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A SUSPECTED shooter called 911 and pretended to be American Idol executive Robin Kaye and her husband after murdering them, prosecutors have claimed.
It took four days for cops to find the bodies of Kaye and her songwriter husband Thomas Deluca, both 70, despite them directly speaking with 22-year-old suspect Raymond Boodarian.
On July 10 at around 4 pm, cops got a 911 call from the couple’s neighbor, who said they thought they saw someone breaking into their $3.4 million mansion in Los Angeles, California.
Just 40 minutes later, first responders got a second call from a man claiming to be a resident, and he told the operator that they didn’t need help from police.
At some point during the call, the dispatcher heard someone say “Please don’t shoot me” and deployed officers, a search warrant affidavit filed by the Los Angeles Police Department says.
According to Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman, the second call was placed by the suspect, who identified himself at some point in the conversation, he told reporters at a briefing on Monday.
Jennifer Forkish, the LAPD communications director, said cops raced to the scene and that they deployed a police airship known as Air 16 to survey the property.
However, first responders couldn’t get into the property because the entrances were locked and no one, including the neighbor, was answering their calls, Forkish said.
Officers in the helicopter also couldn’t see any sign that a break-in had taken place, so they left the home.
Hochman has not explained how or why Boodarian gave his full name.
It wasn’t until June 14 at around 2:30 pm that officers would find Kaye and Deluca’s bodies during a wellness check.
A friend of the couple said they hadn’t heard from them in several days and gave cops a key card to get inside the wall surrounding their property.
American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and husband Thomas Deluca both ‘murdered inside LA home’
When they came to the doors, cops saw signs that something was wrong and burst through a glass window to get inside.
Kaye and Deluca were found dead with gunshot wounds to the head. Boodarian was arrested the following day.
Investigators found what they believe to be the murder weapon and said it was the couple’s own gun.
COMMUNITY TERROR
After Boodarian was cuffed, it was revealed he had a violent criminal history, and residents were furious that he was allowed to roam the streets.
The suspect, who is from Encino and lived a 13 minute drive from the couple, was charged with battery and exhibiting a deadly weapon over a year before his latest arrest.
However, he was deemed mentally incompetent, and the charges were dropped, court documents seen by KABC show.
The suspect was also charged with brandishing a knife and making threats against his stepfather in 2023, as well as battery against his mother and sister in 2024.
But those charges were also dismissed.
Kaye and Deluca’s home was broken into just weeks before they were attacked, and they had tried to crack down on security to prevent any other incidents, according to friends of the couple.
Furious community members have begged for a crackdown on crime and opened up about disturbing red flags they saw in the suspect.
One person living in the neighborhood said that Boodarian would “sit in front of my friend’s house just staring and smiling,” according to the New York Post.
“He did that on multiple occasions, sometimes in his own house, just looking out the window and smiling.”
Boodarian has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree burglary, and he’s being held without bail in a Los Angeles correctional facility.
His next court appearance has been scheduled for August 20.
