Overview
- Officers conducting a welfare check Monday afternoon found Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas DeLuca with fatal gunshot wounds after noticing blood at the front entrance and breaking a window to enter their 4700 block of White Oak Avenue residence.
- Four days earlier, neighbors reported an unidentified individual attempting to break into the property while possibly armed, but officers who responded found no evidence of forced entry at that time.
- Robin Kaye oversaw music on American Idol for at least 15 seasons and won multiple Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, while Thomas DeLuca was a veteran musician and songwriter.
- Public records show the couple purchased the $4.5 million home in 2023; the Encino residence was previously owned by late rapper Juice WRLD.
- Detectives are canvassing witnesses, reviewing surveillance footage and collecting forensic evidence as the homicide probe continues.