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Caleb Flynn, former ‘American Idol’ contestant, found guilty of murdering his wife (opens the original)
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By Eric Levenson, Nicki Brown, Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Caleb Flynn, a former worship leader and “American Idol” contestant, was found guilty of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, and all other charges Tuesday after prosecutors argued he fatally shot her and staged the scene to look like an intruder did it. The jury found Flynn, 40, guilty of all nine charges, including aggravated murder, murder, felony murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence. He shook his head, sobbed and wipe
With no murder weapon, Caleb Flynn's trial focuses on affair and alleged intruder (opens the original)
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TROY, Ohio -- Caleb Flynn's murder trial has it all: testimony about a secret affair between church members, thousands of deleted texts, lies to the FBI and curiously silent pet dogs. What the trial doesn't have is the murder weapon. The absence of the firearm used to fatally shoot Ashley Flynn has loomed large in the case against Caleb Flynn, the former "American Idol" contestant and church worship leader accused of killing his wife in February. Flynn, 40, has pleaded not guilty to aggravated m
Testimony continues after Caleb Flynn's former mistress takes stand at his murder trial (opens the original)
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TROY, Ohio -- As Caleb Flynn's former lover Alleigha Botner sat on the stand, a prosecutor opened a cardboard box and presented her with a hefty red book to read aloud. Then he gave her another. And then another. 34 books later, the jury had heard key firsthand evidence about their illicit affair, Flynn's hatred for his wife, Ashley, and his desire to kill her. "I was up until 4 a.m. last night crying, literally thinking of ways to kill her and not go to jail," Flynn wrote in a message to Botner
Caleb Flynn’s former mistress took the stand at his murder trial. Here’s what we learned (opens the original)
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(CNN) â As Caleb Flynnâs former lover Alleigha Botner sat on the stand, a prosecutor opened a cardboard box and presented her with a hefty red book to read aloud. Then he gave her another. And then another. 34 books later, the jury had heard key firsthand evidence about their illicit affair, Flynnâs hatred for his wife, Ashley, and his desire to kill her. âI was up until 4 a.m. last night crying, literally thinking of ways to kill her and not go to jail,â Flynn wrote in a message to Bo
How investigators build a criminal case from drug overdose deaths like Hayden Panettiere’s (opens the original)
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US Attorney for the Central District of California Martin Estrada speaks during a 2024 press conference announcing arrests in the death of "Friends" actor Matthew Perry. Police investigators walk along the street near Matthew Perry's house in Pacific Palisades. (CNN) â The death of Hayden Panettiere last month is now the subject of a federal investigation into whether the actress obtained illicit and possibly counterfeit drugs from a dealer in Southern California, a source familiar with the in
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