The ceiling fan circles on high speed. [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. But the story is far from over: Jessica now claims the April 15 incident was a staged suicideconstructed by her husband. Furthermore, he said, it's his observation that self-inflicted gunshot wounds are very unusual among women. Jessica, then-19, had just put her two young sons to bed and was getting her clothes ready in the closet for the next day. They're my everything. He tells Trammel he left Walmart without Jessica. "How did his phone get in there? When he's not driving a truck, Sanders studies police records looking for things investigators missed -- or possibly covered up. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. He was there to tell the court that he wanted to keep Jessica away from him and their two sons, because he said, he feared for their safetybecause she allegedly fired his gun in the house while their boys were home. 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.. Griffin, Georgia is the kind of small Southern town where high school sweethearts stay married forever. It was retrieved from the kitchen counter in front of the microwave oven," she probed further. And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. This is abuse of power. 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. Somewhere in proximity to his arrest. How did his phone get in there and how was there activity on his phone if he was not in the kitchen with his phone?" "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. There's little if any visible blood spatter inside the closet. To text back long story I'll tell you later.. 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. A lot, she said, doesnt add up, especially since, she said, she had reason to live. Matthew sends another text to his mistress, a Spalding County dispatcher, Give me a few. When asked if Boynton had explained why he allegedly kept his ex-wifes belongings, Yates said, No. While Jessica believes someone tried taking her life from her, she refuses to allow anyone to take her kids away from her. "I think I was hit over the head with something.". Barely clinging to life, Jessica spent three weeks in a coma before waking up, according to 11alive. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. Tyler, the 8-month-old baby, is the result of a relationship Jessica had with a mechanic while she and Matthew were temporarily separated. A text message is sent to his phone from Jessicas phone. '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? 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? Then, a moment of hope from the 19-year-old mother: She's still breathing. "It doesn't sound like anything I would say," said Jessica Boynton. No bullet entered her body anywhere. Clearly we touched a nerve in Griffin, but we're not about to be scared off. 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. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | abc10.com - KXTV She's moaning.. Griffin cop cleared in wife's shooting charged with making false In response to 11Alives questions about the case, the GBI said, We are confident in the investigation that was conducted., RELATED: Jessica Boynton says she's free as a bird', MORE | Watch the Facebook Live with Brendan Keefe. A text messages is sent to his phone from Jessica's phone. She's still breathing. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. 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. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. The first bullet went upward at 54-degree angle. She just said that she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts right now, she told me to take care of the boys. Agent DeMarco approaches Meagan Browning, who's joined by Eric Kshywonis, at 61 Ashford Waythe apartment just downstairs from Jessica and Matthew. They did not swab me or Matthew, nor did they take his clothes," said Jessica. He was going to clean his gun and he asked me to go get it for him. "No they did not because they assumed I was shot, because that's what Matthew said," Jessica said. the GBI agent posed a return question. Updated: 11:14 PM EDT July 28, 2017. Family and friends believe, in fact, they were married far too young. He then said the GBI has not indicated to him that the investigation will be reopened. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon, Jessica and his sleeping sons at home. Statements from Jessica Boynton and Matthew Boynton are logged into evidence, said a statement written by Yancy March 13. Georgia cop charged with making false statements - ajc Matt shouldnt be allowed to ever be a cop anywhere else. And they said yes," the neighbor said. 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. [] 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 []. Matthew says that he told Jessica, I'm not happy anymore and I can't. Ironically Jessica first met that man while she was out scouting for a wedding venue to marry Matthew. If he's willing to cheat on his wife, he's willing to cheat the law., She wanted to file for divorce, says Kshywonis. Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE FOR YOURSELF, CLICK HERE. "I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. 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. Interrogation - Matthew Boynton - Regarding The Shooting Of His Wife Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | 11alive.com The court ruled in his favor, giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weeklysupervised visitation. No it wasn't. Did investigators look for a blunt object? Join our naturalist on a short walk and learn about the history of the once-prosperous town of High Falls. In April 2016, the wife of a Griffin, Ga. police officer is found inside a locked closet. Who does the neighbor think sent that text message to Matthew's phone from Jessica's? Matthew makes it back to the apartment before help arrives and hears baby Tyler crying -- and then heartbreak. At about 10:45 p.m., he continues, he thought he heard a gunshot while they were lying in bed. Matthew runs inside to the closet where he keeps his service gun. To stage a suicide," said the neighbor. The neighbor says Jessica came over to her apartment with the kids, clearly upset about the fight. EMTs start carrying Jessica down the stairs on a backboard and click her into a gurney and swing open the ambulance doors. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. 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?. And he called the girlfriend, so Mays said to Mathews. in the head..in hospital for a month..just an FYI. Matthew begins calling his brothers in blue, telling them Jessica is physically abusing him -- not a standard way of reporting domestic abuse. He's asked me to go get it out before. I don't know why. Officer Robert Brian Jones shouts, as he travels deeper inside the two-bedroom apartmenthis weapon drawn. A bunch of CLOWNS!! They investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessica's limp body. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. The one seen in the police body-cam is not the same gray sweatshirt he was wearing at Walmart earlier that night. 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. His flashlight's beam reveals a smiling family of four. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. On May 11, Will Sanders met withYancy and Sgt. It was actually from him. She's breathing, but unresponsive. I didn't bring any other ones with me. Jones approaches Matthew to find out what happened. "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.". Matthew Boynton is the grandson of Sheriff Beam. Matthew Boynton interrogation video with Griffin Police Department. Jessica has given Will every piece of evidence in her case, including that divorce diary. 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. "Being in the closet," said Jessica. "Very explicit conversation," said the neighbor. "I was scared to death that she would shoot me and then kill herself," Matthew tells investigators. Show the world how smart you are and uncover what the Wannabe investigative reporters couldn't figure out. 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. She was hit over the head. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. It appears she's been shot in the head. After getting Matthew's phone records, Sanders discovers during that same time Matthew was making calls to 911, he was texting his mistress. And their "War of the Roses" was about to explode. I don't see anything that looks like high-velocity blood splatter or mist," said Miley. Matthew makes it home, jumps out of his truck, races through the breezeway of his apartment building and bolts up the stairs. But, Jessica said regardless of her knowledge of guns, she had every reason to live. With his gun raised and arms poised, he holds his weapon out in front of him with both hands. Jessica Boynton's head is perfectly positioned on a blood-soaked pillow. Her condition.. 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. It's locked. Around midnight Matthew says he leaves Jessica and the kids to meet fellow Officer Joshua Guthrie for a late-night snack at Waffle House. He checks the closet where he keeps his police-issued firearm, but the door is locked. "He believed that the shots he heard fired were fired from his duty weapon," said Sheila Mathews, publisher of The Grip. I wouldn't trade them for anything no matter the situation. "He said 'What's wrong? Unfortunately Matthew Boynton didn't have anything to say. I can't keep doing this.. She's having suicidal thoughts. I was at Atlanta Medical Center for a month. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. He has been charged with false statements and writings and violating his oath of office. Is that what you're saying?" McCune also had Lester write a victims statement. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. On Dec. 19, 2016, Lester met with GPD Investigator Dexter McCune regarding property she alleged Boynton had stolen. They turn her over from her stomach to her back. Hahaha you about have me a heart attack freak!! The conversation bounces from officer to officer. It was sitting out in the open, caught on police body-camera when cops kicked in the closet door. Her head wound soaked into the green and white pillow, where her head rested. Jessica Boynton is found unconscious, her body on top of her husband's service revolver. 11Alive - BREAKING | Matthew Boynton, who was under - Facebook 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. "The stuff that he was texting her was, you know, 'LOL's," said Sanders. It entered at an upward leftward trajectory angle," said Sheila Mathews. As he drove he received a text message from Jessica's phone. And I could have been the next target.. "I saw a lot of things change after time. "Police department!" 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. I'll be back there in about two minutes. The good old boys and his grandfather police chief should also get some time for covering up this crime. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates - WCSH A key piece of evidence was photographed inside the kitchen after officers arrived on the scene. Uh, just my service weapon, he responds, ending the call just a minute later. The second bullet hole is more of a mystery. 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. She says there were pages missing. "Nobody ever asked him about why he changed clothes," said Sanders. And it's assigned to Matthew, her husband, the cop. She told me she loved me right before she did it," Matthew says, sobbing, as the paramedics roll her gurney into the ambulance and slam the doors shut. She's having suicidal thoughts," he calmly says about Jessica to the dispatcher. The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. Then-Griffin Police Department officer Matthew Boynton was arrested on July 28, 2017, for giving a false statement to his own department stating he was not i. He also reported hearing two gunshots and. Just have a soul here please please please. "I think it was in the heat of the moment, he was angry with me. 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. corrupted cops, he and his grandfather! I would have said, 'suicidal' not 'suicide thoughts.'. Matthew's hands were not tested for gunpowder either. The dining room table along with other items were picked up by Cathy Zellner for Jessica. No. God damn it, man! Officer Robert Brian Jones is also dispatched to the Ashford Way apartment building. Im not sure about that. It's one of their owna police-issued .40-caliber Glock. As part of that case, Lt. Karen Yancy, who leads the GPD Criminal Investigation Division, spoke with Boynton and on Jan. 5, reported, On Dec. 19, 2016, I spoke with Matthew Boynton about these items. Did you all have sex?' "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. But what started as a mutual, friendly divorce soon turned nasty. 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. 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. It's back in the headlines with the "Mystery in the Closet" story on the HLN network s well as "The Officer's Wife" podcast from Vault Studios.. When the officers pull Jessica's body out of the closet, they find Matthew's gun right underneath her, a .40-caliber Glock. She said there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent it. It can be inferred that approximately half or more cops are abusive husbands/wifebeaters. Matthew's fellow officers try to shield him from the sight of his gravely injured wife. But asking those questions resulted in a threat. Fast forward to May 11, the day numerous items that reportedly belonged to Lester were turned in to the Griffin Police Department. The glowing yellow and black, blocked letter sign illuminates his truck driving past. That's fine. "Well I don't know. 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. Boynton: Can you please dispatch a unit out to my location, in reference to my wife? When asked if Boyntons arrest has led him to believe that case should be reopened, Yates said, No. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. VIDEO: Did a police officer stage his wife's suicide attempt? 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. If you play with it a little bit, it's not hard.. "The neighbors [said] somewhere around 11 p.m., and he is the only one who hears the gunshots at 1 a.m., and he calls it in," said Sanders. Jessica Boynton, once declared dead, is alive and talking. She agreed to provide those items to Sanders, who then turned them in to the Griffin Police Department. 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. That's what Jessica and Matthew Boynton thought would happen when they said "I do.". Aft. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. SHE WAS NOT SHOT.and do they really think that she would have hit herself hard enough with any object to cause the damage that was done? $5 plus $5 parking. Crime Watch Daily reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton and got no response. Two-year-old Tollin is sleeping soundly in his bed as cops try not to wake him in the chaos. An officer tries to console his grieving coworker. A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing,POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. 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. Like, how hours after the shooting, the phone was put into an evidence bag, sealed and logged into GBI evidence, it was still calling Matthew's girlfriend. Stay outside.. "When the GBI concluded their case they gave it back to Jessica, and I got it from Jessica," Sanders said. 'Trigger' Griffin Police officer arrested | 11alive.com His phone is pretty active tonight. Those properties obtained during the marriage would be considered community property.. GBI agents, however, have closed her case. I had a friend who was a girl, or is a girl, he answers, further admitting that the relationship had become sexual. A message to Matthew's phone is received and marked as read, from his mistress. Just days after running into Officer Boynton, I received a threatening email that reads in part: "Are You An Intelligent Enough Investigative Journalist To Know When You Are Being Conned or Do You Have To Be Spoon Fed? Or was it? Police investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessicas limp body. They hoist her inside. Jessica Boynton was found shot in the closet with her. 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. ", 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.. By the time Jessica was twenty, she'd had enough of Matthew, and their crumbling marriage had driven her to a dark place. Less than a month after her hospital-bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to his chief. In fact he's collected almost every piece of evidence from the case. She alleged that many of Lesters belongings remained in Boyntons residence. "Her hands appeared to be pristine, but also he noted that she had no gunpowder burns.". Matthew immediately calls a friend at dispatch. They are 50% more likely to commit police brutality. While Trammel's body cam is out of juice tonight, Jones's bodycam spots Trammel as the other officers enter the apartment. We put it on the counter to take a picture of it," he confirmed to Mathews. Jones shouts as he travels deeper insidehis weapon drawn. Maybe Jessica would remember why and when the door knob was swapped because it happened before that night. Behind the closet door: Crime Watch Daily investigates the Jessica The crying officer tells Jones that he left the apartment and was meeting Guthrie at Waffle House, when he received a text from Jessica that indicated she was going to kill herself. Blood pressure.. 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. Terms of Use | Inside their apartment Matthew Boynton hears crying. 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. The police officer's wife was found with a bullet to the head, lying in their closet. A message to Matthews phone is received and marked as read, from his girlfriend--from inside the evidence bag. "He does report an incident that would be considered domestic violence, that she was poking him in the chest with her finger," said Sheila Mathews. Two shots had been fired. And he said 'Yeah, we did.'". Ad Choices, Griffin police Lt. Michael Natale said in a statement. After you got on the radio and you were outside communicating on the radio, you never went back in to actually check, check on the kids, the agent questioned Matthew about once he removed himself from the apartment. OR OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. Jessica and Matthew Boynton got married at an extremely young age. Still lodged in Jessica's skull? He lied about the lock then he says he kept his gun in there hmmm. Its a question 11Alive investigators asked a few months ago, when Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boyntons wife, Jessica, allegedly shot herself in the head with his service weapon, inside the master bedroom closetlocked from the inside. Strangely, they never test her hands for gunshot residue. Especially because of my children. 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. The doctor believes Jessica's injuries may have been caused by blunt-force trauma. He drove back to the apartment, he tells Jones, but it was too late. What! The neighbor claims she had been with Jessica just hours beforehand, and says her friend would never have tried to take her own life. she asked. I attempted to contact Jessica Boynton via telephone to advise her that this is a civil matter. I was excited I wasn't going to have to put up with him anymore because honestly I felt like his maid, and that's all I felt like.. Matthew met Jessica during her sophomore year of high school at open house in 2012. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair was saturated in crimson. (South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS) "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. Unfortunately, the only person who may be able to answer that question is Jessica, and she was in a coma. "It's just inconvenient. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates - KSDK "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. The police department should be ashamed of themselves for trying to cover this up!!! But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. Since the original publication of this story, 11Alive's Brendan Keefe and Jessica Noll have taken another look at the evidence in this story, and talk to one reporter who said she was threatened when she had questions about the investigation. When facts are wrong, evidence altered to fit theories and threats made, how does theGBI remain the last word on the Jessica Boynton case? 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. Everything, he says, led to him wanting out of the marriage. Because if you go to the photographs that are part of your investigative case file, there's a photograph after the evidence report for his cell phone" she said. "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. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. There was a question of what was and was not community marital property, so that took some doing to sort that out, also, Yates said, adding that many of the items reported as stolen including the clothing, computer and household items had been cited as community property during the couples divorce. He was able to confirm that they were all right.. Did she try to kill herself or shoot herself in the head? Of course the Grandfather could not be reached for a comment, he had it covered up.

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