Emotional Caleb Flynn Wonders Where Dead Wife's Body Is, on Police Body Cam

"American Idol" alum Caleb Flynn is seen getting emotional while asking an officer where his wife's dead body went ... after she was murdered inside their Tipp City, Ohio home.

Check out the body cam video released by police -- Flynn, who has since been charged with his wife Ashley's murder -- wonders if she's been taken to a funeral home. Clearly, this video was recorded not long after her corpse was found deceased in bed ... because the officer says she is still located exactly where she took her last breath.

Police unloaded tons of body cam footage from their initial investigation, including video of Caleb being cuffed and processed at the station ... it's all in the clip. He was arrested Thursday by the Tipp City PD and booked into the county jail for murder, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence.

There's also more video of him distraught over Ashley's death from inside their home ... which was taken as their young girls slept in their rooms, unaware that their mom has been killed.

Flynn made the mid-February 911 call saying their home had been broken into and his wife had a gunshot wound to her head ... but now he's accused of staging the scene after allegedly murdering her himself.

The one-time reality TV star is in jail on a $2 million bond. He has a court date scheduled for March 26.