Former American Idol Contestant, Worship Leader Faces New Charges in Death of His Wife|Crime Alert Recap Saturday 03.28.26
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🗓️ 28 March 2026
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Summary
Caleb Flynn, 39, a former contestant on "American Idol," has been charged with aggravated murder and a series of additional offenses following the alleged killing of his wife, Ashley Flynn, at their Ohio home.
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| 0:00.0 | Crime alert, hourly update. Breaking Crime News now. I'm Nicole Parton, Caleb Flynn, a 39-year-old former |
| 0:07.2 | contestant on American Idol, has been charged with aggravated murder and a series of additional offenses |
| 0:13.7 | following the alleged killing of his wife, Ashley Flynn, at their Ohio home. A grand jury in |
| 0:20.0 | Miami County has issued an 11-count indictment against |
| 0:23.6 | Flynn, which includes charges of aggravated murder, three counts of murder, two counts of |
| 0:29.4 | felonious assault, three counts of tampering with evidence, two counts of intimidation of a witness, |
| 0:35.3 | all in his criminal proceeding. Several of these charges are specifically related to firearms. |
| 0:41.4 | Prior to this, Flynn faced charges of murder, two counts of felonious assault with a deadly weapon, |
| 0:47.2 | and two counts of tampering with evidence. |
| 0:49.5 | The number of charges now increasing, prosecutors claim that Flynn used a 9mm handgun and manipulated the |
| 0:57.1 | crime scene to deceive investigators. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and his bond is |
| 1:03.2 | set at $2 million. According to prosecutors, Flynn allegedly tried to intimidate a witness in the |
| 1:09.7 | days following the shooting between February 16 and February 18, although the indictment does not specifically detail that witness. |
| 1:20.0 | A 911 call obtained by Fox News Digital features Flynn reporting that someone has broken into their home and shot his wife. |
| 1:28.0 | Oh my God, he can be heard saying, someone broke into my home, someone broke into my home, |
| 1:32.9 | and they shot my wife. |
| 1:34.7 | My wife, she's been shot twice in the head and there's blood everywhere. |
| 1:38.8 | Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. |
| 1:41.8 | At the time of the incident, only Ashley, Caleb, and their two children were home. |
| 1:46.9 | RP and juvenile daughter are locked in a room. The dispatcher informed police, according to the outlet, |
| 1:53.2 | just to clarify the juveniles are currently in their own rooms asleep, said the dispatch. |
| 1:58.5 | In a previous statement to Fox News Digital, Caleb Flynn's attorney, |
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