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Encino killings: Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and husband dead

Published 26 August 2025

Robin Kaye, a longtime American Idol music supervisor, and her husband, Thomas Deluca, were killed in their Encino home in what authorities have labeled a homicide. The couple, both 70, suffered multiple gunshot wounds on July 10, with one victim dying within seconds and the other minutes later. Their bodies were discovered four days later, on July 14, after family members requested a welfare check. A 22-year-old suspect, Raymond Boodarian, has been charged with two counts of murder and related offenses, and is being held without bail as he undergoes evaluation in mental health court.

Official records show that the deaths were caused by multiple gunshot wounds. The manner of death for both Kaye and Deluca is homicide. Although they died on July 10, the time of death is recorded as the moment investigators found them on July 14, when officers conducted the welfare check. Autopsies were performed and their findings contributed to establishing the cause of death. The couple was cremated on July 23.

According to authorities, the intrusion occurred when the couple returned from a grocery trip. Investigators say a man described as a stranger, wearing a baseball cap and gray shirt,...

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