A 22-year-old Los Angeles man is dealing with homicide and housebreaking prices for the killing of a longtime American Idol staffer and her husband whereas allegedly trying to rob their house in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood final week.
Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, each 70, had been discovered shot to demise this week when police performed a welfare examine on the couple’s Encino property on Monday. Kaye is greatest often called the music supervisor on the long-running hit expertise present American Idol, the place she was chargeable for clearing all songs used or carried out on the present for the previous 16 years.
Raymond Boodarian was charged with two counts of homicide and a depend of residential housebreaking earlier Thursday, in accordance with Los Angeles ABC affiliate station KABC. He appeared earlier than a choose this afternoon, who stated that his subsequent court docket listening to shall be on Aug. 20. Boodarian is being held with out bail. Los Angeles Police Division Lt. Man Golan informed reporters Tuesday that the younger man is accused of hopping the fence surrounding the Encino property after which taking pictures and killing the couple throughout a battle after they arrived house.
Police, who’re nonetheless piecing collectively proof to see if there was a doable motive for the double homicide, stated they consider that the couple was killed on July 10 and that the LAPD had obtained two calls a few doable theft when a person was noticed scaling the 8-foot-tall spike fence of the couple’s tightly secured property. This excessive wall prohibited officers from coming into the house on White Oak Avenue when first looking for to examine on the couple; a helicopter fly-over didn’t reveal something suspicious on the property, the division stated earlier this week. It wasn’t till 4 days after the couple is believed to have been killed that their our bodies had been found.
“Whereas there have been no indicators of compelled entry or hassle on the location throughout that investigation, it’s now believed that the suspect had gained entry into the residence by way of an unlocked door,” authorities shared in a press launch. “The victims returned house whereas the suspect was inside their residence, and a confrontation ensued, which resulted within the suspect taking their lives. The victims succumbed to a number of gunshot wounds, and the suspect fled from the residence on foot.”
In an announcement from American Idol that was shared with The Hollywood Reporter, representatives from the present stated Kaye was a “cornerstone of the Idol household since 2009 and was actually cherished and revered by all who got here in touch along with her. Robin will stay in our hearts eternally and we share our deepest sympathy along with her household and buddies throughout this tough time.”
Kaye’s different music supervisor credit included work on Lip Sync Battle, After the Sundown, The Singing Bee and Q’Viva! The Chosen. She started her profession on the file firm and artist administration aspect of the music trade, working for Waylon Jennings in Nashville, after which MTM Information in artist growth. Kaye ultimately joined the movie and TV licensing division at MCA-Common Information after which ran the music licensing division at PolyGram Information. In 2000, Kaye launched her personal firm, SyncroniCity, and represented artists similar to Andrea Bocelli, Kenny Loggins, Lang Lang, Donny Osmond and Steven Bishop.