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Alleigha Botner read a message she said she sent Caleb Flynn during their affair: "I want to kill her, Caleb." Botner testified that Caleb replied, "That makes 2 of us."

Those words were presented to jurors as Botner's testimony continued in the trial over the death of Caleb's wife, Ashley Flynn. Caleb has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege he killed Ashley on February 16, 2026 and staged the Tipp City home to look like a burglary. His attorneys say Ashley was killed by an intruder and investigators rushed to blame Caleb.

This exchange adds a complication the jury cannot simply skip past: the language in these private messages was coming from both people. Botner is a prosecution witness, and her own words are now part of the evidence jurors are hearing. The state can argue the exchange supports its theory. The defense can press context, credibility, and what two people saying something in a text actually proves about a later homicide.

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Alleigha Botner returned to the stand in Caleb Flynn's murder trial and read more private messages between herself and Caleb. In one message attributed to Caleb, Botner testified he wrote, "Please hire someone to take douche out!"

The prosecution is using the messages to show jurors how Caleb allegedly spoke about his wife, Ashley Flynn, during his affair with Botner. Caleb, 40, has pleaded not guilty to charges including aggravated murder in Ashley's February 16, 2026 death. Prosecutors allege he killed Ashley and staged their Tipp City home to resemble a burglary; the defense says investigators rushed to blame him and maintains Ashley was killed during a home invasion.

Botner's testimony puts the wording of those messages directly before the jury. The issue is no longer whether ugly things were said. Jurors now have to decide what those words prove, if anything, about the killing prosecutors allege came later.

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Caleb Flynn led worship at two churches for eleven years. He appeared on American Idol Season 12 and told producers on camera that he loved his wife Ashley more than anything. He was the spiritual leader his congregation leaned on.

Prosecutors in Miami County, Ohio, allege the man behind that image was maintaining an affair, sending messages about killing Ashley, and ultimately shooting her to death in their Tipp City home while staging the scene as a home invasion. His defense attorney conceded the affair in the trial's first hour.

Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony to examine the psychology of a performer turned pastor turned murder defendant. How does the pulpit provide cover for someone living a double existence? What drives the specific kind of ego that needs a captive audience to function? And was Ashley a partner or a prop in the pastoral brand Caleb was selling?

Caleb Flynn has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence.

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Prosecutors in the Caleb Flynn murder trial say the former worship pastor sent more than 100,000 messages to his mistress in the year before his wife Ashley was found shot to death inside their Tipp City, Ohio, home. Some of those messages allegedly contained detailed plans to kill Ashley. Others, sent around the same time, were warm and loving texts to Ashley herself.

Two phones. Two women. Two completely different versions of the same man, prosecutors allege, running simultaneously.

Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony to examine the psychology of Flynn's alleged double messaging and the mind of the mistress who, according to the state, read texts about murder plans and stayed in the relationship. Scott breaks down the "appeasement" defense, the psychology of compartmentalized lives, and the moment someone crosses from dark fantasy into preparation.

Caleb Flynn has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence.

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Junior Burdynski was ten years old, four feet tall, and riding a red-and-white Schwinn when he disappeared from Brentwood, Maryland, on May 24, 1993. His family searched. Law enforcement brought dogs, helicopters, FBI agents going door-to-door. A local Domino’s Pizza glued his face onto every delivery box. The only trace recovered was a bicycle rim found three blocks from home near a tennis court.

The search for Junior uncovered something investigators weren’t looking for — a ring of offenders who had allegedly been harming neighborhood children for twenty-five years. Three men were convicted, including Joseph Lynch, who lived blocks away on Varnum Street. But investigators said they could not connect any of them to Junior’s disappearance.

Thirty-three years later, a separate investigation changed that. In 2026, police charged Lynch with new offenses against two teenagers between 2007 and 2014. That inquiry led detectives to a previously unknown witness — a man, now in his mid-forties, who had been thirteen years old and living in Brentwood when Junior vanished. According to police, the man told detectives he was in a home with Junior and Lynch that day, that Lynch directed what happened, and that Junior died from the injuries.

On September 17, 2026, Lynch was charged with second-degree murder and multiple offenses involving a minor. His bond was denied. He is the only person charged. The witness is cooperating and was not charged — prosecutors cited his age and his status as a child under Lynch’s alleged control.

Junior’s remains have never been recovered. Authorities have not said whether physical evidence supports the witness account. Police believe there are more victims and are asking anyone with information to call 301-772-4930.

Junior’s sister Virginia was six when he disappeared. She addressed him at the press conference: she said she was sorry, and that thirty-three years of hope ended in heartbreak.

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This episode is the definitive behavioral breakdown of the Caleb Flynn murder case. Tony Brueski sits down with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke to analyze the case across three segments, covering every major piece of evidence that has emerged from the investigation and the trial.

The first segment dissects the 911 call. Caleb Flynn called dispatch at 2:30 a.m. and told them his wife had been shot. He claimed he was sleeping on the couch, heard a gunshot, and froze. Robin identifies the specific behavioral red flags on the tape -- the pacing, the narrative construction, the language choices, and the allegedly premature introduction of the intruder theory that reportedly shifted the investigation's focus almost immediately.

The second segment examines the digital evidence. Prosecutors recovered over 100,000 text messages between Caleb and another woman, sent while he was still married to Ashley and still serving as a worship pastor. In one message, Caleb reportedly wrote that he would kill his wife in a heartbeat if he could avoid eternal consequences. Robin analyzes what that message means inside a behavioral framework -- the escalation patterns, the moral negotiation, and the capacity for sustained deception that the volume of communication allegedly reveals.

The third segment turns to the courtroom. The defense opened with a Bible verse and an admission of adultery. The prosecution presented testimony about a towel placed over Ashley's head, an unlocked door with allegedly staged damage, and a husband who was found outside with his dogs when the first officer arrived. Robin examines how each piece of behavioral evidence reportedly connects to the others, building a profile that the prosecution is asking the jury to see and the defense is asking them to ignore.

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Bryan Kohberger confessed under oath to murdering four University of Idaho students. His family just hired their own lawyers to say the confession was forced.

On September 17, parents Michael and Mary Ann Kohberger and sisters Amanda and Mel issued a coordinated statement through Pennsylvania law firm Amori & Associates and New York civil attorney Jason Goldman. They told ABC News they want "the complete and unvarnished truth" through "a proper trial." Goldman framed the guilty plea as a "business decision" driven by fear rather than guilt.

Kohberger's handwritten petition from prison alleges his defense team of Anne Taylor, Elisa Massoth, and Bicka Barlow coerced his confession, concealed hair evidence from the crime scene, and fabricated a story about death-row conditions. He wrote that his family was in the room during "most" of the attorney-client discussions. That detail cuts both ways: if the coercion happened in front of them, they'll be called to testify. If it didn't, their public statement is loyalty, not evidence. No contemporaneous complaint exists — no call to the court, no letter to the bar, no motion for new counsel.

The hair he calls his proof of innocence was examined by his own defense expert, Ruth Ballard. She found it morphologically consistent with the victim Ethan Chapin's own hair — not an unknown attacker's. That report was filed with the court by Taylor on June 6, 2025, a month before the plea was signed. The phrase "clumps of hair" appears in no forensic record — only in a bestselling book about the case.

At his plea hearing, Kohberger told the judge he was not coerced and was guilty. He said it four times — once per victim. Prosecutors are calling the post-conviction effort a "fishing expedition." An evidentiary hearing is set for June 2027.

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Alleigha Botner returned to the stand in the Caleb Flynn murder trial and read messages she testified were exchanged with Flynn before the death of his wife, Ashley Flynn. One February 2025 message she attributed to Caleb said, “I need her to die, leave, or cheat again.” 

Botner also testified that she sent Flynn instructions on deleting messages because she was concerned the messages could be subpoenaed in a divorce case. When prosecutors asked her about another exchange, Botner read a message in which she asked what he wanted her to do and said his response was, “Kill Douche.” 

The testimony came from what Botner described as 34 books of messages collected between her and Flynn. She read additional exchanges in which she testified that Flynn said he hated Ashley and wanted her dead. Prosecutors also played videos Botner said Caleb sent to her. 

Flynn, 40, has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts, including aggravated murder, in Ashley Flynn’s death at their Tipp City home. Prosecutors allege the scene was staged to resemble a home-invasion burglary. The defense says Ashley was killed during a home invasion and investigators rushed to blame Caleb. 

Botner’s testimony is expected to continue Thursday, putting the prosecution’s interpretation of those messages back in front of the jury. 

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Three details from the crime scene testimony reportedly tell investigators more than any single piece of forensic evidence could. A towel placed over Ashley Flynn's head. A front door that was unlocked despite alleged signs of forced entry. And a husband who was outside the house with his dogs when police arrived, instead of at his wife's side.

Tony and Robin Dreeke break down each of those details through the lens of behavioral analysis. Robin starts with the towel. In his experience, when a victim is found with their face covered, investigators immediately narrow their focus. Covering the face is reportedly one of the most reliable indicators that the killer had a personal relationship with the victim. It suggests guilt, shame, or an inability to confront the physical reality of what was done. Strangers almost never do this.

The alleged staged break-in is next. Prosecutors told the jury that the damage to the front door was caused by multiple tools and did not match any known pattern of forced entry. The door itself was unlocked. Robin explains why staging a break-in is one of the most common -- and most commonly botched -- elements of a domestic murder cover-up. The instinct to overdo it, to make the scene look more dramatic and more convincing, reportedly creates the exact inconsistencies that trained investigators are looking for.

Then Robin turns to Caleb's behavior in the minutes immediately after the 911 call. When the first officer arrived, Caleb had left the house and was standing outside with the family dogs. Robin examines the priority set embedded in that decision. In a genuine crisis, a spouse's instinct is almost always to stay with the victim, to attempt aid, to be as close as possible to the person they love. Going outside to secure the pets suggests a different set of priorities -- the priorities of someone who may have allegedly already known that there was nothing left to save.

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Alleigha Botner testified that on February 14 Caleb Flynn messaged her that he was finally free of Ashley Flynn and had told Ashley he wanted a divorce. FBI forensic examiner Sarah Stuchell, meanwhile, conceded on cross that her tool-mark testing could not identify who used any tested tool or establish that a tested tool was used on the door. 

Caleb Flynn is charged in the death of his wife, Ashley Flynn. He has pleaded not guilty. The defense says Ashley was killed during a home invasion and investigators rushed to blame Caleb, while prosecutors allege the scene was staged to look like a burglary. 

Stuchell confirmed that her findings were inconclusive. She testified that she could not determine who used any of the tools she examined, and she could not say that any specific tested tool made the marks on the door or door hardware. 

Botner testified that she met Flynn in 2022 while interning at his church and that their relationship became personal in 2024. She said Flynn told her he hated Ashley, described the marriage as essentially over, and said he was staying for his children. Botner testified that Flynn said he wanted Ashley gone every week and said at least monthly that he wanted her to die. She also testified that he once said that if he could kill Ashley without going to jail or going to Hell, he would. Botner said she repeatedly gave Flynn deadlines to leave the marriage. She testified that on February 14 he messaged that he was finally free of Ashley and had told her he wanted a divorce. Botner also described losing her phone in the water while kayaking in January and losing her laptop while traveling. 

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