It seems both Matthew and Jessica were secretly stockpiling ammunition for a bitter custody fight. His flashlight's beam reveals a smiling family of four. Photos | Jessica and Matthew Boynton wedding. I was scared to death, because I couldnt find [Tyler]that she would shoot me, I mean shoot him, shoot me, and then kill herself.. an officer questions the others. the GBI agent posed a return question. UPDATE: This story was originally published in November 2016. No bullet fragments were recovered from her head. Her complaint, which she checked on, was never filed. When asked if Boyntons arrest has led him to believe that case should be reopened, Yates said, No. The one seen in the police body-cam is not the same gray sweatshirt he was wearing at Walmart earlier that night. 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. December 20022 so heartless to show this right before Xmas. She just said that she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts right now, she told me to take care of the boys. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. Family and friends believe, in fact, they were married far too young. The report states Matthew left Walmart without Jessica. BREAKING | Matthew Boynton, who was under investigation and cleared by the GBI last year for his wife's shooting, was charged with one felony count of false statements and writings, and one felony count of violation of oath of office. She told the agent, they were at home when they argued about his girlfriend and the photo that Jessica found on his phone that night. Cops now know what was behind that closet door -- but the true mystery is just about to begin. It's the second infidelity in their relationshipJessica admitted to cheating on him before they were married. But Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates said, Officer Boynton was not the shooter and trusts the investigations outcome. He tells Trammel he left Walmart without Jessica. Jessica Boynton, 19, was found lying in a pool of her own . Bring the little ones for a story every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. to hear Sam's favorite tales. When facts are wrong, evidence altered to fit theories and threats made, how does theGBI remain the last word on the Jessica Boynton case? 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. I mean that just doesn't happen," said Jessica. She grabs his arm with her left hand, while her other arm falls to the ground. After Jones pushes the gun away from underneath Jessica's bodyplacing it inside the bedroom, he and Officer Josh Howell move Jessica from the closet to the bedroom floor next to the foot of her bed so that EMS can begin working on her. 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. "There was no testing done on his clothing," said Sheila Mathews. Her mouth covered with a breathing apparatus and several machines attached to her monitoring her condition. And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. However, this does not surprise me how they covered this up and they wonder why good citizens dont come forward when a crime takes place.HUMMMMM, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/07/what-if-your-abusive-husband-is-a-cop. He grabs his police radio, stationed on top of the white microwave in the kitchen charging, and puts his phone on the counter. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. "I don't want to put all the blame on him but he's the only person that could have done it," said Jessica Boynton. Yates also said Boynton had provided a statement during the subsequent Internal Affairs investigation, acknowledging the items Sanders turned in were Lesters belongings. GBI/Griffin Police Dept. "He stated that he heard two shots fired, 'pop pop,' rapid succession," said Sheila Mathews. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . Crime Watch Daily investigates what really happened to Jessica Boynton, something even Jessica herself wants to know. As she continues to tinker with clothes, she notices that her red and black composition notebook, which is usually carefully tucked under a pile of clothes inside her closet, has been left on top of the clothes. 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. 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. Two shots had been fired. My kids are at home with her, so I'm trying to hurry up and get back there., I'm driving. With dark, latex gloves on, an officer kneels down and touches her neck with his fingers. Immediately following that flip, Mathews said, DeMarco asked if she was recording their conversation. [I miss] getting to see them every day and getting to watch them grow more and more into the boys and men that they're going to be someday, Jessica said sobbing. At that exact point the interviewing officer detected something fishy, forced him to stop giving himself away and ended the interview and therefore night of investigation. "Here's where her head was laying. Guthrie calls Matthew and they chat for two minutes. That's not what the surveillance tape shows. After three weeks, she woke up. And her lawyer was useless I wrote to her years ago. It's locked. "Nobody would shoot themselves like this," said retired homicide detective Tim Miley. A body-cam captures her inconsolable baby boy in the arms of an officer. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. (South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS) Jones passes by a framed portrait hung on the wall. She's breathing, but unresponsive. I hadn't really put much thought into it, Jessica told him. And he called the girlfriend, so Mays said to Mathews. Officer Adam Trammel reports to a non-emergency call from the Boynton residence at Ashford Place on Ashford Way, in Griffin, Ga. She told the agent, they were at home when they argued about his mistress and the photo that Jessica found on his phone that night. The glowing yellow and black, blocked letter sign illuminates his truck driving past. It can be inferred that approximately half or more cops are abusive husbands/wifebeaters. Matthew, a police officer in a small town called Griffin, in Georgia, rushed home. I would have said, 'suicidal' not 'suicide thoughts.'. Trammel records the 10:53 p.m., incident report from April 14. I attempted to contact Jessica Boynton via telephone to advise her that this is a civil matter. But where's the second round? giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. However, he did not confirm that sequence. Matthew, grandson of then-sheriff of Spalding County, texts a fellow Griffin Police officer. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. GRIFFIN, Ga. - Matthew Boynton was arrested by his fellow Griffin Police officers and taken to the Spalding County Jail on . One of her aunts is all over Facebook., GBI agent said, The bullet didn't even enter the skull. If the phone was found by the GBI in the kitchenif the phone is on police body camera footage sitting on the counter by the microwave, and he was outside never returning insidehow is it possible for Matthew to text his girlfriend, while he's calling in shots fired while outside of the apartment? Donald Britt, Lt. Darrell Dix, Lt. Keys and Beam are also present. They investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessica's limp body. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . Cops finally reach that locked closet door. "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. Honestly, I have no idea. It could, but it wont necessarily do it, Yates said. But Yates said the holster is designed to have some retention capability. Is that what you're saying?" At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. The first bullet went upward at 54-degree angle. Six months later, everything would changefor everyone. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. The dispatch operator notified Matthew on Facebook, Browning says. "I have occasional headaches, but other than that everything's good," Jessica Boynton said. That's the bottom line for me. "He told 911 that he was so worried and he was trying to get back to the house as fast as possible. Two-year-old Tollin is sleeping soundly in his bed as cops try not to wake him in the chaos. She says under the helm of Wendell Beam, the sheriff's department had a reputation for protecting its own. And I could have been the next target.. They had Tollin soon after, and were married on Oct. 24, 2015. He was able to confirm that they were all right.. But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. "Another reasonable explanation is that there was a fight over the gun and during the course of that she was injured, Matthew thought she was dead and put the gun underneath.". 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. She had an appointment Monday.. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. "Well I don't know. "I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. "It doesn't sound like anything I would say," said Jessica Boynton. The neighbor says Jessica came over to her apartment with the kids, clearly upset about the fight. I can't keep doing this.. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. "Well listen, if you're going to start quoting, you gonna start recording these things, you need to let me know ahead of time before you do, before I'm starting answering questions," DeMarco ordered the reporter. OMG this is a total disgrace to the Uniform.I have looked over several different articles and maybe im missing something here but, in all that i had seen it states that he was questioned in his wifes shooting what the hell folks.SHE WAS NOT SHOT!!!!! (He resigned) about the time they brought him in. Jessica advised me that around 4.15.2016, when she and her ex-husband, Matthew Boynton, separated, he took several things that belongs to her without her permission, McCune reported. Then-Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was arrested on July 28, 2017 for giving a false statement to his own department about having possession of a gym bag full of clothes, underwear. We put it on the counter to take a picture of it," he confirmed to Mathews. No, never. She rebukes the text message that came from her phone to Matthew's that night and said she didn't have a lock on her phone, so anyone could've sent it. This couldn't happen man. "Being in the closet," said Jessica. He then said the GBI has not indicated to him that the investigation will be reopened. "I know for a fact that Jessica was not suicidal," said the neighbor. A lot," said the neighbor. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". nd police notify Jessicas family that she has died. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. Inside their apartment Matthew Boynton hears crying. Her neighbor, who asked us to protect her identity, says she knows the motive: Jessica had uncovered Matthew's dark secret. Crime Watch Daily's security team tracked the email address, only to find it was from an anonymous server. They're re slit open while her head flops from side to side on the beige carpet, as one female EMS works on her. God damn it, man! Listen. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. Matthew, who's wearing a gray sweatshirt, says he called Lt. Curtis Keys and asked him what he should do. They turn her over from her stomach to her back. His tone changes. Ive seen no evidence to indicate that would be necessary, but that does not preclude the GBI or anybody else from doing it if they choose. Unfortunately, the only person who may be able to answer that question is Jessica, and she was in a coma. Jessica Boynton was just 19 years old when she was found inside a locked closet with a gunshot wound to her head. This screams cover up. The other problem: she said she didn't know how to get his gun out of his holsternor has she ever held or shot a gun. "They did not. She had a job interview and it was going to be her first step to freedom. Hahaha you about have me a heart attack freak!! Collectively, they examine the bullets' trajectory from the closet, into the bedroom wall and ceiling. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that shes never handled a gun, nor shot one. Or was it? provided images. nd police notify Jessica's family that she has died. With the suicidal text message and Jessica's DNA found on her husband's gun, less than a month after her hospital bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to the chief, and as of June 6, Matthew returned to full duty with a new service weapon on his hip. Then he hits investigators with a jaw-dropper. I mean he might have grabbed my arm before, but I don't think he would intentionally do anything to hurt mebut like I said, he's changed so much here, lately, she said. This all follows a Georgia Bureau of Investigation case that ultimately ruled Lester had attempted suicide in April 2016. 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. "I think it was in the heat of the moment, he was angry with me. Boynton in January denied being in possession of any of Lesters personal property. In turn Jessica begins keeping a so-called "dirty divorce diary," a red notebook she kept carefully hidden in a closet. The notification was made following an April 15, 2016, shooting incident - ruled by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to be a suicide attempt - at the home of Jessica Boynton and her now-estranged husband, Griffin Police Department Officer Matthew Boynton. He grabs his police radio from the kitchen counter and runs outside and makes a desperate call. "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. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". The July 29 arrest of former Griffin Police Department Officer Matthew Boynton stemmed from a theft report filed Dec. 19, 2016, by his former wife, Jessica Lester. Im not sure about that. GBI conducts canvas and begins interviewing neighbors. This is who he's sleeping with, points to the Facebook post that she says she was holding for Jessica for her divorce. "Next thing I remember was I wake up and I'm in a hospital.". I told him, 'You're going to have to go get it, because I can't get it out of the case. Thank God she fought and he was in there with her. When they finally shove their way in, tragic heartbreak is lying in front of them. He bangs on the locked closet door. Officer Robert Brian Jones shouts, as he travels deeper inside the two-bedroom apartmenthis weapon drawn. "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? "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. That was the best physical evidence that we had, Yates said. A message to Matthews phone is received and marked as read, from his girlfriend--from inside the evidence bag. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. A text message is sent to his phone from Jessicas phone. Matthew begins calling his brothers in blue, telling them Jessica is physically abusing him -- not a standard way of reporting domestic abuse. I know eventually the chief would eventually like to get his officer back as well as his service weapon back as well, so we're going to try to expedite this as fast as possible, and when I mean expedite you know, within the next few weeks to a month, the agent said. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. said Sheila Mathews. The doctor said the second most striking observation while assessing Jessica was that neither of her hands had any evidence of gunpowder. Having previously learned of the new evidence that was turned in to the Griffin Police Department May 11 and the Internal Affairs investigation that resulted, The GRIP on July 7 submitted an Open Records request for information in the case. This case stinks to hi-heaven of a cover-up..if not, its a group of the most incompetent people ever to wear a Law enforcement uniform. Statements from Jessica Boynton and Matthew Boynton are logged into evidence, said a statement written by Yancy March 13. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. Her ex-husband and former Griffin police officer Matthew Boynton was investigated in the case, but was only charged with making . WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE FBI???????? I was, he says to the GBI agent. The only person who truly knows what happened behind that closet door was jessica -- and she's now out of her coma. GSW, possible to the head. I know that we got into an argument, but that's about all," she said, not remembering much of what had happened on April 15. "You know, you're trying to match up times of where he is getting these text messages or how he's responding to them, that he has to be in the kitchen. One of those bullets went through the roof, the other lodged into the baby's bedroom wall. GRIFFIN, Ga. Who shot the officers wife? However, the GBIs own photographs, search warrant and evidence log all corroborate that the officers phone was on the kitchen counter after Matthew had already left the apartment. And its inside that closet, where police found her seemingly shot in the head, laying on top of her husbands service weapon. Domestic violence has always been a precursor to violence in other areas. In it, she logs Matthew Boynton's every move, including his unexplained disappearances with their two boys. Its one of their owna police-issued .40-caliber Glock. One, investigators said penetrated Jessica's head and the other the wall. "I didn't know if I was dealing with a possible active scenario where she still had the gun, and she had shot Tyler, and then I could have been the next target," Matthew says in the interview. The panicked cop grabs his police radio and runs outside to make the frantic call to dispatch. "When the GBI concluded their case they gave it back to Jessica, and I got it from Jessica," Sanders said. "I'm guessing Matthew," said Jessica. Matthew claims they returned home just after 11 p.m. His proof? Jones shouts as he travels deeper insidehis weapon drawn. 11Alive reached out to the GBI and Officer Matthew Boynton, however, neither returned our phone calls. "Most people would not view it as such, I don't believe," said Sheila Mathews. She said there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent it. Matthew Boynton is the grandson of Sheriff Beam. Sheila Mathews publishes The Grip, an independent newspaper in Griffin. What you have from a close range press contact wound is high-velocity blood spatter, which is very small, and it might not be very visible with the naked eye, or easily visible from photographs. Her bright blues eyes glisten as they well with emotion. If you play with it a little bit, it's not hard.. Matthew, 20, quickly called 911 and said he had received an alarming text message from his wife, claiming she was going to commit suicide, cops said. The GBI is a joke as well However, Yates said, that's not that uncommon. You want to start recording me, and started quoting me, you'd better let me know ahead of time, or we're gonna have a problem. Jones removes the gun, which has a tactical flashlight attached to the bottom of its barrel, and places it on the kitchen counter and heads outside. Inside the closet they also discover Jessica's red "divorce diary." John Hayesto turn in many articles of womens clothing and other personal property including an orthodontic retainer. 'We're not going to do this in Georgia anymore' | Prosecutor fighting to stop animal abuse, NASCAR star Chase Elliott hurts leg in snowboarding accident, Forecast | Cooler air moving in for the weekend, Metro Atlanta, north Georgia hit with widespread damage after storms produce powerful winds, Who shot the officer's wife? "I think what happened after they come home from Walmart, Jessica and Matthew got into an argument. And he said 'Yeah, we did.'". "Matthew. Her husband, Matthew Boynton, was at a nearby restaurant when he got a text from Jessica that read like a suicide note. As he drove he received a text message from Jessica's phone. "No they did not because they assumed I was shot, because that's what Matthew said," Jessica said. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. When facts are wrong, evidence altered to fit theories and threats made, how does the GBI remain the last word on the case? Hewrote a letter to Jessica's attorneyJune 10, in which he questioned the finding that Jessica's head injury was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, saying there was no investigation at the hospital. If I just would have left my f**king duty belt in the car.. Here's where things get blurry. And I could have been the next target.. "She was actually happy, she was thrilled because she finally got that closure that she needed," says the neighbor. Jessica has given Will every piece of evidence in her case, including that divorce diary. Henderson said in the letter, that he did not believe that Jessica's head injury was the result of a gunshot wound, and furthermore, questioned how she got the injury at all. "Really somebody just needs to look at it, somebody of great knowledge of things like this, and then let them tell me what they think," said Jessica Boynton. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. Matthew Boynton is clearly hysterical. I love you and the boys.". I didn't wash may hands, nothing like that either, that way for GSR., There's a possibility that we might collect your clothes, OK. Jessica Boynton's head is perfectly positioned on a blood-soaked pillow. That's what they're all assuming, Matthew said. GBI director Vernon Keenan wrote a letter indicating the gunshot wound was self-inflicted by Jessica, closing the case. I was at Atlanta Medical Center for a month. The baby's muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. My understanding of the laws of physics is that one person cannot be in two places at the same time," Mathews said in an interview with 11Alive. The GBI needs an overhaulclean house. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. Get him downstairs, one of the officers whispers to another. I left a message with the lady that answered for her to call me. 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! They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. 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. She spoke to the GBI, from her hospital bed. Minutes later, at around 10:45 p.m., Jessica storms out. The officer says he left it in the kitchen and ran outside. What he finds turns this case of a suicide upside down. Waiting for your permission to load facebook comments. Emergency-responders finally arrive and carry Jessica to a waiting ambulance.
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