40岁的前牧师凯勒·弗林（Caleb Flynn）曾是2013年《美国偶像》（American Idol）的参赛者，他因谋杀37岁的妻子阿什利·弗林（Ashley Flynn）在俄亥俄州迈阿密县受审。
检察官声称，凯勒·弗林在床上朝妻子的后脑勺开了两枪，这样他就可以和他的情妇在一起，并操纵现场，使其看起来好像是入侵者干的，所以他“也会成为受害者”。根据检察官的说法，阿什利·弗林被两颗9毫米子弹击中，凯勒·弗林在他的卡车控制台上放了一把9毫米手枪，当警察到达现场时，这把手枪从控制台上丢失了。
根据周一在法庭上播放的采访视频，弗林在被捕当天接受蒂普市警方侦探和迈阿密县代表的讯问时，被直截了当地问及他是否与妻子的死亡有关。
“不，”凯勒·弗林回答。
“我没有碰我的妻子，”凯勒·弗林说。
当被问及是否对他的枪有任何解释时，凯勒·弗林继续重申，“我没有碰我的妻子。”
“证据有点与此相反，”洛德回答说。
在七天的证词中传唤了三十多名证人后，该州于周一停止了诉讼。
辩护也在周一停止，没有传唤任何证人。凯勒·弗林没有为自己辩护作证。
结案陈词预计将于周二进行。
“我的妻子，她头上中了两枪，到处都是血，天哪，天哪，天哪，”他说，并补充说车库的门“大开着”，并敦促第一反应人员“请快点。”
检察官说，在2月16日拨打911的几个小时前，凯勒·弗林给他的情妇发短信说，“明天就会采取行动”。
前任情妇阿莱格·博特纳，证明在审判期间，她宣读了他们在她两天的证词中交换的超过10万条信息中的一些。
“如果我真的可以杀了她而不下地狱，我会毫不犹豫地这么做，”凯勒·弗林在2025年5月的一条消息中说，她证明．
辩护律师承认，凯勒·弗林在与情妇的信息中说了“丑陋、伤害性”的话，尽管他说他这样做是为了安抚她，并对她撒谎，让她开心。辩方还辩称，没有直接证据，如枪支，将Caleb Flynn与谋杀联系起来，“只有一个外遇后的理论。”
Caleb Flynn denies killing wife in police interview played in court during murder trial
An Ohio manaccusedof murdering his wife in their bedroom and allegedly staging the crime scene to make it seem like an intruder broke into their home denied killing his spouse in an interview with police days after the deadly shooting， according to video shown during his trial on Monday．
Caleb Flynn， 40， a former pastor who once appeared as a contestant on ＂American Idol＂ in 2013， is on trial in Miami County， Ohio， for the murder of his 37-year-old wife， Ashley Flynn．
He wasarrested on Feb． 19， three days after calling 911 to report a burglary and shooting at their home in Tipp City， north of Dayton in February． He has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder， murder， felonious assault and tampering with evidence．
Prosecutors alleged that Caleb Flynn shot his wife twice in the back of the head in bed so that he could be with his mistress and manipulated the scene to make it seem as if an intruder did it so he ＂too would be a victim．＂ According to prosecutors， Ashley Flynn was shot with two 9mm bullets， and Caleb Flynn kept a 9mm handgun in his truck console that was missing from the console when officers arrived at the scene．
While being questioned by a Tipp City police detective and Miami County deputy on the day of his arrest， Flynn was asked point-blank if he had anything to do with his wife＇s death， according to video of the interview shown in court on Monday．
＂Did you do this？ Because I have to ask you，＂ Chief Deputy Steve Lord of the Miami County Sheriff＇s Office asks while questioning Caleb Flynn about what could have led to the deadly shooting．
＂No，＂ Caleb Flynn responds．
While discussing the gun that was missing from Caleb Flynn＇s truck console， Lord says he believes the husband is ＂involved＂ in the shooting， and that when a grand jury hears the evidence of the case， ＂they＇re going to conclude something．＂
＂I didn＇t touch my wife，＂ Caleb Flynn says．
Asked if he had any explanation for his gun， Caleb Flynn continues to reiterate， ＂I didn＇t touch my wife．＂
＂The evidence is a little bit contrary to that，＂ Lord replies．
The state rested its case on Monday， after calling more than three dozen witnesses over seven days of testimony．
The defense also rested on Monday without calling any witnesses． Caleb Flynn did not testify in his own defense．
Closing arguments are expected Tuesday．
During interviews with investigators played during the trial， Caleb Flynn said that the night of the shooting， he left his bedroom because his coughing was bothering his wife． He said that while sleeping on the couch his dogs woke him up and he went to check on their two daughters and fell asleep in their room． He said he was woken up by the sound of gunshots and found his wife shot in bed in the early hours of Feb． 16．
He called 911 to report the shooting and intruder．
＂Somebody broke into my home． Somebody broke in my home and shot my wife，＂ a frantic-sounding Caleb Flynn can be heard in the 911 call．
＂My wife， she＇s got two shots to her head， there＇s blood everywhere， oh my God， oh my God， oh my God，＂ he says， adding that the door to the garage was ＂wide open＂ and urging first responders to ＂please hurry．＂
Hours before calling 911 on Feb． 16， Caleb Flynn texted his mistress， ＂Actions will come tomorrow，＂ prosecutors said．
The former mistress， Alleigha Botner，testifiedfor the state during the trial， reading from some of the more than 100，000 messages they exchanged over her two days of testimony．
＂If I could literally kill her and not go to hell， I would do it in a heartbeat，＂ Caleb Flynn said in one message from May 2025， shetestified．
Defense attorneys have conceded that Caleb Flynn said ＂ugly， hurtful＂ things in the messages with his mistress， though said he did so to appease her and lied to her to make her happy． The defense has also argued that there is no direct evidence， such as a firearm， tying Caleb Flynn to the murder， ＂only a theory following an affair．＂
