Caleb Flynn’s young daughters vow to never visit killer in prison in scathing statement at sentencing
A convicted wife-killer — once an American Idol alum and church music pastor — is sentenced to life without parole while his daughters' written statements, read aloud in court, become the moral record of the day.
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The two young daughters of Caleb Flynn, a former 'American Idol' contestant and Ohio church music pastor, delivered devastating statements at his sentencing after he was convicted of fatally shooting their mother, Ashley.
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Caleb Flynn was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting his wife Ashley. In the source
Flynn allegedly staged the scene at their Tipp City home to make it appear an intruder carried out the murder, prosecutors claimed. In the source
Prosecutors claim Flynn murdered Ashley, 37, because he wanted to start a new life with mistress Aleigha Botner, now 24. In the source
Botner testified against Flynn at trial and was forced to admit she once texted with him about wanting to kill Ashley, which Flynn agreed with. In the source
Flynn sobbed while reading a statement apologizing for breaking his wedding vows, but maintained he did not kill his wife. In the source
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Then she looked at me and asked, 'Why should I even believe in Jesus if he allowed this to happen to us.'
A child's question to her aunt exposes how the murder has shaken the girls' foundational faith.
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The Keyts told the judge Monday about how the girls regularly cry as they struggle to come to terms with what happened to them. Kalya said just the other day one of them “was laying beside me, sobbing into my shoulder as they both often do, because she missed her mommy and could not understand how her own father could have done this to all of us.” “Then she looked at me and asked, ‘Why should I even believe in Jesus if he allowed this to happen to us,’” Kayla said. Matthew painted an equally heartbreaking picture when he told the judge how the sisters go to their mom’s grave daily.
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Mommy was the perfect person, the absolutely perfect person. What did she ever do to make you hate her so much?
Ten-year-old Ava directly challenges her father to explain why he destroyed the person she loved most.
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The 40-year-old father of two sobbed and sweat profusely as blistering statements from his daughters, Ava and Alyssa, were read in court before he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting his wife and their mother, Ashley. “Mommy was the perfect person, the absolutely perfect person,” Ava, 10, said, according to a statement read in court by the girls’ uncle, Matthew Keyt. “What did she ever do to make you hate her so much? … She was my best friend and then you chose to kill the only mother I ever had.”
Mommy was the perfect person, the absolutely perfect person. Ava, 10, said, according to a statement read in court by the girls’ uncle, Matthew Keyt. What did she ever do to make you hate her so much?
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Nearly every day we watch as Ashley's daughters visit their mother's gravesite. I watch them cry and talk to her. They often lie on the grass in front of her tombstone imagining that it will bring them a bit closer to their mom.
The uncle shows the judge a daily ritual that measures the depth of the girls' ongoing grief.
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Matthew painted an equally heartbreaking picture when he told the judge how the sisters go to their mom’s grave daily. “Nearly every day we watch as Ashley’s daughters visit their mother’s gravesite,” Matthew said. “I watch them cry and talk to her. They often lie on the grass in front of her tombstone imagining that it will bring them a bit closer to their mom.” Prosecutors claim that Flynn murdered Ashley, 37, because he wanted to start a life with Botner, now 24. The mistress testified against him at trial and was forced to admit she once texted with Flynn about wanting to kill Ashley, a sentiment Flynn agreed with in the messages.
Nearly every day we watch as Ashley's daughters visit their mother's gravesite. Matthew said. I watch them cry and talk to her. They often lie on the grass in front of her tombstone imagining that it will bring them a bit closer to their mom.
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By the way, I don't plan on coming to see you.
Twelve-year-old Alyssa closes her statement by severing any future relationship with her imprisoned father.
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Flynn’s other daughter laid into her dad, saying it was “sad that you can’t love anyone but yourself,” according to the statement read in court by her grandmother. “You have already caused so much pain to your family and the world. The least you could do is tell everyone that you did it,” read Alyssa’s statement. “By the way, I don’t plan on coming to see you,” the 12-year-old daughter said, apparently referring to his soon-to-be new permanent digs at a state prison. The girls were 9 and 11 when Flynn killed Ashley at their Tipp City home on Feb. 16. He then staged the scene to make it appear as though an intruder carried out the murder, prosecutors claimed.
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You have already caused so much pain to your family and the world. The least you could do is tell everyone that you did it.
Alyssa demands her father confess publicly, making clear she sees his silence as a final compounded betrayal.
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“You and Aleigha sinned big time but you still have a chance to tell God that you are sorry,” Ava said. Flynn’s other daughter laid into her dad, saying it was “sad that you can’t love anyone but yourself,” according to the statement read in court by her grandmother. “You have already caused so much pain to your family and the world. The least you could do is tell everyone that you did it,” read Alyssa’s statement. “By the way, I don’t plan on coming to see you,” the 12-year-old daughter said, apparently referring to his soon-to-be new permanent digs at a state prison.
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