The killer of an American Idol executive and her musician husband may have previously visited their $5 million mansion as a service worker.
Los Angeles Police Department are probing the theory after Raymond Boodarian, 22, was arrested Monday for the murders of Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas DeLuca, both 70, at their stunning Encino mansion.
Boodarian allegedly shot the couple dead during a burglary gone wrong last Thursday, with investigators now keen to see if he’d been alerted to the couple’s wealth during a previous trip to the property.
Meanwhile, a shocking police blunder also emerged in the wake of the shocking killings.
Police had received a radio call Thursday reporting a person jumping a fence onto the property, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. However, officers left the ‘highly fortified’ home after they were unable to enter and found no signs of forced entry.
Boodarian entered the home through an unlocked door after scaling a fence, according to surveillance footage cited by police. That means the couples bodies may have lain inside the home for hours after investigators failed to access the property.
When the couple returned home and encountered him, ‘a confrontation ensued, which resulted in the suspect taking their lives,’ police said. Boodarian then fled the area on foot.
‘My renter saw someone hopping the fence back on Thursday and she called 911,’ a homeowner in the LA neighborhood told KTLA. ‘But we [haven’t] heard anything since then, so we have no idea if it’s even related or not.’
Officers were called to the six-bedroom home for a welfare check after relatives said they had not heard from the couple for days. When they entered the home, they discovered Kaye and Deluca both shot in the head in different rooms.
The killings appear to be random, but police are looking into any past interactions between the suspect and the couple, including any possible service calls to the home.
Boodarian was identified as a suspect through the surveillance footage.
He has a criminal history that includes charges of battery, exhibiting a deadly weapon and threatening to commit a crime with the intent to terrorize
American Idol released a statement following news of Kaye’s death this week.
‘Robin has been a cornerstone of the Idol family since 2009 and was truly loved and respected by all who came in contact with her,” an American Idol spokesperson said in a statement.
‘Robin will remain in our hearts forever and we share our deepest sympathy with her family and friends during this difficult time.’
Kaye worked as the music supervisor for singing competition American Idol for the last 15 seasons, or nearly 300 episodes, per her IMDB page.
The music supervisor also worked in the music departments of several other productions such as The Singing Bee, Hollywood Game Night, Lip Sync Battle, and several Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.
Her husband was a musician who last released an album called Street Rock in 2022. Deluca penned songs for popular hit makers, including Kid Rock, the band Molly Hatchet and Meredith Brooks.
After Boodarian’s arrest, his horrified neighbors told of his strange behavior.
One neighbor, who did not want to be named, would occasionally see Boodarian roaming the complex ‘looking really, really disturbed.’
The neighbor said she could often see when Boodarian’s lights were on in his bedroom because of a shared wall. She eerily described how he would sometimes have an ‘episode’ and appear ‘ready to break the walls.’
‘It feels like he’s gonna break right through the wall and is coming into my place,’ she revealed.
‘The cops have been here in the past,’ the neighbor added. ‘The mother’s called and said “I can’t control him.”‘
The neighbor claimed that on at least one occasion, he had to be strapped to a stretcher and removed from the property.