American Idol producer Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas Deluca have been found shot dead in their Los Angeles home after police made a welfare check at their mansion
An executive of American Idol and her husband have been found brutally murdered inside their Los Angeles home. Robin Kaye and Thomas Deluca were found to have suffered fatal gunshot wounds at their $5million mansion in Encino on Monday.
The victims, both 70, were discovered by Los Angeles Police Department officers who had been called to the six-bedroom home for a welfare check. It remains unclear at present who made the call.
On entrance to the property, officers found both Kaye and Deluca had been shot in the head. According to a source, authorities found blood at the front entrance of the couple’s home with police now treating the incident as a double homicide.
According to a TMZ source, police broke through a window to enter the property. The sources told the publication that the victims’ dead bodies were found in different rooms.
The outlet said police are currently reviewing surveillance footage, but no one is in custody as of yet. They also said that the incident doesn’t appear to have been a burglary as the home was reportedly not ransacked.
Reports say police were initially called to the property last Thursday following a suspected break in. According to neighbours, a person was seen hopping a fence on the street in the Californian neighbourhood.
Kaye had been part of the American Idol production team for 15 seasons. According to her IMDB page, she worked as the music supervisor for singing competition American Idol for 300 episodes.
She had also worked on a number of other high profile shows throughout her career. Among those she had been a part of were Lip Sync Battle, Hollywood Game Night, and Worn Stories.
Throughout her career, Kaye won a number of Guild of Music Supervisors Awards for her work on Idol. She previously opened up on her experience within the industry. Speaking a the Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards in 2017, she said: “It’s one of those parts of the business that people don’t even know it exists.
“It’s a very important part of films and TV. Pretty much everything in the entertainment industry has music in it and people just think that it’s there.’
According to records, Kaye and Deluca bought the lavish property in 2023.
Source: Mirror
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