Caleb Flynn Convicted on 9 Counts as Experts Say Mistress Likely Avoids Charges
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Updated · NBC News · Sep 30
Caleb Flynn Convicted on 9 Counts as Experts Say Mistress Likely Avoids Charges
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Sep 30
Summary
A jury took just over two hours to convict Caleb Flynn, 40, of murdering his wife in their Ohio home and staging the scene as an intruder attack.
More than 107,000 texts with former mistress Alleigha Botner became central evidence, including messages in which both said they wanted Ashley Flynn dead and Flynn wrote he had tried to think of ways to kill her.
Botner testified she deleted messages after the killing and lied to the FBI to hide the affair, conduct experts said could support tampering or obstruction allegations.
Legal experts said Botner is still unlikely to be charged in the murder because prosecutors would need proof she agreed to or helped carry it out, and cooperating witnesses are rarely charged after testifying.
Flynn is set to be sentenced Oct. 5 and faces life without parole, while his lawyer said he will challenge the verdict.