He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. "Most people would not view it as such, I don't believe," said Sheila Mathews. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". "Nobody would shoot themselves like this," said retired homicide detective Tim Miley. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. I didn't try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. "If they put out a report I spend a lot of time fact-checking it and making sure what they're telling is the truth," said Sanders. Jessica has given Will every piece of evidence in her case, including that divorce diary. Four days later, he appeared in court, wearing his police uniform, and testified that he had been cleared by the GBI in a custody hearing. During my stay is when my personal belongings were taken and Matthew Boynton (3842) refuses to give them back, Lester stated. Officer Robert Brian Jones shouts, as he travels deeper inside the two-bedroom apartmenthis weapon drawn. [I'm] gonna have to kick that door in Jones relays to the other officers standing on the other side of the closet, barreling through it in just two swift and deliberate kicks. And he called the girlfriend, so Mays said to Mathews. With dark, latex gloves on, an officer kneels down and touches her neck with his fingers. giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. And, unfortunately it appears those questions will never be answered," Mathews said. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. Hahaha you about have me a heart attack freak!! The dispatch operator notified Matthew on Facebook, Browning says. His phone was left inside their apt, yet he says he never entered it.. so many lies the grandfather called Jessicas family and informed them she was DEAD! "The only thing that I can tell you is that Matthew Boynton's account of events are not correct.". She said there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent it. That's what they're all assuming, Matthew said. "She suspected Matthew was cheating on her and so she dug for information, and we found it," the neighbor said. "She logged on to his Facebook, we got his Facebook messages and printed them out and started reading the messages between him and the lady from the dispatch," said the unidentified neighbor. That question lingers--but not for Georgia Bureau of Investigations, who said the case is closed--repeatedly stating that they are satisfied with their findings. Man that young girl deserves justice, it really smells like the cop snapped and tried to kill her, especially during the night of interview when he starts talking fast and over explaining his actions like I didnt even wash my hands. Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.. GBI agents, however, have closed her case. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that she's never handled a gun, nor shot one. The dining room table along with other items were picked up by Cathy Zellner for Jessica. This is who he's sleeping with, points to the Facebook post that she says she was holding for Jessica for her divorce. But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. "Next thing I remember was I wake up and I'm in a hospital.". GBI director Vernon Keenan wrote a letter indicating the gunshot wound was self-inflicted by Jessica, closing the case. Minutes later, at around 10:45 p.m., Jessica storms out. I'll be there in about two. The glowing yellow and black, blocked letter sign illuminates his truck driving past. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. The subsequent investigation was short-lived, with it having been deemed a "civil matter." That bastard is so guilty every time they show the door knob and any badge that doesnt know that shouldnt have one. Most of the cases that he would have made or would be involved in would also have, or should have, body worn camera video, car video, things of that nature, so the fact that his statement to us was compromised would not necessarily taint everything else. It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me before. And her lawyer was useless I wrote to her years ago. The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best. "Here's where her head was laying. Is there a loaded pistol with a hair-trigger on the other side? "The Officer's Wife" is a new podcast that will examine the evidence in the 2016 shooting of a 19-year-old mother and ask: Who pulled the trigger? "Being in the closet," said Jessica. A DISGRACE! I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that shes never handled a gun, nor shot one. Do you know what she used? asks one of the emergency responders in the room. Haha I'm sorry I didn't think about that lol, he sends to her after receiving a text from her after his text from Jessica. This activity on his cell phone had to have taken place inside the kitchen inside his apartment," Mathews said to DeMarco in a recorded phone conversation. But she doesn't buy it, especially since her head was perfectly laid on a pillow, she said after watching the bodycam footage. A previous study found 41% of police admitted to being abusive to their spouses. The doctor believes Jessica's injuries may have been caused by blunt-force trauma. Haha I'm sorry I didn't think about that lol he sends to her after receiving a text from her--moments following his text from his wife. But where's the second round? Then he hits investigators with a jaw-dropper. The only person who truly knows what happened behind that closet door was jessica -- and she's now out of her coma. No, never. She also stated that she just wanted her things back, so I informed her that I would do a report on the incident.. We asked retired homicide detective Tim Miley to review Jessica's entire case file and every crime scene photo. The purpose of it, is when you're fighting with somebody to keep the weapon from coming out of your holster, but it's certainly easy to take it out under most cases. provided images. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. A text message is sent to his phone from Jessicas phone. Dispatch notifies Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, who is also Matthew's grandfather and police notify Jessica's family that she has died. Are you having trouble breathing?'" Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. If someone from the GBI does not reopen this.. well, I have to get my ducks in a row before I open another huge can of worms.. I think it just kind of happened. The ambulance pulls away with Jessica in critical condition, to the fire station located on Carver Road, where the medical helicopter picks her up and takes her to an Atlanta hospital. If I could have been there 10 minutes earlier I could have jumped in front of the gun and try to get it from her man., Where did she shoot herself at? Just minutes after Jessica is airlifted to an Atlanta trauma center, Sheriff Beam asks deputies to deliver the devastating news to Jessica's family that she's dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Matthew Boynton along with Lee Boynton, Josh Guthrie and Courtney Callaway moved all of my personal belongings from the residence. He's asked me to go get it out before. According to a press release issued by the Griffin Police Department, Boynton was on Friday arrested without incident and transported to the Spalding County Jail. Join our naturalist on a short walk and learn about the history of the once-prosperous town of High Falls. Show the world how smart you are and uncover what the Wannabe investigative reporters couldn't figure out. Video shot outside in the parking lot shows Jessica getting in a black truck with Matthew and the kids, then leaving. Why did no one ask about the comment Matthew made about the kids being in the closet too? I thought he hadnt gone inside the apartment until backup arrived, so how would he know Jessica was in the closet unless he put her there? His phone was given to someone else at Griffin PD, they put the phone in the thing because they knew GBI wanted it, and that's where we're gonna be while he was taken to the police department. The ceiling fan circles on high speed. Matthew Boynton allegedly deprived ex-wife Jessica Lester of her belongings and lied to the authorities about doing so, Griffin police Lt. Michael Natale said in a statement. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. The GBI needs an overhaulclean house. I just came up the stairs, two rounds be advised I smell gun smoke, and I cant get an answer at the door, he says out of breath and panicked. Inside the closet they also discover Jessica's red "divorce diary." Excessive force. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon . Security camera captures the family walking in around 10:15 p.m. The one seen in the police body-cam is not the same gray sweatshirt he was wearing at Walmart earlier that night. A lot of times its two or three or more days, Yates said. (He resigned) about the time they brought him in. Crime Watch Daily reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton and got no response. She spoke to the GBI, from her hospital bed. He checks the closet where he keeps his police-issued firearm, but the door is locked. We're going to be doing that to do touch DNA on the gun, and um, and why we're doing that is obviously one to corroborate everything that's what believed happened, and that way it also, it also eliminates the possibility of her family saying, you had something involved in this, or whatever, the GBI agent said to him. "That's the way we're gonna play this game, Sheila. I told him, You're going to have to go get it, because I cant get it out of the case., Do you know how it was that you got shot?, Have you ever had any type of thoughts about hurting yourself?. He tells Trammel he left Walmart without Jessica. At that time, the city of Griffin reported the investigation was ongoing and was not expected to be completed for another month to six weeks. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. McCune also had Lester write a victims statement. Ashamed the FBI hasnt picked up on this yet . Boynton was placed on administrative leave Thursday, July 28, and the Chief said his intent was to terminate the officer, but Boynton resigned before that process could be completed. Jessica is also slinging allegations at Matthew's brothers in blue at the Griffin Police Department, and Matthew's grandfather Sheriff Wendell Beam. He says, he got out of the shower and asked her for his phone back several times, but she refused, he says, until he admitted to her that he was cheating on her. "I know for a fact that Jessica was not suicidal," said the neighbor. He has been charged with false statements and writings and violating his oath of office. Armed with bodycams attached to their uniforms, the officers burst through the door, quickly passing Matthew's phone, a black and grey Verizon LG smartphone, on the kitchen counter. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. Her head wound soaked into the green and white pillow, where her head rested. The court ruled in his favor, giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weeklysupervised visitation. Thats what we had to establish, Yates confirmed. Courthouse Annex, Solomon Street, Griffin, Six-year-old fire victim will give life to others through organ donation, Cause of fatal Saturday morning fire determined, https://the-grip.net/2016/10/18/gbi-completes-boynton-investigation-requested-by-gpd/, https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/trigger-over-and-out/85-8ab82530-da07-492b-9a3c-c20d5e7f50b3, GPD Chief fabricated, released record identifying Will Sanders as Matthew Boyntons father The Grip. He changed clothes yet lied and said he did not. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. Emphasis on evidence. She made a full recovery, but doesn't remember a thing. Matthew Boynton interrogation video with Griffin Police Department. The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best friend, Officer Joshua Guthrie--leaving his service weapon at home, in its holster and in the closet. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. Officer Boynton was responding to an accident, and when he returned to his cruiser, we were waiting, armed with questions. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. Thats what took so long to get it sorted out.. After three weeks, she woke up. If I just would have left my f**king duty belt in the car.. "I think it was in the heat of the moment, he was angry with me. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. Unfortunately, the only person who may be able to answer that question is Jessica, and she was in a coma. One of about 70 messages they exchange throughout the night. "What you're saying to me, that's not, you know, I don't see anything he did wrong by saying that," Fred Mays told Mathews. It's locked. Her head shaved. EMTs start carrying Jessica down the stairs on a backboard and click her into a gurney and swing open the ambulance doors. Chris DeMarco, GBI's assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. It appears it was self-inflicted. It was determined that he knowingly provided a false statement relating to the property in question and his possession of (it), Natale said in a release.l Center. I just came up the stairs, two rounds be advised I smell gun smoke, and I can't get an answer at the door, he says out of breath and panicked. And based on the totality of circumstances, all the facts and circumstances, all the forensics, and the conclusion of the case, as well as the GBI's and the district attorney's recommendation, is no, he did not cause her injuries, Yates concluded in an interview with 11Alive for"Trigger: Who shot the officer's wife.". WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE FBI???????? However, Yates said, that's not that uncommon. Terms of Use | He was going to clean his gun and he asked me to go get it for him. Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was cleared in his wife's shooting, but his interrogation still cost him his job. With his gun raised, holding it out and in front of him with both hands, Jones passes by a framed portrait hung on the wall. They're forced to kick it in. Until recently, Matthew's grandfather, Wendell Beam, reigned as Spalding County sheriff. But what about that 911 call Matthew made just minutes before the shooting, claiming he got a text from Jessica saying she was going to kill herself? FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE FOR YOURSELF, CLICK HERE. Jessica and Matthew Boynton got married at an extremely young age. The air is thick with the trepidation, as officers approach the locked closet. Less than a month after her hospital-bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to his chief. GRIFFIN, Ga. Who shot the officers wife? Cops find 8-month-old Tyler visibly upset but thankfully uninjured. Then he drops a shocker, claiming he wasn't the only one cheating, "She finally told me, she said 'Yeah, I had an affair,'" Matthew Boynton says in the GBI interview. After just six months of marriage, the Boyntons' one-time neighbor says she saw their young love grow toxic. Eventually, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation concluded what they believe happened inside that closet; Matthew Boynton was never charged with any connection in harming his wife. Dr. Vernon Henderson, chief of Trauma and Critical Care at Atlanta Medical Center was on-call the morning Jessica came in and treated her for the next month while she was in the hospital. I mean you can't prove that," DeMarco. It appears to be either an assault or maybe something accidental," said Miley. Around 9 o'clock on the night of Thursday, April 14, 2016, Matthew Boynton calls a lieutenant on duty and reports Jessica is hitting him again. I don't see anything that looks like high-velocity blood splatter or mist," said Miley. "When the GBI concluded their case they gave it back to Jessica, and I got it from Jessica," Sanders said. His flashlight's beam reveals a smiling family of four. A Griffin Police Officer's wife herself, the reporter called DeMarco, on Sept. 28, the investigator who was in charge of the investigation for the GBI, to question him about the case and the photo that nagged her, and that for her, called into question how anything they investigated was trustworthy. But here's the thing that has everyone shaking their heads: In the bureau's final report, dated months after Jessica was released from the hospital, they still declare Jessica dead. Sheila Mathews publishes The Grip, an independent newspaper in Griffin. Hewrote a letter to Jessicas attorneyon June 10, in which he questioned the finding that Jessicas head injury was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, indicating that there was no investigation conducted by authorities at the hospital. [] of this document: BREAKING NEWS: GPD Officer Matthew Boynton arrested, charged with two feloniesM Matthew Boynton: The evidence and investigation that led to his arrest Matthew Boynton criminal []. There are a lot of questions that I would love to have answered. He asked her what she thought could've happened. Cops do find one bullet. The way our charter is structured, termination takes two or three days. Did she try to kill herself or shoot herself in the head? No, never. Cops do find Jessica's DNA on the gun. And I could have been the next target.. Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. The first bullet went upward at 54-degree angle. But according to Mathews, that was not the last number dialed, so it could not have just been a redial accidently called through the evidence bag. "He didn't know if her intent was to kill their child, kill him and then commit suicide," said Sheila. Well I couldn't get it for him because I couldn't get it out of his gun holster, she said. Jessica's two boys, Tollin, 2, and baby Tyler, are sound asleep in their rooms. He grabs his police radio, stationed on top of the white microwave in the kitchen charging, and puts his phone on the counter. When asked if Boynton had explained why he allegedly kept his ex-wifes belongings, Yates said, No. The quiet is broken when the baby begins to mumble from the other room. Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. Despite their problems, Matthew tells investigators he still loved Jessica and the boys, and he offers an explanation for why he didn't run in the apartment that terrible night to save them. This, Matthew says to Trammel, is the precursor to an argument the couple also had at Walmart later that night, just after 10 p.m. Once outside, he tells Trammel Jessica refuses to get into the car to go hometelling him she would find another way home and walked back into Walmart. When asked if Boyntons arrest has led him to believe that case should be reopened, Yates said, No. Matthew, grandson of then-sheriff of Spalding County, texts a fellow Griffin Police officer. She's even fighting with EMS, dude, the fellow officer tells Matthew. They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. She's got good pulse. Man, look, she's still breathing. ", "There are two theories in this case, the first is that she shot herself and on the way to the ground she accidentally fired the gun a second time. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. No bullet entered her body anywhere. Since his bodycam wasn't charged, it doesn't record this call. 478-993-3053. Matthew claims they returned home just after 11 p.m. His proof? It was retrieved from the kitchen counter in front of the microwave oven," she probed further. The devil is in the details. "The Walmart surveillance camera shows that they did exit the building together, and it does show her re-entering and, it shows her leaving again later," said Sheila Mathews. Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. They discover two shell casings and two bullet holes in the closet wall.

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