Encino double homicide suspect charged with murder, housebreaking – NBC Los Angeles
A Los Angeles man Thursday was charged with homicide and housebreaking after he was linked to the deadly shootings of a long-time “American Idol” govt and her husband inside an Encino residence this week.
Raymond Boodarian, 22, made a court docket look Thursday after he was arrested in reference to the shootings. Particulars about what led to the arrest weren’t instantly obtainable.
Hilary Williams, a prosecutor from the Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s workplace, mentioned Boodarian is going through two prices of homicide and one cost of first-degree housebreaking.
Williams mentioned, if convicted on all prices, Boodarian might face a life sentence with out the opportunity of parole or the dying penalty.
Robin Kaye, who has labored on the present since 2009, and Thomas Deluca have been discovered lifeless Monday afternoon in separate rooms within the San Fernando Valley residence.
Kaye was a veteran within the Hollywood business who additionally labored within the music departments of a number of different productions, together with “The Singing Bee,” “Hollywood Recreation Evening,” “Lip Sync Battle,” and several other Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.
Regulation enforcement sources mentioned they consider the capturing occurred final Thursday throughout a doable housebreaking on the home. The shooter entered the residence by way of an unlocked door and, throughout a confrontation with the couple after they arrived residence, pictures have been fired, the sources mentioned.
It was not instantly clear why the our bodies weren’t discovered till Monday.
Simply weeks in the past, Kaye contacted personal safety firm The Bodyguard Group of Beverly Hills, expressing issues over her security, proprietor Kris Herzog mentioned.
“She felt threatened by any person due to any person round their residence or round their neighborhood who felt suspicious,” Herzog mentioned.
Police are trying into what led as much as the capturing and what occurred within the days that adopted. A neighbor mentioned an individual was seen Thursday hopping a fence onto the property.
“We didn’t hear something,” neighbor Amee Faggen mentioned. “My renter noticed any person hopping the fence, however that was again on Thursday. She referred to as 911, however we didn’t hear something since then, so we don’t know if it is even associated or not.”
Dispatch data present LAPD officers have been despatched to the house Thursday afternoon on a report of a prowler. Officers arrived at about 5 p.m., however didn’t discover proof of a housebreaking or prowler and left the scene.
