A jury in Ohio on Tuesday found former "American Idol" contestant Caleb Flynn guilty of the murder of his late-wife Ashley Flynn, who was found dead in their home earlier this year.

Flynn was accused of fatally shooting his wife in February and then attempting to stage the scene to throw off investigators and make it seem like an intruder broke into the house. Flynn has claimed that he was sleeping at the time of his wife's murder.

The defendant was charged with a total of nine counts, including aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence, and was found guilty on all counts. 

Flynn had called 911 to report the crime and told the dispatcher that he woke up to the sound of gunshots. His wife was discovered dead from multiple gunshots to the head. Flynn and their two daughters were in the house at the time.

Flynn claimed that the alleged attack occurred a day after a man had come to their home and handed his wife an American flag while making a “weird sales pitch for America," according to NBC News. 

When police arrived at Flynn's home on the day of the shooting, the garage door, a side door and the center console of Flynn’s pickup truck were open, where he allegedly stored his gun. But the gun was never found.

Prosecutors also alleged that Flynn spoke about killing his wife to his former mistress, who testified that she believed Flynn killed his wife. Prosecutor Matthew Joseph also claimed that evidence proved Flynn's account was a "complete fabrication," and that he killed his wife to "be a victim" and keep the mistress and kids.

“Being the victim allowed him to do that without being the husband who left his wife for a mistress,” Joseph said. “Instead, he’d be the husband whose wife was tragically murdered by an unknown intruder.”

Flynn's attorneys argued that prosecutors did not sufficiently make their case and that just because Flynn was unfaithful, does not mean he was a killer. 

“This case is wholly lacking in concrete evidence. Connecting a couple of meaningless dots doesn’t solve the case,” Flynn's attorney Patrick Mulligan said.

Flynn auditioned for "American Idol" in 2013 in Chicago and advanced to the Hollywood rounds before he was eliminated, according to CBS News. He now faces up to life in prison without the chance of parole.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.