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Authorities in Ohio have arrested and charged a former contestant on “American Idol” with capturing and killing his spouse and staging the crime scene to mislead investigators.
Caleb Flynn, 39, pleaded not responsible Friday to expenses of homicide, assault and tampering with proof.
“I just want to take care of my daughters. I’m not a risk,” he advised Judge Samuel Huffman in a video of his arraignment from jail.
The choose set his bond at $2 million.
Ashley Flynn, 37, was discovered useless Monday after officers acquired a report of a housebreaking and capturing at a Tipp City residence, based on a information launch by Tipp City Police. Her husband and two kids had been inside the house when officers arrived.
In a 911 name launched by authorities, a frantic Caleb Flynn tells a dispatcher somebody broke into his residence and killed his spouse. He says she was shot a number of occasions in the pinnacle and he doesn’t know whether or not the intruder was nonetheless there.
“There’s blood everywhere, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God,” he says.
His lawyer, Patrick Mulligan, stated in an announcement on Saturday he and Flynn had been “disappointed and concerned about the short timeline and seeming rush to judgment in this case.” Police arrested Flynn on Thursday.
“When the government runs out of leads or can’t develop leads and looks at a surviving spouse in cases such as these, the chance of a wrongful conviction increases,” the assertion stated.
Tipp City Police Chief Greg Adkins defended the investigation, saying in an e-mail on Saturday that it had “not moved fast.”
“Rather, it has progressed at a pace dictated by a thorough and deliberate investigative process,” he stated.
Ashley Flynn was a center faculty volleyball coach and substitute trainer, Tipp City Schools stated on its Facebook web page.
“She was known for her beautiful smile, warmth, kindness, and the positive impact she had on so many—both in and out of the classroom and on the court,” the publish stated.