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'American Idol' exec and husband's cause of death confirmed as details of couple's final moments revealed

"American Idol" music executive Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas DeLuca's official cause of death was revealed. The couple were shot dead inside their California home on July 10.


'American Idol' exec and husband's cause of death confirmed as details of couple's final moments revealed
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The manner of death was listed as homicide for the couple, Fox News Digital can confirm. The autopsy reports have not been released.

A friend of the couple had contacted authorities after not hearing from Kaye or DeLuca for days. The police were given access to get inside the gate by the friend, and they found signs of trouble outside. Officers broke a window to enter, and they discovered the couple shot to death.

Kaye and her husband narrowly missed a police presence outside their home on the day they were shot and killed by an intruder - the couple returned home about 25 minutes after police left their house following a neighbor's call about someone scaling the fence.

According to detectives, GPS coordinates placed the caller inside Kaye and DeLuca's home.

Investigators believe the suspect scaled a fence to gain access to the home and was able to enter through an unlocked door. LAPD Lt. Guy Golan previously told Fox News Digital police believe the suspect was inside the house for about 30 minutes when the victims returned home, and a violent struggle took place. Kaye and Deluca died of their injuries, and the suspect fled on foot.

A suspect, identified as 22-year-old Raymond Boodarian, was arrested in the double homicide on July 15.

Boodarian has not entered a plea after a judge scheduled a mental competency hearing. He will reappear in court on Sept. 3.

"I had a chance to connect with Robin and Tom, sitting at the same table, for about two hours," Capt. Mike Bland admitted during a July 21 safety meeting, according to the outlet. At the second meeting, which occurred after Kaye and DeLuca were murdered, officers promised to increase patrolling in Encino-area neighborhoods.

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