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American Idol Music Supervisor Robin Kaye and Husband Fatally Shot in Encino Home

LAPD’s Valley Bureau Homicide Division is investigating the shooting with no motive or suspect identified

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Robin Kaye attends at 2017 Guild Of Music Supervisors Awards in Hollywood.
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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.