Video shows ex-'American Idol' contestant's emotional outburst after he allegedly killed his wife

Newly released bodycam video obtained by Fox News Digital shows the hubby of an Ohio teacher, who was changeable and killed wrong the couple's home, reacting successful the contiguous aftermath of her death. 

Caleb Flynn, 39, is charged with execution stemming from the decease of his wife, Ashley Flynn. 

The mother, teacher and volleyball manager was changeable and killed wrong the family's Tipp City location connected Feb. 16. Caleb Flynn was arrested aboriginal the aforesaid week aft helium initially called 911 to study that idiosyncratic had breached into the family’s home. 

Video released by Tipp City constabulary shows officers arriving astatine the location believing they were responding to a botched burglary attempt, with immoderate clips blurred portion showing the wrong of the residence.

Ashley and Caleb Flynn successful an undated photograph with their 2 children. (GoFundMe)

The officers subsequently brushwood Caleb Flynn wrong the home. 

"Oh, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus," a sobbing Caleb Flynn says successful the video. 

"Is she, is she gone?" helium asks. "What bash I bash with my daughters?" 

Caleb Flynn continues to look frantic passim the archetypal hunt of the home, loudly crying and hyperventilating arsenic officers effort to pass with him. 

At 1 point, helium tin beryllium heard calling his ain parent to pass her of the situation. 

"Ashley’s dead," helium repeats, sobbing, "Mommy, she’s gone. I don’t cognize what to do."

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Bodycam video shows Caleb Flynn bending down to vomit aft his wife’s decease wrong their location successful Tipp City, Ohio connected Feb. 16, 2026.  (Tipp City Police Department)

Several minutes later, bodycam video captures Caleb Flynn exiting the location earlier stumbling and falling to the ground. 

He is aboriginal seen throwing up successful the beforehand gait of his location arsenic helium is comforted by a pistillate who arrived astatine the country and is aboriginal identified arsenic the children’s grandmother. 

"The girls don’t know," helium adds, arsenic the pistillate besides breaks down successful tears.

The mates shared 2 daughters, who were dormant wrong the location erstwhile the shooting happened, according to a 911 telephone and the bodycam video.

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Caleb Flynn and a pistillate outcry successful bodycam video recorded connected the time Ashley Flynn was killed. (Tipp City Police Department)

In a 911 telephone obtained by Fox News Digital, Caleb Flynn tin beryllium heard telling authorities that idiosyncratic broke into his location and killed his wife. 

"Oh my god, idiosyncratic broke into my home, idiosyncratic broke into my location and changeable my wife," Caleb Flynn said. "My wife, she's got 2 shots to her head, there's humor everywhere. Oh my god, ohio my god, ohio my God."

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The dispatcher past asked if Ashley was breathing, to which helium responded, "No, I don’t deliberation so." 

"Ashley, Ashley, baby, babe please, ohio my god, there's nary - she's not!" helium said.

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Caleb Flynn past added that helium recovered the doorway "leading to the store door" "wide open" astatine the clip of the shooting.

Additionally, the idiosyncratic who called 911 told dispatchers that the kids were dormant successful their rooms astatine the home, according to News Center 7.

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"Someone broke into the RP [reporting person’s] house, chartless if they are inactive there. Garage doorway is open," the dispatcher said. "There was seemingly a pistillate changeable successful the head. Is not responding currently."

Caleb Flynn fwas arraigned successful tribunal connected Friday, Feb. 20. (Dayton Daily News)

"Squad is en route; they aren’t staged yet. Are they bully to respond in?" the dispatcher asked.

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"Yes, 1 idiosyncratic only," a archetypal responder replied.

The 2 young children were reportedly dormant successful their bedrooms erstwhile the shooting happened.

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"RP and juvenile girl are locked successful a bedroom," the dispatcher told police, according to the outlet.  "Just a correction — the juveniles are going to beryllium successful their ain rooms dormant currently."

Three days later, Caleb Flynn was arrested successful transportation with his wife’s killing.

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He is charged with murder, 2 counts of felonious battle with a deadly limb and 2 counts of tampering with evidence. 

Prosecutors allege that "Caleb Flynn murdered his woman [redacted] successful the greeting hours of February 16, 2026," according to tribunal documents obtained by Fox News Digital. He allegedly utilized a 9mm handgun to termination his woman and aboriginal staged a transgression country wrong the home, causing responding officers to beryllium "led estray," documents said. 

Caleb Flynn is accused of shooting and sidesplitting his wife, Ashley Flynn, wrong their Ohio location arsenic their young daughters slept.  (Ashley Flynn/Facebook)

He was aboriginal booked into the Miami County Jail and arraigned, wherever helium pleaded not blameworthy to each charges and had his enslaved acceptable astatine $2 million.

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In a erstwhile connection to Fox News Digital, Caleb Flynn's attorney, L. Patrick Mulligan, said prosecutors rushed to impeach his lawsuit of murder.

"Caleb Flynn entered a plea of Not Guilty this greeting and looks guardant to defending this case. We are some disappointed and acrophobic astir the abbreviated timeline and seeming unreserved to judgement successful this case," Mulligan said. "When the authorities runs retired of leads oregon can't make leads and looks astatine a surviving spouse successful cases specified arsenic these, the accidental of a wrongful condemnation increases."

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In 2013, Caleb Flynn was a contestant connected "American Idol" and was filmed talking astir his emotion for his woman and their narration during a Hometown Interview segment. 

"I perfectly emotion the Lord. I emotion my woman much than anything. She is very, precise pretty. I emotion her," Caleb Flynn said. "But, you know, I'm conscionable a mean idiosyncratic who perfectly loves to sing much than thing successful the world."

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Flynn's lawyer for further comment.

Fox News Digital's Tessa Hoyos and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report. 

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