police are trying to piece together what exactly happened.
Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, were pronounced dead inside their $4.5 million Encino home while authorities were conducting a welfare check Monday afternoon, Los Angeles police told Deadline.
A suspect has been arrested and police believe they were shot and killed after interrupting a burglary at their home.
Police found Kaye and Deluca, both 70, with gunshot wounds to the head. The couple had not been seen for several days before and officers discovered them during a welfare check of the home in the 4700 block of White Oak Avenue.
TMZ reported, citing unnamed police sources, the couple was found in different rooms of their home. Blood was spotted at the front entrance, per TMZ.
NBC4 Los Angeles reported on the death of a man and a woman in Encino, with details matching Kaye and Deluca’s case. The local outlet said the man was found in a bathroom, and the woman was found in the pantry.
Police identified the suspect in the double homicide as Raymond Boodarian, 22, who lives in the LA neighborhood of Encino.
In a statement Tuesday, police said Boodarian was “taken into custody without incident”. Investigators are trying to determine if Boodarian had any connection to the couple. They are also looking into whether he “was involved in ay past calls for service at the White Oak residence.”
Police said “it is now believed that the suspect gained entrance through an unlocked door. The victims returned home while the suspect was in their residence, and a confrontation ensued, which resulted in the suspect taking their lives.”
“The victims succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds,” police said. “The suspect then fled the residence on foot.”
The couple’s deaths are currently being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley Bureau Homicide Division.
Kaye had been a music supervisor for American Idol from 2002 to 2023, according to her IMDb biography. She worked on nearly 300 episodes of the singing competition show.
The executive won three Guild of Music Supervisors awards for her contributions to American Idol.
An American Idol spokesperson told Deadline the show was “devastated to hear of Robin and her dear husband, Tom’s, passing.”
