{"id":44912,"date":"2025-08-26T18:07:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/american-idol-supervisor-and-husband-killed-heres-what-we-know\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:07:44","slug":"american-idol-supervisor-and-husband-killed-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/american-idol-supervisor-and-husband-killed-heres-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"‘American Idol’ Supervisor and Husband Killed: Here’s What We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tOn July 14, officers with Los Angeles Police Department were called to conduct a welfare check at a home in Encino. Inside, they found two people dead<\/a> \u2014 Robin Kaye, a longtime music supervisor for American Idol<\/a><\/em>, and her husband, Thomas Deluca.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe pair had been shot and killed several days earlier<\/a>, with authorities later determining that Kaye and Deluca sustained their fatal injuries on July 10. Not long after their bodies were discovered, police quickly identified, arrested, and charged a suspect, 22-year-old Raymond Boodarian<\/a>, in the shocking killing that has rattled a neighborhood and a longtime reality TV tentpole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s everything we know about the case so far.<\/p>\n

\n\tKaye spent more than a decade working as a music supervisor on American Idol<\/em>. She joined the show in 2009 and is credited on nearly 300 episodes. After her death, a spokesperson for the show called Kaye \u201ca cornerstone of the Idol <\/em>family,\u201d and was \u201ctruly loved and respected by all who came in contact with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe statement continued: \u201cRobin will remain in our hearts forever as we share our deepest sympathy with her family and friends during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFormer American Idol <\/em>judge Randy Jackson called<\/a> Kaye \u201ca dear friend\u201d and said she \u201cconsistently went the extra mile, meticulously ensuring songs were placed and cleared for the show. She was truly one of a kind. Forever loved and deeply appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlong with American Idol<\/em>, Kaye worked as a music supervisor on several other major shows, including Miss Universe, Lip Sync Battle, The Dance Scene, <\/em>and Crashed<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDeluca also worked in music, a guitarist and songwriter who spent many years plying his trade in Nashville. He co-wrote songs that were recorded by Aerosmith\u2019s Joe Perry, Jennifer Rush, Meredith Brooks, Molly Hatchett, and David Allen Coe. (The song he co-wrote for Coe, \u201cSon of the South,\u201d was later reworked by Kid Rock as \u2018Son of Detroit.\u201d) Deluca also played in a band called the Piggies and recorded a solo, Down to the Wire<\/em>, which Epic released in 1986.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tPer People<\/a><\/em>, Kaye and Deluca met at a concert in 1983, when Kaye was also in Nashville and working for Waylon Jennings. The couple later relocated to Los Angeles in the middle of the decade and married soon after. They moved into their house in Encino in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to authorities, Kaye and Deluca had returned from the grocery store on July 10 when they confronted a stranger in their house. Police say the suspect, Boodarian, had entered through an unlocked door, and that the house\u2019s alarm system was off at that time; a previous LAPD statement said \u201cthere were no signs of forced entry or trouble.\u201d During the confrontation that ensued, Boodarian allegedly shot Kaye and Deluca multiple times with a gun that belonged to the couple<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Kaye and Deluca\u2019s bodies weren\u2019t discovered until the welfare check on July 14, it was later revealed that two 911 calls were made on the day of the killing \u2014 including one allegedly from Boodarian himself. The first call from a neighbor about a possible burglary came at around 4:10 p.m. and prompted LAPD officers to check the home and walk the perimeter, while a helicopter conducted a fly-over. It\u2019s believed Boodarian was inside the home at this time, though no suspicious activity was detected.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe second call came around 4:44 p.m., with a search warrant affidavit stating that \u201cthe 911 caller identified himself as Raymond Boodarian and advised that someone broke into his office.\u201d According to the affidavit, the caller also stated, \u201cPlease don\u2019t shoot me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tDespite the two 911 calls, and subsequent house checks, authorities did not immediately find Kaye and Deluca\u2019s bodies. \u201cOfficers arrived on scene and conducted a check of the surrounding area and attempted to visually check the residence through the security gate. They attempted entry at two access points but both were locked and secured,\u201d LAPD Communications Director Jennifer Forkish previously said (via the Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em>). \u201cThe home was secured with surrounding walls. The Air Ship visually checked the location and advised there was no visible activity or evidence of break in. After taking additional steps to contact the persons reporting and residents at the location, officers cleared from the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt wasn\u2019t until a neighbor called the police four days later to say they hadn\u2019t seen or heard from Kaye or Deluca that police finally entered the couple\u2019s home and found them dead in separate rooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAuthorities quickly zeroed in on Boodarian as the suspect and they were able to track his location by pinging his cellphone. He was arrested and eventually charged with two counts of murder, as well as a burglary charge. <\/p>\n

\n\tBoodarian was finally arraigned on Aug. 20, and showed up to court wearing a protective \u201csuicide gown,\u201d according to his public defender. Boodarian neither entered a plea, nor responded to questions asked by the judge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe does have severe mental health issues,\u201d his lawyer, Nancy Kolocotronis, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe arraignment was eventually suspended. At the end of the hearing, Judge Martin L. Herscovitz ordered Boodarian back into custody without bail and set a Sept. 3 hearing in mental health court<\/a>. He said any arraignment on Boodarian\u2019s murder charges would have to wait until \u201che\u2019s deemed mentally competent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tIf convicted as charged, Boodarian faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn a matter of moments, this couple was senselessly killed in their own home as they returned from the grocery store,\u201d L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman previously said in a statement. \u201cThis tragic shooting has shaken a valley community and the notion that home should be our safe sanctuary.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n