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Caleb Flynn, 40, a former music pastor and contestant on “American Idol,” is scheduled for sentencing after being convicted of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, whom he shot during what he staged as a home invasion in February. Prosecutors claim that before the incident, Flynn texted his lover, Alleigha Botner, expressing his intention to leave his marriage. During the trial, jurors heard testimony about their affair and AI-generated love songs between them. Flynn faces up to life imprisonment without parole for murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence.
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A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on "American Idol," Caleb Flynn, 40, is set to be sentenced for murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach. Prosecutors claim that in February, Flynn staged a home invasion at their Tipp City home by shooting his wife while he was having an affair. Despite claiming she was killed by a burglar, evidence including his fingerprints and DNA at the scene, as well as his devices showing him moving around the house during the time of the shooting, contradicted his story. The night before the murder, Flynn texted his lover saying, "I choose you. I’m free. Actions will come tomorrow." He faces up to life in prison without parole for murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence after being found guilty by a jury last week.
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A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was set to be sentenced Monday after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife while he was having an affair.
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Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, staged a home invasion in February after shooting his wife, Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach.
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Flynn → say → wife
Flynn claimed she was killed by a burglar at their home in Tipp City, a suburb north of Dayton.
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she → claim → Dayton
He sent a text message to his lover the night before the shooting, saying, “I choose you.
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I’m free.
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Actions will come tomorrow,” prosecutors said.
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Flynn faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole after the jury found him guilty last week of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence.
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him → face → evidence
Flynn appeared briefly on “American Idol” in 2013, telling TV viewers about how his wife had encouraged him to chase his dreams on the singing competition.
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wife → appear → competition
He sang before judges Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson and Nicki Minaj but did not advance to the main competition in Hollywood.
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During closing arguments, prosecutors told jurors that Flynn wanted out of his marriage when he shot his wife.
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he → tell → wife
The couple’s two daughters were home with their father when police arrived.
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police → arrive → father
During the trial, Alleigha Botner testified she met Flynn in 2022 while she was a 20-year-old intern at his church and had an affair with him for more than a year.
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she → testify → year
She told jurors that Flynn said he hated his wife and had thoughts of killing her.
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he → tell → her
Jurors also heard AI-generated love songs that prosecutors say he made for Botner.
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he → hear → Botner
Flynn didn’t testify on his own behalf, nor did anybody else.
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anybody → testify → behalf
The gun used to kill Ashley Flynn was not found at the scene, and his attorney told jurors that investigators found no evidence that Caleb Flynn fired a gun that day.
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Flynn → use → gun
Prosecutors said his fingerprints and DNA were at the scene and that his devices showed him moving about the house, even though he claimed he was asleep at the time of the shooting.
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