A quiet Los Angeles neighborhood, chosen for its safety, became the scene of a grisly double homicide that’s rocked both the entertainment world and local law enforcement.

Robin Kaye, a respected music supervisor for American Idol, and her husband, producer Thomas Deluca, were found dead inside their Encino mansion on July 14. The two were shot multiple times in what investigators now suspect was a random act of violence. But the story doesn’t end there — the case is revealing disturbing layers of missed chances, rising crime, and eerie coincidences.

According to a close family friend, the couple had just recently boosted their home security. After a break-in on May 19, where a burglar shattered a sliding glass door and confronted Kaye in her kitchen, the pair began working with a security firm to fortify their property. “They added spikes to the fence,” the friend told Fox News Digital. “They had video surveillance. They were planning a panic room.”

Security expert Guy Cohen, hired to reinforce their home, confirmed the couple was clearly targeted. “They were shaken,” he said, “and we offered them everything from early perimeter detection to shatter-resistant windows.” But the upgrades, tragically, weren’t completed in time.

The Encino property — which once belonged to the late rapper Juice WRLD — already had a grim past. But Kaye and Deluca, both 70, hoped it would be a sanctuary. The two were well-known in their circles: Kaye as a top music supervisor with an impressive résumé, and Deluca as a talented songwriter and producer. By all accounts, they lived a joyful life filled with music, travel, and their beloved pets, including a bird that performed tricks and a turtle they’d kept since their first LA home.

Then came the afternoon of July 14. LAPD officers conducted a welfare check after reports of a possible burglary, and discovered both bodies. Investigators believe the murders may have occurred four days earlier — on July 10 — when police received two separate calls about a possible intruder. Those calls didn’t result in any arrests or visible escalation at the time.

That would change quickly. On July 16, authorities arrested 22-year-old Raymond Boodarian at his residence on Van Owen Street. LAPD Lieutenant Guy Golan confirmed Boodarian was identified through both forensic evidence and surveillance footage from the Kaye-Deluca property.

“He was arrested without incident,” Golan stated. “He didn’t provide a statement. But we’re filing murder charges.”

The motive? As of now, still unknown. Police say the crime appears random. But with an unsolved break-in just weeks earlier and a local crime wave sweeping through the San Fernando Valley — including recent burglaries at the homes of actor Anthony Anderson and other prominent residents — many are left asking if this was preventable.

Worse still, the Kaye-Deluca murders now join a growing pattern of violent incidents in neighborhoods previously considered safe havens for LA’s upper-middle class. Encino, once seen as a quieter alternative to the chaos of downtown or Hollywood, has seen at least 15 break-ins in the past month alone.

The horror of this case — from the failed break-in that sparked a frantic rush for security, to the brutal slaying just days before those upgrades could be installed — has shaken the city. What began as an act of home invasion ended with two lives stolen, and a community reeling from the realization that even the most “secure” neighborhoods may no longer be safe.

Now, as the LAPD prepares its case for prosecutors and awaits further forensic analysis, friends and family are left grieving two “wonderful people” whose lives were cut short just as they tried to protect themselves from the very danger that ultimately found them.

The haunting irony? They moved to Encino for peace. What they found was anything but.