Former "American Idol" contestant Caleb Flynn allegedly told his mistress he was "literally trying to think of ways to kill" his wife without going to jail before prosecutors say he shot her and staged the scene to look like a break-in.The chilling message was among more than 100,000 texts prosecutors say Flynn exchanged with his mistress in the year before his wife, Ashley Flynn, was killed Feb.16, WHIO in Dayton reported."I was up until 4 a.m.
last night crying, literally trying to think of ways to kill her and not go to jail," Flynn allegedly wrote in one of the messages.NEW JERSEY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING WIFE WITH BARBELL ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED IN MESSAGES TO RELATIVES: REPORTProsecutors revealed during opening statements Friday that Flynn had been carrying on a year-long affair and argued the messages showed his motive and intent, WHIO reported.Caleb Flynn appears in Miami County Common Pleas Court, Troy, Ohio, Monday, March 30, 2026.Flynn is charged with the murder of his wife, 37-year-old Ashley Flynn who was shot to death in their Tipp City home in February.
(Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)Miami County Prosecutor Paul Watkins told jurors the messages, some sent months apart and others just hours before Ashley was killed, showed Flynn repeatedly expressing hatred toward his wife and a desire to be free of her so he could pursue a future with his mistress.MICROSOFT EXEC'S GRIEVING WIDOW FACES MAN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING HIS MURDER AS SHE REVEALS EERIE FINAL CALLFlynn has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and other charges in his wife's death.Fox News legal analyst Josh Ritter said Sunday that one message sent the day before Ashley's killing could be particularly damaging.LUIGI MANGIONE'S LIVESTREAM STUNT AIMS TO GET INFLUENCERS TO 'PRESSURE' JURORS: FORMER PROSECUTORBody camera footage shows Caleb Flynn bending down to vomit after his wife’s murder inside their home in Tipp City, Ohio on Feb.16, 2026.
(Tipp City Police Department)Flynn allegedly indica...