‘I Want To Kill Her’: The Evidence That Convicted Caleb Flynn

Miami County, Ohio. Caleb Flynn is on trial for the murder of his wife, Ashley. The state’s key witness is the woman he was texting: Alleigha Botner, a worship leader from his own church. Over two days she walks the jury through 107,000 messages — “I want to kill her, Caleb,” the deletion coaching, the burner phone, “Actions will come tomorrow” — and then the defense gets its turn: the phone that fell in the ocean, the laptop lost on a plane, the two FBI interviews. This is the follow-up to our Caleb Flynn police-interview video: her direct testimony, the cross-examination, the forensic examiner’s timeline from his watch and AirPods, and the verdict. Flynn was convicted on all nine counts and sentenced on 5 October 2026 to life without parole. Botner has not been charged; legal experts told NBC News she is unlikely to be. 0:00 A Hidden Digital Trail 0:42 An Affair Built on Hate 3:36 From Feelings to Evidence 5:35 Deadlines and Desperation 10:19 The Morning After the Crime 17:33 The Forensic Evidence