UPDATE (July 17): Raymond Boodarian, the 22-year-old man who was arrested on Tuesday (July 15) for the murders of American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband at their Encino residence, has been formally charged with two counts of homicide and one depend of first-degree residential housebreaking, “with the particular circumstance allegation of a number of murders and homicide in the course of the fee of a housebreaking,” in line with a press launch put out by the LAPD. He’s slated to be arraigned Aug. 20 on the Van Nuys Courthouse.
UPDATE (July 15): An arrest has been made within the murders of Robin Kaye — who labored as a music supervisor on American Idol for 15 seasons — and her husband, Thomas Deluca, who have been discovered useless of their Encino, Calif., residence on Monday (July 14).
A consultant for the Los Angeles Police Division confirmed to Billboard that Raymond Boodarian, 22, had been arrested for a double homicide. Just like the victims, he lived in Encino, a suburb of Los Angeles.
In a press convention held by the LAPD late Tuesday (July 15) afternoon, Lt. Man Golan mentioned it appeared, in line with surveillance video from the house’s exterior, that the suspect had jumped a fence at Kaye and Deluca’s residence on Thursday (July 10) and was of their residence for about half-hour earlier than the pair walked in on him. The detective mentioned there was a “violent battle” and the owners have been “ruthlessly shot a number of occasions,” however added there was no surveillance video from inside the home.
At this level, there isn’t a recognized motive, and it seems to have been a random assault. No weapon has been recovered. Boodarian was arrested with out incident, in line with the Los Angeles Occasions.
PREVIOUSLY: Robin Kaye, who labored as a music supervisor on American Idol for 15 seasons, and her husband Thomas Deluca have been discovered useless of their Los Angeles residence on Monday (July 14), in line with reviews from Deadline and TMZ.
Kaye and Deluca, each 70, have been reportedly discovered useless in separate rooms of their residence from obvious gunshot wounds. The reviews state that authorities found the our bodies whereas doing a welfare examine on the family Monday.
TMZ additionally claims that police entered Kaye’s home by smashing a window after recognizing blood on the entrance. 4 days prior, police had been known as to the identical residence to take a look at reviews of an unidentified suspect that neighbors had seen making an attempt to realize entry, in line with the outlet.
In a press release shared with Billboard, an American Idol spokesperson mentioned, “We’re devastated to listen to of Robin and her expensive husband, Tom’s, passing.”
“Robin has been a cornerstone of the Idol household since 2009 and was really cherished and revered by all who got here in touch along with her,” the assertion continued. “Robin will stay in our hearts perpetually and we share our deepest sympathy along with her household and buddies throughout this tough time.”
In keeping with her IMDb web page, Kaye had expertise in a number of areas of the music trade earlier than she made the leap to music supervision. After working for Waylon Jennings in Nashville and becoming a member of MTM Data as vp of artist growth and broadcast media, she spent a while in Chicago earlier than transferring to L.A.
Kaye additionally labored within the movie and TV licensing division at MCA-Common Data and oversaw music licensing for PolyGram Data. In 2000, she based her personal firm, SyncroniCity, which handles music supervision for exhibits corresponding to Idol. The opposite packages on Kaye’s resume are Lip Sync Battle, Hollywood Recreation Night time, NAACP Picture Awards, The Singing Bee, Miss USA, Miss Universe, American Inventor, Q’Viva , The Dance Scene, Dance Your Ass Off, Your Probability To Dance, Adventures of Energy and Crashed.
That includes judges Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood and Lionel Richie, Idol wrapped its twenty third season in Might. The present first premiered in 2002, working for 15 seasons earlier than it went on hiatus in 2016.
The collection was resurrected in 2018 with Bryan, Richie and Katy Perry — who has since been changed by Underwood — on board.
