Overview
- Ashley Flynn was found fatally shot on Feb. 16, 2026, and her husband Caleb Flynn has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and related charges.
- Alleigha Botner testified she had a roughly 1.5‑year affair with Flynn and read from more than 100,000 messages in which Flynn repeatedly expressed hatred for his wife and statements about wanting her dead.
- Forensic examiners told jurors they recovered device data showing social apps and an AI‑song app were deleted days before the killing and played two AI‑generated love songs created for Botner as evidence of the relationship.
- Investigators have not found the alleged murder weapon and law‑enforcement witnesses testified that physical details of the house did not fit a forced‑entry intruder scenario, which prosecutors say supports staging claims.
- The defense stresses the missing gun, gaps in direct forensic linkage and Botner’s admitted deletions and initial lies to the FBI to attack her credibility, and the trial will continue with more testimony and a planned juror visit to the home.