"Matthew. With dark, latex gloves on, an officer kneels down and touches her neck with his fingers. I was scared to death, because I couldn't find [Tyler]that she would shoot me, I mean shoot him, shoot me, and then kill herself.. Ironically Jessica first met that man while she was out scouting for a wedding venue to marry Matthew. The doctor believes Jessica's injuries may have been caused by blunt-force trauma. I'm prior military so to me it sounded like a gunshot, he tells DeMarco. Are you having trouble breathing?'" Making his way outside, he calls for assistance over his radio. She's having suicidal thoughts," he calmly says about Jessica to the dispatcher. Her head wound has soaked into the green and white pillow her head is resting onher blood is contained to that one stain and a few nearby drops. This is not the first time I have had suicide thoughts. "She suspected Matthew was cheating on her and so she dug for information, and we found it," the neighbor said. Emphasis on evidence. And her lawyer was useless I wrote to her years ago. "Police department!" "He stated that he was too frightened. I mean that just doesn't happen," said Jessica. After Jessica was shot, Matthew, then-20, was back on duty with his gun on his hip, before key interviews were conducted and the GBI director wrote an official letter about the cases conclusion, stating that the shooting was ruled a suicide.. The officer says he left it in the kitchen and ran outside. He's a truck driver. That phone never got back into the officer's hand. 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. What! Inside the closet they also discover Jessica's red "divorce diary." Cops finally reach that locked closet door. Police investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessicas limp body. 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. The baby's muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. GBI begins interviewing neighbors and Matthew interviews with the GBI later that morning. She's even fighting with EMS, dude, the fellow officer tells Matthew. The air is thick with the trepidation, as officers approach the locked closet. No, never. ", "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. Matthew immediately calls a friend at dispatch. The police officer's wife was found with a bullet to the head, lying in their closet. This chilling police body camera footage shows the moment a cop's wife was found barely alive suffering from a gunshot wound to her head. Is that what you're saying?" "I think it was in the heat of the moment, he was angry with me. Ashamed the FBI hasnt picked up on this yet . 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. Privacy Policy | Security camera captures the family walking in around 10:15 p.m. John Hayesto turn in many articles of womens clothing and other personal property including an orthodontic retainer. But Yates said the holster is designed to have some retention capability. She spoke to the GBI, from her hospital bed. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. The next action noted in the case occurred nearly two months later. provided images. Dispatch notifies Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, who is also Matthew's grandfather and police notify Jessica's family that she has died. GRIFFIN, Ga. - Matthew Boynton was arrested by his fellow Griffin Police officers and taken to the Spalding County Jail on . The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best. Its so obvious a coverup. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. Officer Boynton was responding to an accident, and when he returned to his cruiser, we were waiting, armed with questions. Absolutely, Matthew assures the agent. "Very explicit conversation," said the neighbor. HERE IS THE NEWS STORY OF THE SHOOTING.. https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/trigger-over-and-out/85-8ab82530-da07-492b-9a3c-c20d5e7f50b3. 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. "How did his phone get in there? 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. Her head shaved. Terms of Use | 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. "It's just inconvenient. "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? The agent asked her if she had ever held her husbands service weapon. Emergency-responders finally arrive and carry Jessica to a waiting ambulance. He was able to confirm that they were all right.. Five days after his wife was shot, Matthew talked with the GBI again. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. Jones shouts as he travels deeper insidehis weapon drawn. FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE FOR YOURSELF, CLICK HERE. nd police notify Jessicas family that she has died. Still inside, some of the officers look closer and find two bullet holes inside the closet. 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. "I would not have said that to him," said Jessica. 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. 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. "He felt that perhaps it was maybe an anxiety attack. My kids are at home with her, so I'm trying to hurry up and get back there., I'm driving. They hoist her inside. Especially because of my children. ! his girlfriend texts him. But did something else happen that spring night in 2016? Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. The GBI needs an overhaulclean house. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon . Warner Bros. Entertainment | giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. Fast forward to May 11, the day numerous items that reportedly belonged to Lester were turned in to the Griffin Police Department. "I would say broken, distraught, damaged," the neighbor says. Matthew calls another officer and reports Jessica is refusing to leave with him. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. "Happy," said the neighbor. She also says she couldn't have written the text because it said "I love you.". After just six months of marriage, the Boyntons' one-time neighbor says she saw their young love grow toxic. Lt. Curtis Keys is dispatched to the scene. He later tells investigators that he heard Tyler crying, and then, POP-POP!. "Well I don't know. She told me to take care of the boys, so I'm trying to hurry up and get back home just to make sure nothing is going to happen to them. In partnership with But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. "No they did not because they assumed I was shot, because that's what Matthew said," Jessica said. Jessica and Matthew Boynton got married at an extremely young age. 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. 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. Jessica was still in a coma with a traumatic brain injurytubes stemming from her brain to alleviate pressure and fluid. 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 interrogation video with Griffin Police Department. However, he did not confirm that sequence. $5 plus $5 parking. 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? The glowing yellow and black, blocked-letter Waffle House sign illuminates his truck as he drives by, turning around to head back home. But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. "She was actually happy, she was thrilled because she finally got that closure that she needed," says the neighbor. 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. Matthew Boynton along with Lee Boynton, Josh Guthrie and Courtney Callaway moved all of my personal belongings from the residence. Her body is on the floor, just behind the door. Theres a lot of speculation and a lot of theory, but evidence is not there to cause me to do that., When told The GRIP had received information that the Griffin Police Department had contact the GBI Friday morning prior to Boyntons arrest, and asked the basis of that call, Yates said, That would be just to let them know what were doing.. Strangely, they never test her hands for gunshot residue. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husband's service weapon. 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. Her mouth covered with a breathing apparatus and several machines attached to her monitoring her condition. 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. He then said the GBI has not indicated to him that the investigation will be reopened. However, Yates said, that's not that uncommon. "He stated that he heard two shots fired, 'pop pop,' rapid succession," said Sheila Mathews. It was actually from him. And they said yes. 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. What he finds turns this case of a suicide upside down. And their "War of the Roses" was about to explode. It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me before. Do you know what she used? asks one of the emergency responders in the room. After studying Jessica Boynton's case, Miley sides with Jessica. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. They're re slit open while her head flops from side to side on the beige carpet, as one female EMS works on her. Or was it? Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service. "They did not. They did not swab me or Matthew, nor did they take his clothes," said Jessica. The agent who told Mathews, Were gonna have a problem, apologized to the reporter and told her that he was answering questions about a case file that he had not reviewed for months. GBI didn't report finding any blood spatter on the closet wall. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. And now Jessica is telling a completely different story. How did Jessica react when she saw those messages? It's the second infidelity in their relationshipJessica admitted to cheating on him before they were married. Matthew interviews with the GBI early that morning. Officer Adam Trammel reports to a non-emergency call from the Boynton residence at Ashford Place on Ashford Way, in Griffin, Ga. "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. Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.. 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. And with that Matthew Boyton's questioning was over. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. Around midnight Matthew says he leaves Jessica and the kids to meet fellow Officer Joshua Guthrie for a late-night snack at Waffle House. WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE FBI???????? A grandson of the county sheriff, a career in law enforcement was in his genes. Matthew sends another text to his girlfriend, a Spalding County dispatcher, Give me a few. It's like I tell them, they make it twice as bad because I'm a cop, Matthew said. She made a full recovery, but doesn't remember a thing. Id be afraid to luve in that town until that poluce brotherhood is abolished. In turn Jessica begins keeping a so-called "dirty divorce diary," a red notebook she kept carefully hidden in a closet. 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. If I just would have left my f**king duty belt in the car.. I attempted to contact Jessica Boynton via telephone to advise her that this is a civil matter. He also reported hearing two gunshots and. Hahaha you about have me a heart attack freak!! "I think I was hit over the head with something.". To text back long story I'll tell you later.. This x cop needs to be tried for attempted murder. And I could have been the next target.. God damn it, man! The subsequent investigation was short-lived, with it having been deemed a civil matter. However, with the later discovery of previously-unknown evidence, it evolved into an Internal Affairs investigation resulting in two felony charges against the former law enforcement officer. "Being in the closet," said Jessica. I can't keep doing this.. RE-open the case Georgia!!!!!! He's hoping if the case gets reopened, any possible clues will be preserved. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. The agent continues to interview Matthew, who's wearing a red hoodie, asking him if the clothes he was wearing were the ones he was wearing the entire night. This is who he's sleeping with, points to the Facebook post that she says she was holding for Jessica for her divorce. "Her hands appeared to be pristine, but also he noted that she had no gunpowder burns.". One of her aunts is all over Facebook., GBI agent said, The bullet didn't even enter the skull. Boynton was released from the Spalding County Jail Friday night on a $4,806 cash bond. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. Just one minute later, Matthewcalls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. I didn't bring any other ones with me. She found a photo on Snapchat of another woman wearing nothing but a towel, with the caption: Shower time.. Published: 7/28/2017 6:16:14 PM. When asked if Boyntons arrest has led him to believe that case should be reopened, Yates said, No. 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. There was most likely a struggle with the gun and he assumed she was dead. The only person who truly knows what happened behind that closet door was jessica -- and she's now out of her coma. Waiting for your permission to load facebook comments. "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. GRIFFIN, Ga. Standing inside her closet, wearing tan slippers adorned with fur, black yoga pants and a red T-shirt, Jessica Boynton contemplates what to wear. When asked if Boynton had explained why he allegedly kept his ex-wifes belongings, Yates said, No. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. If not, get on a plane and go HOME.". But the report and follow-up interviews with the lead investigator make the case as clear as mud to one reporter in the small town where it happened. Unfortunately Matthew Boynton didn't have anything to say. "That's the way we're gonna play this game, Sheila. She's like 'I got you where I want you and you're gonna go down for this,' and he pulls his gun out and she runs into the closet to hide, and instead of shooting her, he hits her on the head with a baton," said the neighbor. "Next thing I remember was I wake up and I'm in a hospital.". Matthew makes it home and races to the breezeway of his apartment and enters, checks the master bedroom and bangs on the locked closet door. I don't think he meant to do it, or at least that's what I like to think.". Minutes later, just as Matthew pulls into the Waffle House parking lot, he says he receives a chilling message from Jessica, what he calls a "suicide text," that says: "I can't do this anymore. Tyler, the 8-month-old baby, is the result of a relationship Jessica had with a mechanic while she and Matthew were temporarily separated. She's having suicidal thoughts. But someone else did. He's not a cop or even a private investigator. Matthew loved being part of the brotherhood. He's asked me to go get it out before. Jessica Boynton, once declared dead, is alive and talking. 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. It's locked. They are 50% more likely to commit police brutality. Ad Choices, Griffin police Lt. Michael Natale said in a statement. They call in Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, who happens to be Matthew's grandfather, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. "Recently she did confirm that the second baby is not mine," Matthew tells the GBI investigator. Her bright blues eyes glisten as they well with emotion. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair was saturated in crimson. Matthew, a police officer in a small town called Griffin, in Georgia, rushed home. Example video title will go here for this video. Here's where things get blurry. She wants to give her new employers the right impression, since tomorrow is her first day at a chiropractor's office. They're my everything. The conversation bounces from officer to officer. Boyntons statement, dated Jan. 9, said, I was advised to complete a statement on a previous date by Lt. Yancey. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. While sifting through pages and pages of the report, a GBI evidence photo caught her attention. A message to Matthews phone is received and marked as read, from his girlfriend--from inside the evidence bag. 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. According to Sanders, these items were obtained from a woman who contacted him and claimed to be Boyntons girlfriend. Hike also includes a rare chance to tour inside the old powerhouse which provides great photo opportunities of the Towaliga River. Yes, for an article, just to make sure I get quotes proper.". His tone changes. He cautiously went into the residence to try to make sure that the children were OK. | Examine the evidence yourself, calls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. Cops do find one bullet. I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. Credit: GBI/Griffin Police Dept. "It's believed that Jessica entered the closet, closed the door, locked it, turned with her back to the door facing the back wall of the closet, that she held the gun to her head, pulled the trigger," said Sheila. That's what Jessica and Matthew Boynton thought would happen when they said "I do.". No one may have ever done anything to question this case again if not for Will Sanders. Matthew, grandson of then-sheriff of Spalding County, texts a fellow Griffin Police officer. 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. "She's like, 'This is exactly what I need to get my divorce from him.'". He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. The neighbor believes Matthew Boynton discovered the divorce diary and simply snapped. The second bullet hole is more of a mystery. So Crime Watch Daily went out and got one of the best in the business. No it wasn't. DeMarco pressed Mathews. The air is thick with mystery, as the officers approach the locked closet. "I have occasional headaches, but other than that everything's good," Jessica Boynton said. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. Once the investigation was closed, reporter and publisher, Sheila Mathews, investigated the shooting for her newspaper, The Grip. It's a question 11Alive investigators asked a few months ago, when Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton's wife, Jessica, allegedly shot herself in the head with his service weapon,. The agent had that phone, I think DeMarco, Chris DeMarco had the phone and they was [sic] trying to get in the gate, and, uh, he accidentally hit, I guess, the last number dialed, called or whatever. There's little if any visible blood spatter inside the closet. I wouldn't trade those two boys for anything," she said, swiping away tears streaming down both cheeks. 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. Once established as her personal belonging, this one piece of physical evidence contradicted Boyntons January written civil statement in which he denied possessing any of Lesters property. She's still breathing. He grabs his police radio, stationed and charging on top of the white microwave in the kitchen, and leaves his phone on the counter. "I said 'It's Jessica isn't it?' provided images. He changed clothes yet lied and said he did not. "He didn't know if her intent was to kill their child, kill him and then commit suicide," said Sheila. "Nobody would shoot themselves like this," said retired homicide detective Tim Miley. In fact he's collected almost every piece of evidence from the case. Barely clinging to life, Jessica spent three weeks in a coma before waking up, according to 11alive. "He said 'What's wrong? There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. Sanders says there are a few things that really stand out: The red sweatshirt Matthew offered police to test for gunshot residue. I havent listened to the actual investigation, but I dont believe so, that he gave any explanation that made any sense.. said Sheila Mathews. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. The neighbor claims she had been with Jessica just hours beforehand, and says her friend would never have tried to take her own life. Officer Matthew Boynton has never been charged with anything in connection with this case, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation did question him. 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. He reads another text from mistress, while driving home at nearly 90 mph. Listen. Stay outside.. ", Following that phone call, Mathews, perceiving that she was threatened, called the GBIs director of professional standards to file a formal complaint and to gain clarity about what he meant by, Were gonna have a problem.. We asked retired homicide detective Tim Miley to review Jessica's entire case file and every crime scene photo. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. 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. 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.. A lot, she said, doesnt add up, especially since, she said, she had reason to live. Just one minute later, Matthewcalls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. Jessica's hair is so matted with blood no one can find the actual gunshot wound to stop the bleeding. (whit his baton I would guess) ..is every person in the police department total idiots? She tells the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the Matthew Boynton is cheating on Jessica with another woman. Griffin Police Capt. That's the last thing the 19-year-old remembers. In it, she logs Matthew Boynton's every move, including his unexplained disappearances with their two boys. In fact, 68 text messages are exchanged between him and his mistress. No. 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. He assigns another officer to standby at the door until the rest of the apartment is cleared. She also thinks Matthew read her diary and realized she was documenting his extramarital affair and secretly plotting to get full custody of their little boys. There were two bullets, on different walls inside the closet. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. 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. "That was when approximately 24 minutes into the conversation, his demeanor changed and everything flipped," she recalled. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . Still peering down at his phone, Matthew also sends a text to his girlfriend, a Spalding County dispatcher. I don't know if it's just his job or what, but like I said I don't think he would intentionally hurt me.. 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. I told him, 'You're going to have to go get it, because I can't get it out of the case. 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. Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon . Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. I have been suffering for a while now and no one has noticed. The dispatch operator notified Matthew on Facebook, Browning says. Thank God she fought and he was in there with her. "And I talked to the guy and was like, 'Look man, you know, can you just be honest with me? 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. Matthew Boynton is clearly hysterical. A lot of times, what happens, especially if theyre involved in something very serious, they throw in the towel before it can go through the citys process of termination.. Agent DeMarco approaches Meagan Browning, who's joined by Eric Kshywonis, at 61 Ashford Waythe apartment just downstairs from Jessica and Matthew.
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