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Bodycam Shows ‘American Idol’ Contestant in Tears and Vomiting After Alleged Staged Burglary; His Arrest Follows Days Later| Crime Alert 03.03.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole Parton.
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  Speaker 1: Recently released bodycom footage from Ohio authorities provides insight into
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  Speaker 1: the moments following the tragic shooting of Ashley Flynn, the
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  Speaker 1: spouse of former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn. He's also
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  Speaker 1: a music pastor. Ashley, thirty seven, was shot and killed
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  Speaker 1: in their home in Tip City, Ohio. As previously reported
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  Speaker 1: by law enforcement, her husband, Caleb, made a panicked nine
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  Speaker 1: to one one call claiming a break in had happened.
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  Speaker 1: Just three days later, he was taken into custody in
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  Speaker 1: connection with her death. The footage shows Caleb as a
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  Speaker 1: distraught and overwhelmed husband, captured on camera crying out in
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  Speaker 1: anguish at times, struggling to breathe, and even vomiting from distress. No,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to do much there, but I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to ask a fine. That's fine. In one segment
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  Speaker 1: of the blurred recording, Caleb can be heard repeatedly exclaiming,
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  Speaker 1: oh my God, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. While sobbing. He asked
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  Speaker 1: an officer is she gone. He is also seen calling
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  Speaker 1: his mother to relay the heartbreaking news. Ashley's dead, he
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  Speaker 1: tells her multiple times, breaking down further as he cries, Mommy,
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  Speaker 1: she's gone, She's dead. He expressed his helplessness, saying I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what to do. Shortly after, he mentions I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna be sick and proceeds to vomit. As the video continues,
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  Speaker 1: Caleb is shown stepping outside to greet a family member
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  Speaker 1: who arrives on the scene. He stumbles and falls to
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  Speaker 1: the ground, but quickly recovers and embraces the woman, who
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  Speaker 1: also is visibly upset. The girls don't know, he tells her,
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  Speaker 1: prompting her to break down as well. She is identified
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  Speaker 1: in the footage as the grandmother of the children. The
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  Speaker 1: couple had two daughters who were present in the home
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  Speaker 1: during the incident. As per earlier release, nine to one
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  Speaker 1: one calls and BYCOMT footage, a GoFundMe campaign has been
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  Speaker 1: initiated to support Ashley's daughter. Caleb, who previously competed on
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  Speaker 1: the twelfth season of American Idol, faces charges of murder,
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  Speaker 1: two counts of felonious assault, and two counts of tampering
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  Speaker 1: with evidence. He has entered a plea of not guilty
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  Speaker 1: to all allegations. More Crime Injustice news After this, jurors
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  Speaker 1: in the case against Misty Roberts, the former mayor of
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  Speaker 1: De Ritter, Louisiana, her testimony this week indicating that ador
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  Speaker 1: dash driver dropped off planned b emergency contraception at her
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  Speaker 1: residence shortly after she allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage boy. Roberts,
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  Speaker 1: forty three, was arraigned earlier this month on charges including
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  Speaker 1: carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with the juvenile.
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  Speaker 1: As reported by The BullGuard News, the alleged incident involved
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  Speaker 1: a sixteen year old boy during a party in July.
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  Speaker 1: According to a Roberts, the former mayor, was first arrested
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  Speaker 1: in August twenty fourth on charges of third degree rape
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  Speaker 1: and contributing to the delinquency of minors. She resigned from
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  Speaker 1: her position as the mayor just days before surrendering to
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement. The current trial has experienced several delays, including
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  Speaker 1: one indictment being thrown out and the declaration of a
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  Speaker 1: mistrial before Roberts was re indicted and rearraigned, according to
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  Speaker 1: the News. According to The Advocate and the American Press,
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  Speaker 1: during this week's proceedings. A door dash driver testified that
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  Speaker 1: he received an order from someone named Misty C for
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  Speaker 1: Plan B and delivered the emergency contraceptive to Robert's home.
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  Speaker 1: He noted that he recognized the house from a previous
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  Speaker 1: visit when he took his children there for a trick
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  Speaker 1: or treat. He reported that he also was familiar that
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  Speaker 1: she was the mayor. Jurors were also shown footage from
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  Speaker 1: a twenty twenty five interview with Robert's son at a
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  Speaker 1: child advocacy center, where he claimed to have seen his
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  Speaker 1: mother and a friend engage in sectional activity during that
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  Speaker 1: party in July. However, when testifying in court, he stated
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  Speaker 1: he could not definitely confirm what he witnessed, expressing expressing
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  Speaker 1: that it appeared to him and his human mind to
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  Speaker 1: have happened. Additionally, Robert's nephew testified that he believed the
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  Speaker 1: two people were involved in a sexual act based on
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  Speaker 1: their movements, though he admitted he did not see any
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  Speaker 1: explicit exposure. Court proceedings are scheduled to continue at nine
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  Speaker 1: am on Saturday, and in North Carolina, the Gastonia Police
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  Speaker 1: Department are asking for the public's help in locating a
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  Speaker 1: missing boy Louis Luigi Tario, a Gastonia teen, went missing
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  Speaker 1: several months ago. The sixteen year old was last seen
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  Speaker 1: on Halloween leaving his home in a great Nissan Suv.
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  Speaker 1: As of March three, his car has not been found,
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  Speaker 1: his phone has not pinged, and his parents and family
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  Speaker 1: member have not seen or heard from him. The family
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  Speaker 1: says he may be a experiencing a mental health crisis.
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  Speaker 1: He has never been a runaway. Tarrio is described as
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  Speaker 1: a Hispanic male, standing six' one weighing about two hundred.
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  Speaker 1: Pounds he was last seen wearing a GRAY t shirt
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  Speaker 1: and black. Sweatpants his car described as a dark gray
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  Speaker 1: twenty Seventeen Nissan rogue with A North carolina license plate
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  Speaker 1: three three THREE. Rs an anonymous donor created a five
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars reward for information in the search for the missing.
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  Speaker 1: Team anyone with information should call The Gastonia Police department
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