# Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn sentenced to life for wife’s murder

https://mins.news/en/item/86983

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-05 20:25 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://bit.ly/4rQhVdZ

> Caleb Flynn, a former Ohio music pastor who briefly appeared on “American Idol,” has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering his wife while he was having an affair.

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