Over a month after American Idol supervisor Robin Kaye and her musician husband, Thomas Deluca, were found dead in their Los Angeles residence, a cause of death has been revealed.
According to a death certificate obtained by People, Kaye and Deluca, both 70, died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds that they sustained on July 10. Their deaths were listed as a homicide.
Although their death certificates report that the couple sustained their fatal injuries, which caused them to die within minutes of each other, on July 10, their date of death was originally recorded as July 14. People stated that the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office previously told the outlet that the couple was pronounced dead on July 14, which is the date authorities say Kaye and Deluca were found dead in their Encino, California, home following a welfare check call.
The outlet also noted that although Kaye’s death certificate, which was issued on July 23, originally stated that no autopsy was performed, documents show that autopsies were conducted for both Kaye and Deluca and used to determine that cause of death. People stated that the notation was corrected by an amendment filed on Aug. 4.
Three days after police found the couple’s bodies, Raymond Boodarian, 22, was charged with two counts of murder with enhancements for killing the couple while committing a robbery, intentionally using a firearm, and committing multiple murders. Boodarian also faces a burglary charge.
Last week, Boodarian appeared in court wearing a “suicide gown” Wednesday and was deferred to mental health court for evaluation. A judge ordered Boodarian back into custody without bail and set a Sept. 3 hearing in mental health court. He said any arraignment on Boodarian’s murder charges would have to wait until “he’s deemed mentally competent.”
Officials say Boodarian was burglarizing their Encino residence when the couple arrived home from a shopping trip and encountered him on July 10. He allegedly shot the couple multiple times with a gun located in the home and then fled.
“In a matter of moments, this couple was senselessly killed in their own home as they returned from the grocery store,” L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a previous statement. “This tragic shooting has shaken a valley community and the notion that home should be our safe sanctuary.”
