Side Piece For Sale

A SECRET AFFAIR. 107,000 MESSAGES. A MARRIAGE IN COLLAPSE. AND A MURDER THAT LEFT A COMMUNITY DEMANDING ANSWERS.

On February 16, 2026, Ashley Flynn was found fatally shot inside her Tipp City, Ohio home.

Her husband, Caleb Flynn, initially reported that an intruder had entered the house. What followed became a deeply disturbing criminal investigation-and ultimately a murder trial that exposed a secret life few people knew existed.

At the center of the prosecution's evidence was an extraordinary digital trail: approximately 107,000 messages exchanged between Caleb Flynn and Alleigha Botner during their lengthy affair.

Those messages opened a window into jealousy, obsession, marital conflict, promises of a future together, and disturbing conversations about Ashley.

Then came the courtroom revelations.

Botner took the witness stand and read from the enormous collection of messages, helping prosecutors present the relationship and the conversations surrounding Ashley's death. Among the evidence were statements expressing hatred toward Ashley, discussions about divorce, and messages that took on an especially chilling significance when viewed against the timeline of the killing.

But where does an affair end and criminal responsibility begin?

Was Botner simply the secret lover whose relationship with Flynn became part of the prosecution's case-or was there more that investigators and the jury needed to consider?

And what can those 107,000 messages actually tell us about what happened?

Side Piece examines the affair, the digital evidence, the courtroom testimony, the investigation, the unanswered questions, and the devastating human consequences left behind.

This is a story about betrayal, secrecy, obsession, and the frightening distance between what people say privately and what ultimately happens in the real world.

Most importantly, it is a story about Ashley Flynn-and about the questions that remain after a family's private tragedy became a very public murder case.

Based on publicly reported evidence, courtroom testimony, and available case information, this book separates documented facts from allegations and unanswered questions while examining one of Ohio's most closely watched recent murder cases.