Trial Of Caleb Flynn Day 1: K9 Hayes Found WHAT Outside Home?

Did a suspected burglar leave a trail away from the Flynn home? Day 1 testimony put that question directly in front of jurors through a police tracking dog and an FBI neighborhood canvass.

Preble County Sheriff’s Deputy David Laycox testified that he responded with K9 Hayes, a dog trained to track human scent.

Laycox said Hayes detected a strong scent near the side of the garage and repeatedly wanted to enter that area. He testified that the scent became stronger closer to the garage and home.

Hayes also searched the perimeter. Laycox told jurors the dog did not locate a scent trail consistent with someone leaving the scene. Instead, Hayes returned to the stronger scent and again attempted to go inside.

Laycox characterized the result as a negative alert for a suspect leaving.

The defense used cross-examination to establish what that result cannot say. Laycox agreed that his search did not rule out the possibility that someone left the residence. The dog did not find an outgoing trail, but Laycox did not testify that such a person could not have existed.

FBI Agent Michael Tom described a separate effort to locate evidence of a possible burglar.

Tom testified that he canvassed the neighborhood and spoke with residents and others nearby to determine whether anyone had seen a suspicious person. He also searched for doorbell-camera footage that could potentially identify someone.

According to Tom, nothing was reported during that effort.

That testimony goes directly into the competing theories jurors heard during opening statements. Prosecutors allege Caleb Flynn killed his wife, Ashley Flynn, and staged the home as a burglary scene. The defense says Ashley was killed during an actual home invasion and that investigators focused on Caleb too quickly.

Caleb has pleaded not guilty. The searches described by Laycox and Tom give jurors evidence about what investigators failed to locate, while cross-examination established the limits of what those failures can prove.

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