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 Read more…
The Nolan Wells no true bill came with a detail buried in the district attorney’s video statement: the family’s own lawyers had already told her they had no evidence a crime was committed. Tony Brueski walks through what the grand Read more…
FBI forensic examiner Sarah Stuchell testified that the toolmark testing in the Caleb Flynn case produced a complicated result: some marks were consistent with a hammer seized from the Flynn home, while her written report remained inconclusive. Caleb Flynn is Read more…
Jill Smith’s phone rang at 3 a.m. on February 16. It was her son-in-law, Caleb Flynn, telling her someone had broken in and shot Ashley. On the third day of the Caleb Flynn trial in Miami County, Ohio, Jill told Read more…
Det. Zachary Farkus and FBI Special Agent Sarah Deamron put the alleged break-in door under a microscope in the Caleb Flynn trial. Farkus testified that he saw no pry marks, no damage suggesting the door had been kicked in, and Read more…
Two law-enforcement witnesses put the alleged break-in door itself at the center of Caleb Flynn’s trial. Det. Brad Kline testified that debris from the broken garage access lock was inside the garage and that, based on his prior DEA experience Read more…
Prosecutors did not have to speculate about motive. They had a digital archive. Over 100,000 text messages between Caleb Flynn and his mistress, sent over the course of months while he was still married to Ashley and still serving as Read more…
The prosecution’s case against Caleb Flynn arguably begins and ends with a phone call. At approximately 2:30 a.m., Caleb dialed 911 and reported that his wife Ashley had been shot. He told the dispatcher he had been sleeping in another Read more…
Jesse Lee Calhoun grew up in Troutdale, Oregon, dropped out of high school, and racked up two decades of criminal convictions — assault, drugs, weapons, burglary. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office called him a prolific thief and career criminal. In Read more…
Latent print expert Vicki Bartholomew testified that palm and latent prints recovered from the Flynn property matched Caleb Flynn. But on cross-examination, she acknowledged a key limitation: she could not determine when any of those prints were left. Bartholomew said Read more…
