TROY, Ohio (Court TV) — Prosecutors were granted a brief continuance delaying the start of a murder trial for an Ohio man accused of killing his wife.
Caleb Flynn appears in court for a pretrial hearing on April 10, 2026. (Court TV)
Caleb Flynn, 39, is charged with murder and tampering with evidence in the death of his wife, Ashley Flynn, 37, who was killed in the couple’s home on Feb. 16. He has pleaded not guilty to both charges.
Caleb Flynn was indicted in March, and his case has sped towards trial ever since. After agreeing that Judge Jeannine Pratt could remain on the case despite the hiring of a new staff attorney who previously worked in the Miami County District Attorney’s Office, both the defense and the prosecution agreed to proceed to trial on April 28.
On Monday, prosecutors filed a motion asking to delay the trial by just four days. The motion explained that the state received an expert report on April 11 and provided it to the defense the same day, but Ohio law requires all expert reports to be submitted no later than 21 days before trial. The motion notes that Caleb Flynn’s defense opposed the four-day delay.
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At a hearing on the issue, prosecutors said that the brief continuance still fell within the speedy trial guidelines and would not prejudice the defendant. Caleb Flynn’s attorney argued that the State “selected both the arrest date of the defendant and the trial date with full knowledge” of the expert report deadline. After hearing the arguments, Pratt granted the delay. No new trial date was made publicly available immediately.
The only other motion filed in the case, a motion for a non-dissemination order, was abruptly withdrawn by the defense at the hearing scheduled to argue the issue.
Caleb Flynn faces a potential life sentence if he’s convicted of killing his wife, who was shot in their home. Detectives say he shot the victim with a 9 mm handgun and then attempted to stage the scene. Caleb Flynn told 911 operators that his wife had been shot during a home invasion.
