Caleb Flynn, former ‘American Idol’ singer, found guilty of wife’s murder

Former “American Idol” singer Caleb Flynn was found guilty of murder on Tuesday in the death of his wife, who was killed in their Ohio home in February.

Flynn, a former music pastor, told a 911 dispatcher that his wife, Ashley Flynn, who worked as a school teacher and volleyball coach, had been shot multiple times in the head by an intruder. He told the dispatcher that he did not know whether the intruder was still in their Tipp City home.

He was also convicted of assault and tampering with evidence.

In police interviews played in court, Flynn told officers that he was sleeping on the couch when he woke up to the sound of gunshots. He said that a day before the killing, a man had come to their home and handed his wife an American flag while making a “weird sales pitch for America.”

When police arrived at the home on the day of the shooting, the garage door, a side door and the center console of Flynn’s pickup truck were open. Flynn told police that he kept a gun in the console, but no weapon was found there.

Prosecutors alleged that Flynn, 40, staged the home invasion…

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