Ex-'American Idol' contestant staged crime scene in alleged murder of wife: court docs

Officials successful Ohio elaborate successful tribunal documents however Caleb Flynn allegedly staged the transgression country successful bid to propulsion disconnected detectives arsenic he's accused of sidesplitting his wife, Ashely Flynn.

Caleb Flynn, 39, was charged with execution aft allegedly sidesplitting his wife, who was a mother, teacher and volleyball coach. Ashley Flynn was changeable and killed successful her Tipp City, Ohio location connected Feb. 16. In a 911 call, Caleb Flynn claimed that idiosyncratic had breached into their location and changeable Ashley Flynn twice.

Caleb Flynn has been charged with murder, 2 counts of felonious battle with a deadly limb and 2 counts of tampering with evidence. He was booked into the Miami County Jail astatine 5:07 p.m. connected Thursday, according to inmate records. He was arraigned connected Friday greeting and pleaded not guilty. His enslaved was acceptable astatine $2 million. A preliminary proceeding is scheduled for February 26 astatine 1 p.m.

Prosecutors alleged successful tribunal documents that Caleb Flynn utilized a 9mm handgun and changed the transgression scene, which caused officers to beryllium "led estray" [sic].

Caleb Flynn is accused of shooting and sidesplitting his woman Ashley Flynn.   (Ashley Flynn/Facebook)

In a supplemental lawsuit report, a Tipp City constabulary serviceman wrote that a store broadside doorway was open.

"As we exited this maestro chamber we walked to the store wherever we observed a broadside doorway to the store connected the northbound broadside of the location that was open. As we were looking astatine the doorway we noticed the doorway had a ample fridge successful beforehand of it that would've had to beryllium pushed to unfastened the door," the serviceman wrote.

Police besides noticed that the halfway console of a 2024 Ford motortruck parked successful the store was open, which is the aforesaid spot Caleb Flynn allegedly told an serviceman helium stored his handgun.

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Caleb Flynn's booking photograph from Miami County Jail, Dayton Ohio, Thursday, February 19, 2026. (Miami County Jail)

Caleb Flynn voluntarily agreed to speech with detectives astatine the Tipp City Police Department astatine the station, according to the lawsuit report. According to the tribunal documents, 2 weapon ammunition casings were recovered connected the level successful a bedroom.

A dispatch study obtained by Fox News Digital states that Caleb Flynn was "hyperventallating" erstwhile constabulary arrived.

Caleb Flynn told a 911 dispatcher that idiosyncratic broke into his location and killed his wife, according to audio obtained by Fox News Digital.

"Oh my god, idiosyncratic broke into my home, idiosyncratic broke into my location and changeable my wife," Caleb Flynn said. "My wife, she's got 2 shots to her head, there's humor everywhere. Oh my god, ohio my god, ohio my God."

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Caleb Flynn, 49, was arraigned successful tribunal connected Friday, Feb. 20. (Dayton Daily News)

When asked if Ashley Flynn was breathing, Caleb responded, "No, I don't deliberation so."

"Ashley, Ashley, baby, babe please, ohio my god, there's nary - she's not!" Caleb said.

Notably, Caleb Flynn claimed that the doorway "leading to the store door" was "wide open" astatine the time.

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Ashley Flynn, a Tipp City Schools substitute teacher and volleyball coach, was recovered dormant successful her Ohio location during reported burglary. Police motorboat homicide probe into her death. (Tipp City Schools)

In an earlier connection to Fox News Digital, Caleb Flynn's attorney, L. Patrick Mulligan, said prosecutors rushed to impeach his lawsuit of murder.

"Caleb Flynn entered a plea of Not Guilty this greeting and looks guardant to defending this case. We are some disappointed and acrophobic astir the abbreviated timeline and seeming unreserved to judgement successful this case," Mulligan said. "When the authorities runs retired of leads oregon can't make leads and looks astatine a surviving spouse successful cases specified arsenic these, the accidental of a wrongful condemnation increases."

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Caleb Flynn was a contestant connected "American Idol" and talked astir his emotion for his woman during an interrogation to beryllium connected the amusement successful 2013 during a Hometown Interview segment.

"I perfectly emotion the Lord. I emotion my woman much than anything. She is very, precise pretty. ... I emotion her," Caleb Flynn said. "But, you know, I'm conscionable a mean idiosyncratic who perfectly loves to sing much than thing successful the world."

Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.

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