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AHEAD AT SIX FOR NOW. MIKE DARDIS WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN OTHER NEWS, NOW, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE’RE SEEING BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT SHOWS A FORMER AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT MOMENTS AFTER HIS WIFE WAS MURDERED. WLWT NEWS FIVE TODD — SPENT TODAY REVIEWING THE FOOTAGE AND JOINS US WITH A CLOSER LOOK. HI, TODD. HI, ASHLEY AND CHRIS. CALEB FLINT IS CURRENTLY IN JAIL ON A $2 MILLION BOND. TWO WEEKS AGO, FLINT CALLED POLICE IN TIPP CITY, NORTH OF DAYTON, TO SAY SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS FAMILY’S HOME AND SHOT HIS WIFE TO DEATH. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED AT CALEB FLINT’S HOME IN TIPP CITY, THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THEY’D FIND. POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU’RE IN HERE. THE 39 YEAR OLD FLYNN WAS AS AT LEAST ONE OFFICER DESCRIBED, HYSTERICAL AS CAPTURED IN THIS BLURRED BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE. OH MY GOD, I’M UPSET. CAN YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN? NO. OKAY. IS SHE GONE? OKAY. LOOK AT ME. TAKE A BREATH. A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT SCENE, A JUDGE GAVE FLYNN, WHO APPEARED ON AMERICAN IDOL MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, A $2 MILLION BOND FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING HIS WIFE, ASHLEY, TO DEATH WHILE THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS WERE ASLEEP NEARBY. FLYNN CLAIMED SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE HOUSE THROUGH A GARAGE DOOR AND KILLED HIS WIFE. THESE EXCHANGES, CAPTURED ON AN OFFICER’S BODY CAMERA JUST MINUTES APART, COULD HELP EXPLAIN WHY FLYNN IS IN THE MIAMI COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT. ARE THERE ANY FIREARMS IN THIS HOUSE? I HAVE. A SHOTGUN IN A 22. IN, LIKE, A PELLET GUN. AND I HAVE A I HAVE A HANDGUN IN MY TRUCK. OKAY. IN THE THE GLOVE BOX. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE OFFICER WAS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE EXPLAINING SOMETHING. HE’D NOTICED. THE BACK DOOR WAS OPEN. THERE’S LIKE A DOOR ON THE SIDE RIGHT THERE. IT’S OPEN. SO YOU GUYS. YEAH. WE DIDN’T. THE TRUCK, THE THE CENTER CONSOLE. THE TRUCK’S OPEN. AND THAT’S WHERE HE SAID HE KEEPS HIS GUN. SO NOW FLYNN REMAINS IN JAIL TONIGHT, FACING FIVE FELONY CO
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‘Is she gone?’ Video shows moments after former ‘American Idol’ contestant claimed someone killed his wife
Body camera footage reveals Caleb Flynn was distressed when police arrived at his family’s Ohio home
Caleb Flynn, a former “American Idol” contestant, is in jail on a $2 million bond after his wife was murdered in their Ohio home two weeks ago.Flynn called police to report that someone had broken into his family’s home and shot his wife to death. When officers arrived, they were uncertain of what they would find. An unidentified police officer announced as he entered the Flynns’ garage, “Police department, if you’re in here.”Flynn, 39, appeared hysterical as he clung to a piece of furniture in the blurred body camera footage.”Oh my God,” Flynn said.An officer asked, “OK. Do you want to sit down?”Flynn replied, sniffling, “No.”The officer said, “OK.”Flynn then asked, “Is she, is she gone?”The officer responded, “Look at me. Look at me. Take a breath.”A few days after the incident, a judge set Flynn’s bond at $2 million for allegedly shooting his wife, Ashley, while their two daughters were asleep nearby. Flynn claims someone broke into the house through a garage door and killed his wife.Body camera footage captured exchanges between Flynn and officers that could explain why Flynn is in the Miami County Jail.An officer asked, “Were there any firearms in this house?”Flynn responded, “Ah, I have, like, a shotgun. A shotgun and a .22 and, like, a pellet gun.”The officer asked, “OK, where?”Flynn replied, “And I have a, I have a handgun in my truck.”The officer said, “OK.”Flynn added, “In the glove box.”A few minutes later, an officer noticed something unusual outside the house.”The back door is open. There’s, like, a door on the side right there. It’s open, so,” said the officer whose body camera was rolling.Another officer asked, “You guys clear the garage and everything?”The first officer replied, “Yeah. We didn’t – the truck, the center console of the truck’s open. And that’s where he said he keeps his gun, so.”Flynn faces five felony counts, including murder and tampering with evidence.
Caleb Flynn, a former “American Idol” contestant, is in jail on a $2 million bond after his wife was murdered in their Ohio home two weeks ago.
Flynn called police to report that someone had broken into his family’s home and shot his wife to death. When officers arrived, they were uncertain of what they would find. An unidentified police officer announced as he entered the Flynns’ garage, “Police department, if you’re in here.”
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Flynn, 39, appeared hysterical as he clung to a piece of furniture in the blurred body camera footage.
“Oh my God,” Flynn said.
An officer asked, “OK. Do you want to sit down?”
Flynn replied, sniffling, “No.”
The officer said, “OK.”
Flynn then asked, “Is she, is she gone?”
The officer responded, “Look at me. Look at me. Take a breath.”
A few days after the incident, a judge set Flynn’s bond at $2 million for allegedly shooting his wife, Ashley, while their two daughters were asleep nearby. Flynn claims someone broke into the house through a garage door and killed his wife.
Body camera footage captured exchanges between Flynn and officers that could explain why Flynn is in the Miami County Jail.
An officer asked, “Were there any firearms in this house?”
Flynn responded, “Ah, I have, like, a shotgun. A shotgun and a .22 and, like, a pellet gun.”
The officer asked, “OK, where?”
Flynn replied, “And I have a, I have a handgun in my truck.”
The officer said, “OK.”
Flynn added, “In the glove box.”
A few minutes later, an officer noticed something unusual outside the house.
“The back door is open. There’s, like, a door on the side right there. It’s open, so,” said the officer whose body camera was rolling.
Another officer asked, “You guys clear the garage and everything?”
The first officer replied, “Yeah. We didn’t – the truck, the center console of the truck’s open. And that’s where he said he keeps his gun, so.”
Flynn faces five felony counts, including murder and tampering with evidence.
