# Former ‘American Idol’ contestant sentenced to life without parole for wife’s murder

https://mins.news/en/video/87016

- ABC News, 2026-10-05 20:45 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K2wuhNrr8Q

> Former “American Idol” contestant Caleb Flynn was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being found guilty of killing his wife and staging the scene to suggest that an intruder had broken into their home and fatally shot the mother of two.

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