The longtime music supervisor on “American Idol” and her husband have been discovered lifeless Monday of gunshot wounds at their residence in Encino.
Robin Kaye, who labored on the present for 20 years, was married to Thomas Deluca. Each have been 70 years previous, in response to public data.
LAPD officers have been known as to the San Fernando Valley residence within the 4700 block of White Oak Avenue for a “welfare test” at 2:33 p.m. on Monday, stated Officer Rosario Cervantes. They discovered two victims, a person and a lady, lifeless of gunshot wounds, she stated. The LAPD didn’t affirm their identities, however TMZ was first to establish them because the victims of a double murder.
The L.A. County Medical Examiner’s workplace additionally didn’t affirm the names of the victims, pending notification of the subsequent of kin.
At this level, there isn’t any recognized motive and no info on a possible suspect, Cervantes stated. The Valley Murder Bureau is investigating.
Police have been known as on Thursday after a suspicious individual was seen scaling a wall on the couple’s residence, a neighbor informed Selection.
The police got here to the situation after the decision round 4 p.m., however didn’t discover proof of against the law, stated Officer Charles Miller. It was unclear if that decision was associated to the homicides, he stated.
Police have been known as once more on Monday after the couple’s kin had not heard for them for a number of days, the neighbor stated.
A number of burglaries have been reported within the space, the neighbor stated. However the police additionally informed one other neighbor that they don’t consider there’s a menace to the broader group.
Property data present that Kaye and Deluca purchased their residence on White Oak in 2023 for $4.5 million.
Kaye additionally labored on the NAACP Picture Awards and “Lip Sync Battle,” amongst different reveals. She additionally served as vice chairman of the Guild of Music Supervisors.
Selection spotlighted her in a 2019 article on “music supervisors to observe.”
“Most of the people assumes that music supervision is a glamorous and thrilling job — being paid to work with considered one of everybody’s favourite pastimes, music,” she was quoted as saying. “[But] in most movies and scripted tv … the music is normally the very final thing that occurs, and generally there’s not sufficient finances left to fill all of the music wants. Music supervisors are sometimes anticipated to work quick and pull miracles creatively and financially to finish the venture.”
Deluca was a songwriter and musician.
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