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‘American Idol’ contestant’s 100K texts with mistress show motive in wife’s murder, prosecutors say
Monday, September 21, 2026
Caleb Flynn exchanged approximately 100,000 text messages with a woman prosecutors identified as his mistress, according to court documents filed in connection with Ashley Flynn's death. Prosecutors allege the messages, sent months before Ashley Flynn died, contained discussions about methods to kill his wife. Caleb Flynn is accused of staging his wife's death to appear as a break-in. Caleb Flynn was a contestant on the television show "American Idol."
