An official reason behind demise within the ugly double murders of “American Idol” government Robin Kaye and her husband has been revealed greater than a month after they have been discovered executed inside their Los Angeles house.
Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluce, each 70, died from a number of gunshot wounds, in accordance with demise certificates obtained by Folks.
The demise certificates reveal grim new particulars within the moments earlier than their deaths — which have been dominated a murder — displaying Deluca died inside seconds of being shot, however Kaye suffered for minutes earlier than succumbing to her accidents.
Although fatally shot on July 10, the couple’s demise certificates record their official time of demise as when LAPD officers found their our bodies on July 14, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Workplace instructed Folks.
Autopsies have been carried out on each victims, however Kaye’s July 23 demise certificates, nevertheless, initially confirmed that no post-mortem was carried out on the “American Idol” government.
Her demise certificates was corrected on Aug. 4, Folks reported. The couple was cremated on July 23.
Kaye, an award-winning music supervisor for the hit competitors present, and Deluca had returned to their house in Encino after grocery procuring on July 10 when alleged killer Raymond Boodarian, 22, was inside burglarizing it.
Boodarian — a recognized heavy drug person with a historical past of psychological sickness and a number of prior arrests — allegedly killed them execution-style with their very own gun.
The suspect entered by the couple’s unlocked entrance door, and their alarm was not set.
A neighbor noticed someone hop the couple’s fence round 4 p.m. the day they have been killed and known as police.
Nonetheless, when officers arrived, they discovered nothing instantly amiss, even after they flew a helicopter over the property to get a greater look.
Although police checked across the outdoors, the couple was already lifeless inside their $4.5 million Encino house.
“The victims succumbed to a number of gunshot wounds, and the suspect fled from the residence on foot,” authorities mentioned, in accordance with Folks.
4 days later, officers conducting a welfare examine found the couple shot to demise inside their house.
Boodarian was arrested the next day and charged with two counts of homicide.
Fingerprints from his prior arrests helped determine him as a suspect within the grisly double homicide.
The accused killer confronted arraignment on Aug. 20 in LA, however the continuing was lower brief when he refused to answer the decide.
He’s now scheduled for psychological well being court docket on Sept. 3 and stays in custody with out bail.
Boodarain has at the least three prior arrests to his title throughout late 2023 and early 2024, with expenses starting from battery to creating threats with a weapon.
Boodarian was additionally launched the identical day after at the least two of these arrests, court docket information present.
Kaye had been with “American Idol” for greater than 15 years and gained a number of Guild of Music Supervisors Awards.
