Criminal proceedings were suspended Wednesday for a 22-year-old man accused in the shooting deaths of an “American Idol” music supervisor and her husband inside the couple’s upscale Encino home, with a judge questioning the defendant’s mental competency.
Raymond Boodarian of Encino is charged with two counts of murder stemming from the July 10 slayings of Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, both 70, along with one count of residential burglary with a person present.
The murder charges include the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder during the commission of a burglary, as well as firearm allegations. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office will decide later whether to seek the death penalty against Boodarian, who has remained jailed without bai