The “American Idol” govt murdered alongside her husband of their multimillion-dollar Los Angeles residence had moved there “to be safe” — however had a break-in simply weeks earlier than they had been killed throughout a suspected housebreaking, a household good friend has revealed.
Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, each 70, had beefed up safety at their Encino residence after a perp just lately broke in whereas they had been sleeping, the shut good friend informed Fox Information.
“They added spikes to the top of the fence… They had spikes on the other side of the fence, and obviously updated their video surveillance as well. They had video surveillance already,” stated the household good friend, who didn’t need to be in any other case recognized.
The preliminary break-in was whereas they slept in the midst of the night time, the good friend stated, saying it was simply weeks in the past.
“Their dog woke them up in the middle of the night… That’s what ran them off,” the good friend recalled.
“I think they said they broke a glass and the dog started barking, and the people ran off.”
After ramping up safety and surveillance, the couple — “two of the nicest people you’ll ever meet” — informed pals they didn’t imagine the suspect would present up once more, the pal stated.
In the meantime, it beforehand emerged Kaye had reached out to a personal safety agency within the weeks earlier than the bloodshed amid fears for her security.
“She felt threatened by somebody because of somebody around their home or around their neighborhood who felt suspicious,” Kris Herzog, proprietor of the Bodyguard Group of Beverly Hills, informed NBC Los Angeles.
The couple by no means ended up hiring the corporate.
Kaye and Deluca had been discovered useless inside their residence on Monday after cops had been known as to hold out a welfare test.
The suspect, 22-year-old Raymond Boodarian, was arrested Tuesday.
It wasn’t instantly clear if Boodarian can also be a suspect within the preliminary break-in simply weeks earlier than the slayings.
Cops imagine Boordarian had been burglarizing the house, which final offered for round $4.5 million in 2023, on July 10 whereas the couple had been out.
He allegedly opened fireplace on them after they returned residence and busted him, police stated.
The couple had been discovered 4 days later with gunshot wounds to the pinnacle in separate rooms — Kaye within the pantry and Deluca in a toilet.
Detectives don’t imagine Boordarian knew the victims.
