Thomas Deluca, 70, a white male resident of Encino, California, was discovered shot to death inside his home on July 14, 2025, after a friend requested a welfare check. Officers entered the property in the afternoon and found Deluca and his wife, Robin Kaye, in separate rooms with multiple gunshot wounds. Though police pronounced them dead on July 14, death records later indicated the killings occurred on July 10, when the couple apparently interrupted a burglary.
Investigators have said the assailant used a firearm belonging to the household, and there were no immediate signs of forced entry when police had previously responded to the address days earlier.
Authorities arrested 22-year-old Raymond Boodarian in connection with the double homicide. Prosecutors charged him with two counts of murder and residential burglary, with special circumstances allegations including multiple murders and murder during a burglary. He was taken into custody without bail; during an August 20 court appearance, proceedings were suspended for a mental health evaluation, and he was ordered to return to mental health court in early September. Officials have characterized the crime as a chance encounter during a burglary rather than a targeted attack.
In the days surrounding the discovery, police and local officials detailed a timeline: calls to the home had occurred four days before the victims were found, and on July 14 officers entered after a friend provided a gate code and saw blood, ultimately locating the victims and securing the scene. The case drew significant attention given Kaye's long tenure in television and Deluca's career as a musician, but investigators remained focused on reconstructing the events of July 10 and preparing the case against the accused suspect.
