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Former American Idol contestant and worship pastor Caleb Flynn allegedly sent more than 100,000 messages to his mistress in the year before his wife Ashley was found shot to death inside their Tipp City, Ohio, home. Prosecutors say some of those texts contained direct thoughts about killing Ashley without going to jail. The defense says he was just telling the other woman what she wanted to hear, and points to warm, loving messages Flynn was sending Ashley during the same period.
Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony to break down the psychology of what the jury is seeing. Can a person maintain a genuine loving relationship with one woman while texting another about murder? What does the "appeasement" defense look like through a clinical lens? And how does the mistress on the other end process messages like that without calling police?
Caleb Flynn has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence. His trial is underway in Troy, Ohio.
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On May 24, 1993, ten-year-old George "Junior" Burdynski rode a red-and-white Schwinn bicycle out of his driveway in Brentwood, Maryland, and was never seen again. The search that followed uncovered a ring of men who had allegedly been harming children in the neighborhood for a quarter-century — but none of them were charged in Junior’s disappearance. His remains were never found. His bike was never found. Only a bicycle rim, recovered near a tennis court three blocks from home.
Joseph Lynch was one of the men convicted in 1994. He lived on Varnum Street, blocks from the Burdynski family. He served twenty years and was released in 2006. According to court records, he allegedly went on to harm two teenagers between 2007 and 2014 at a home in Mount Rainier.
The 2026 investigation into those allegations is what broke the Burdynski case. Detectives identified a man — now in his mid-forties — who had been a Brentwood resident in 1993 and was thirteen when Junior disappeared. Police say the man told detectives he was inside a home with Junior and Lynch on the day of the disappearance, that Lynch ordered what happened, and that Junior died.
Lynch was charged on September 17, 2026, with second-degree murder and multiple offenses against a minor. Bond was denied. The witness has not been charged — prosecutors cited his age at the time and the fact that he had allegedly been under Lynch’s control for years. He is cooperating.
No body has been recovered. No physical evidence has been publicly disclosed. The case rests on one man’s account. Police believe Lynch harmed others and are asking them to call 301-772-4930.
This episode walks through the entire thirty-three-year investigative chain — from the 1993 search that launched a federal program to the 2026 witness who says he was in the room.
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Former FBI behavioral expert Robin Dreeke joins Tony Brueski for an in-depth analysis of the Caleb Flynn murder case, covering the 911 call, the affair, and the courtroom strategy in one extended conversation.
The episode begins with the 2:30 a.m. call to dispatch. Caleb Flynn reported that his wife Ashley had been shot, claimed he was asleep on the couch, and allegedly began building an intruder narrative before the first officer arrived. Robin walks through the behavioral indicators embedded in the call -- the speech patterns, the emotional texture, and the narrative choices that trained investigators evaluate to assess whether someone is experiencing genuine shock or allegedly delivering a performance.
The motive evidence comes next. Prosecutors recovered over 100,000 texts between Caleb and his mistress, including one message where he reportedly stated he would kill Ashley in a heartbeat if he could avoid going to hell. Robin examines the psychology of sustained deception at that scale, the moral licensing that may have allowed a worship pastor to rationalize increasingly dark behavior, and the specific language patterns that separate frustrated venting from what investigators reportedly treat as genuine lethal intent.
The final portion covers what is happening inside the courtroom. The defense opened with scripture, admitted the affair, and challenged the jury to separate moral failure from criminal guilt. The prosecution responded with scene testimony: Ashley found with a towel over her head, an allegedly staged break-in, and a husband who was standing outside with the family dogs when police arrived. Robin breaks down every detail, explaining what the behavioral evidence reportedly reveals about the case the defense is trying to build and the case the prosecution is trying to prove.
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Bryan Kohberger's parents and sisters went public on September 17, issuing a statement through retained attorneys to ABC News calling his confession to four murders coerced and demanding a trial.
Kohberger confessed under oath on July 2, 2025, to the stabbing deaths of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. Judge Steven Hippler asked him directly: was anyone forcing you? No. Were you promised anything? No. Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty? Yes. He confirmed it four times, once per victim. He signed a written factual basis. He waived his right to appeal.
His family now says none of that was real. Their statement, distributed through Pennsylvania law firm Amori & Associates and New York civil attorney Jason Goldman, calls for "the complete and unvarnished truth" told through "a proper trial, as opposed to an improper plea."Kohberger's handwritten petition from prison alleges his attorneys coerced his confession, hid hair evidence from the crime scene, and told him it was legally permissible to plead guilty to crimes he didn't commit. He wrote that his family attended "most" of the attorney-client meetings where the plea was discussed — meaning the people now calling the confession forced were present when it was negotiated.
The hair evidence he claims was concealed was examined by defense expert Ruth Ballard, who found it consistent with the victim's own hair. That report was filed with the court by his own lead attorney a month before the deal was signed. The term he uses — "clumps of hair" — comes from a book about the case, not any court or police record.
Prosecutors have filed a motion to dismiss and called his legal team's request for more time a "fishing expedition." An evidentiary hearing is set for June 2027 — if the petition survives.
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The Caleb Flynn trial turned back to the private messages between Flynn and Alleigha Botner, who testified about their relationship and the communications prosecutors presented to the jury in the case over Ashley Flynn’s death. Botner read one February 2025 message she attributed to Caleb: “I need her to die, leave, or cheat again.” 
Botner testified that she had also sent Flynn instructions explaining how to delete messages if a divorce led to their communications being subpoenaed. In another exchange read to the jury, Botner asked what he wanted her to do and testified that Flynn replied, “Kill Douche.” 
She continued through messages contained in 34 books collected between them, including exchanges in which she testified that Caleb said he hated Ashley and wanted her dead. The prosecution also played videos Botner identified as having been sent by Caleb. 
Flynn has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him in the killing of his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors allege he staged the Tipp City home to look like a burglary. His defense maintains a home invader killed Ashley and that investigators settled on Caleb too quickly. 
Botner is due back on the stand Thursday, so the jury has not yet heard the end of her testimony or the defense response to the full set of messages. 
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