Former worship pastor and ‘American Idol’ alum Caleb Flynn texted his mistress his dark fantasies about killing his wife, according to prosecutors during their opening statements.
Caleb and his wife Ashley, along with their two children, were active members of Christian Life Center. Having auditioned for season 12 of American Idol and received one of a few dozen golden tickets straight to Hollywood, Caleb was involved with the church’s worship team and music ministry.
Ashley was a popular school teacher and taught at Lifewise Academy, a nonprofit that provides Bible-based education to public school students.
In February of this year, Caleb called 911 saying that Ashley had been fatally shot in an apparent home invasion while he and the children slept. In the call, Flynn could be heard frantically screaming, “There’s blood everywhere, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.”
Three days later, Caleb was charged with one count of homicide, two counts of felonious assault, and two counts of tampering with evidence in her murder.
During opening statements, Prosecutor Paul Watkins revealed that Flynn had been engaged in a long-term affair and had sent his mistress more than 100,000 text messages in the year leading up to his wife’s death, saying things like:
“I was up until 4 a.m. last night crying, literally trying to think of ways to kill her and not go to jail.”
and
“If I could literally kill her and not go to hell, I would do it in a heartbeat. That is how dark and how hateful I feel.”
On the night before Ashley was murdered, Flynn texted his mistress:
“I choose you. I’m free. Actions will come tomorrow, February 16, a day I’ll never forget.”
Flynn’s lawyer, Ashley Smith, noted the affair but accused police of zeroing in on Caleb as a suspect as soon as they learned of it, without considering other options or suspects:
“We’re not going to stand here and excuse Caleb for this. Stated plainly, Caleb betrayed Ashley as a husband. Caleb is not on trial for being a bad husband. He’s not on trial for cheating. … A man can fail as a husband without being a murderer, and a man can make selfish decisions without committing a crime.
…The state found their story when they found the affair. Caleb was the most convenient scapegoat for them, and they worked backward. They reached their conclusion first and shoehorned the evidence in after.”
If convicted, Flynn could receive the death penalty.
4 responses to “‘American Idol’ Alum Caleb Flynn Texted Mistress Fantasies Of Killing Wife Before Her Murder”
“If I could kill her and not go to hell …”
Did he not know that his unrepented and continued sin of adultery had already condemned him to hell?
The “church” these days is something to behold. It boggles my mind. Sins so severe that God made them death penalty offenses in handing the law to Moses, the so-called “church” these days considers not to be sinful at all. They just toss God’s word out the window and make it up as they go.
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I watched the time changer movie one of the Christiano movies on you tube . and today before church my next book of the bible i read was 2nd peter . Wath and read and see if it has to do with this topic …me watching the movie and then me just happening to read the short book of 2nd peter did it just happen to work out that way…i dont think. so . We as humans have lots of problems in our relationships with God .. When it comes to our choosing the wrong things .. Thank God for his good book it even inspires a good to watch movie such as the time changer even though we for now can only go back and forth in time by traveling to another time Zone .but in heaven we will be with the creator of time who is not subject to it. any way read 2nd peter and then if you would like check out the movie Time changer on you tube under free christian movies ..
The detailed confession is much like that of the guy who’s admitted to killing Charlie K., yet a vast number of people believe none of it, and have fantasized about deep, dark, underground forces having done it instead. Someone came in and shot her, did they? Uh huh. It’s always the husband. What a beautiful woman she was. How could a man hate a face like hers? Go to jail, man.