{"id":414105,"date":"2026-09-29T21:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414105\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T21:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:52:12","slug":"verdict-in-caleb-flynn-found-guilty-of-murder-in-miami-county-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414105\/","title":{"rendered":"Verdict in: Caleb Flynn found guilty of murder in Miami County case"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI COUNTY, Ohio (WKEF) — Caleb Flynn, former pastor and “American Idol” contestant, has been found guilty on all counts.<\/p>\n

A Miami County jury has found Caleb Flynn, 40, guilty of murdering his wife, Ashley, in their Tipp City home back in February.<\/p>\n

Opening statements for the trial began on Friday, September 18, and closing arguments wrapped up on Tuesday, September 29.<\/p>\n

The jury needed just a few hours to reach a verdict in this case that has gained national attention.<\/p>\n

Flynn claimed someone broke into their home and shot his wife in the head while she slept.<\/p>\n

However, investigators say he staged all of it, and wanted her out of the picture so he could pursue an extramarital affair.<\/p>\n

Flynn’s Defense team pushed back that the prosecution didn’t prove its case, citing that investigators failed to collect evidence linking Flynn to the murder.<\/p>\n

Jurors ultimately agreed Caleb Flynn did murder his wife and came to a guilty verdict.<\/p>\n

Flynn’s sentencing is planned for 3 p.m. on October 5.<\/p>\n

See the full verdict here on our YouTube channel:<\/p>\n

Watch each day of the trial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check back here on Dayton 24\/7 Now for details of the verdict from our reporter, Jeff Schrock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI COUNTY, Ohio (WKEF) — Caleb Flynn, former pastor and “American Idol” contestant, has been found guilty on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-414105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}