LIVE UPDATES: Prosecution to call more witnesses on Day 6 of Caleb Flynn murder trial

The court has adjourned for the day.

UPDATE 4:06 p.m.:

Now they are playing the AI-produced song that Caleb wrote for Alleigha Botner about their affair.

We heard about the song and saw the lyrics, which Botner testified Caleb wrote for her. Well, now we’re hearing it.

UPDATE 3:07 p.m.:

The next witness the State calls Special Agent Joseph Wilhelm, Ohio BCI. He’s a special agent with the cybercrimes unit.

UPDATE 3:02 p.m.:

Defense asked Botner if she has been offered anything in exchange for her testimony. She says no.

Botner is finally off the stand. She’s been excused from the witness list.

She was on the stand for a total of 4.5 hours today and 2 hours and 15 minutes yesterday. So altogether, Botner testified for nearly 7 hours − around 6 hours and 45 minutes.

UPDATE @ 2:02 p.m.:

Defense starts cross-examining Botner. Attorney Emily Smith is questioning her.

UPDATE @ 2:01 p.m.:

Court is back in session.

UPDATE @ 12:47 p.m.:

Court breaks for lunch and then the defense will begin cross-examination.

UPDATE @ 12:38 p.m.:

Botner is currently reading messages between her and Caleb Flynn that were sent around 12:20 a.m. on February 16, the day of Ashley’s murder.

We’re starting to get a narrower window of time between the last communication with Botner and his 911 call.

Botner says the last time she communicated with Flynn, the last time he responded to her, was a message exchange that happened at 12:45 a.m. on Feb. 16. The day of Ashley’s murder.

UPDATE @ 11 a.m.:

Court has resumed after the morning break. Botner remains on the stand.

UPDATE @ 10:31 a.m.:

The court has taken its morning break.

UPDATE @ 9:18 a.m.:

As prosecutors continued to question Botner, they had her read some of the 100,000+ text messages between herself and Flynn.

Botner began to cry while reading messages from July 2025.

“Sorry, I just wish I didn’t say this,” she said.

Miami County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Watkins asked her what the specific message said.

“I didn’t mean it,” she responded before reading the message. “It says, ‘I want to kill her, Caleb.’”

When asked who sent that message, Botner said she did.

“Next message,” Watkins instructed her to read.

“I said, ‘It’s so bad,’” Botner responded.

“Next message,” Watkins instructed again.

“He said, ‘That makes two of us,’” she said.

UPDATE @ 8:42 a.m.:

We’re back in session for Day 6.

The jury is seated.

Botner is walking toward the courtroom to get back on the stand

ORIGINAL STORY:

Testimony will continue on day six of Caleb Flynn’s murder trial in Miami County.

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As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, we heard on Wednesday about how investigators discovered the affair between Caleb Flynn and Alleigha Botner.

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The prosecution is expected to call more witnesses on Thursday.

Flynn is accused of shooting and killing his wife, Ashley, in their Tipp City home in February as their daughters slept.

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It was FBI agents who testified about the affair, and they also talked about why they felt that they had to interview the mistress.

The defense had questions about the follow-up work investigators did after interviewing her twice.

“We needed to conduct an interview with all potential witnesses involved in this case,” said Special Agent Sarah Deamron of the FBI.

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Botner was a worship leader at the Flynn’s church.

She was the second witness who testified on Wednesday afternoon.

Botner read messages she exchanged with Flynn where he said he wanted to kill his wife.

The prosecutor handed Botner several of the 34 inches-thick binders with messages between Flynn and her in them.

Because of the volume of messages, Prosecutor Paul Watkins asked at one point, “How did you do anything else?”

Caleb referred to his wife Ashley in these messages in ways we cannot repeat online.

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In her more than two hours of testimony on the witness stand, Botner revealed bombshell information.

“It just started with little things, and then it grew like cancer, and I found myself in a place I never thought I would be,” Botner said.

Her testimony took up all of the afternoon as she described her relationship with Flynn.

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“How would you describe your feelings for the defendant today?” asked Watkins.

“I hate him,” Botner said.

“Have you ever felt differently about him?” Watkins asked.

“Yes,” Botner said.

“When? And how did you feel?” he asked.

“When we were in a relationship, and I thought I was in love,” she said.

“Why the change from love to hate?” Watkins then asked.

“Because I believe that he murdered his wife,” she told the court.

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Botner said she was 20 when she met him at their church in December 2022.

She said the relationship was professional until it turned sexual in March 2024.

Botner testified that as the affair progressed, so did Caleb’s disdain for his wife, Ashley.

The jury will hear more from her when trial resumes with her testimony on Thursday morning.

News Center 7’s John Bedell will be in the courtroom and will provide up-to-the-minute updates.

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