Former American Idol Contestant Caleb Flynn Faces Murder Trial

The murder trial for Caleb Flynn has reached a major turning point this week. Prosecutors have started presenting evidence consisting of over 100,000 text messages sent between Flynn and a woman he was allegedly seeing at the time of the incident.

These messages center on the death of his wife, Ashley Flynn. She was found shot twice in the back of the head on February 16. The crime is especially tragic as the couple's two daughters were asleep in the home when the shooting took place.

Flynn is a familiar face to some viewers, as he appeared on the twelfth season of American Idol years ago. The court is now reviewing these thousands of messages to determine how they relate to the events surrounding his wife's death.