She had an appointment Monday.. The way our charter is structured, termination takes two or three days. [Im] 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. He was going to clean his gun and he asked me to go get it for him. Making his way outside, seconds later, he calls for assistance over his radio. Id be afraid to luve in that town until that poluce brotherhood is abolished. And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. It's just one piece of the brand new beginning the young mother and wife has been putting together for her and her sons. Law enforcement was in his genes. God damn it, man! 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.. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. After studying Jessica Boynton's case, Miley sides with Jessica. That is not a reaction that I can relate to.". 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. 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. He's not a cop or even a private investigator. But Jessica's trauma surgeon, a 30-year veteran in the field, had a few thoughts of his own about what could have happened and what likely did not happen that night. Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton tells dispatch he has no idea what's happened to his wife or their two young sons. I'll be there in about two. And the second bullet went up at 25-degree upward angle 1'10 off the floor. 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. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. He tells Trammel that he was in the shower, using his cell phone, when Jessica walked into the bathroom, pulled the shower curtain back and snatched his cell phone. Is there a loaded pistol with a hair-trigger on the other side? They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. Because she owned the retainer prior to her marriage, it would not be considered community property. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. "I would not have said that to him," said Jessica. Lester recovered from the shooting but doesn't remember any of it. 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. Jessica Boynton's husband says he gets a suicidal text from his estranged wife, so he rushes home, only to hear two gunshots. Am I recording it? It's the second infidelity in their relationshipJessica admitted to cheating on him before they were married. "It's just inconvenient. The ceiling fan circles on high speed. Shame shame. A bunch of CLOWNS!! "Be advised I smell gunsmoke, and I can't get an answer to the door," Boynton says on the call. "I have occasional headaches, but other than that everything's good," Jessica Boynton said. The baby's muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. She's still breathing. The remaining items such as a hope chest, clothing and other miscellaneous items were returned to Jessica. 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. Matthew interviews with the GBI early that morning. Matthew met Jessica during her sophomore year of high school at open house in 2012. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service. 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. It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me before. She also says she couldn't have written the text because it said "I love you.". 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. I had a friend who was a girl, or is a girl, he answers, further admitting that the relationship had become sexual. The officer says he left it in the kitchen and ran outside. Jessica believes her suicide attempt was staged. She's even fighting with EMS, dude, the fellow officer tells Matthew. McCune also had Lester write a victims statement. Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was cleared in his wife's shooting, but his interrogation still cost him his job. The one seen in the police body-cam is not the same gray sweatshirt he was wearing at Walmart earlier that night. This is who he's sleeping with, points to the Facebook post that she says she was holding for Jessica for her divorce. A body-cam captures her inconsolable baby boy in the arms of an officer. What he finds turns this case of a suicide upside down. There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. They were calling me the miracle child Because what I went through, not a lot of people survive through it, she told 11Alive's Brendan Keefe, nearly six months after the incidenther golden blonde hair now growing back. 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. They turn her over from her stomach to her back. Who does the neighbor think sent that text message to Matthew's phone from Jessica's? No one may have ever done anything to question this case again if not for Will Sanders. 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. Collectively, they examine the bullets' trajectory from the closet, into the bedroom wall and ceiling. the GBI agent posed a return question. It's like some of my family they hear all these people say, 'Oh I think he did it and it was planned.' And its assigned to Matthew. Her blond hair is now red from what cops assume is a self-inflicted gunshot wound. "I know what happened," said the unidentified neighbor. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. She says under the helm of Wendell Beam, the sheriff's department had a reputation for protecting its own. "She was actually happy, she was thrilled because she finally got that closure that she needed," says the neighbor. Griffin Police Department Officer Matthew Boynton has been arrested and charged with two felonies. "Well, how do you come to that conclusion?" The conversation bounces from officer to officer. The subsequent investigation was short-lived, with it having been deemed a "civil matter." Jessica and Matthew Boynton got married at an extremely young age. A previous study found 41% of police admitted to being abusive to their spouses. Armed with body camera attached to their uniforms, the officers burst through the door, quickly passing Matthews phone, a black and grey Verizon LG smartphone, on the kitchen counter. Matthew claims they returned home just after 11 p.m. His proof? Officer Matthew Boynton has never been charged with anything in connection with this case, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation did question him. Their neighbor says Jessica wasn't suicidal at all. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. But the story is far from over: Jessica now claims the April 15 incident was a staged suicideconstructed by her husband. Man, look, she's still breathing. Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. 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. "And I talked to the guy and was like, 'Look man, you know, can you just be honest with me? Just one minute later, Matthewcalls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. Warner Bros. Entertainment | I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. She also stated that she just wanted her things back, so I informed her that I would do a report on the incident.. Did he cause his estranged spouse's injury? "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. A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing,POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. That's fine. That bullet ends up toward the top left of the closet. A text messages is sent to his phone from Jessica's phone. 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.. Matthew says that he told Jessica, I'm not happy anymore and I can't. He changed clothes yet lied and said he did not. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. Fast forward to May 11, the day numerous items that reportedly belonged to Lester were turned in to the Griffin Police Department. She would never have done this. The neighbor says Jessica started documenting all the sordid details of the affair in her secret red "divorce diary." In it, she logs Matthew Boynton's every move, including his unexplained disappearances with their two boys. 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. Jessica and Matthew's neighbor, who wishes to remain anonymous for her own safety, sees the lights from her apartment and runs outside. Jessica's hair is so matted with blood no one can find the actual gunshot wound to stop the bleeding. Her neighbor, who asked us to protect her identity, says she knows the motive: Jessica had uncovered Matthew's dark secret. GBI begins interviewing neighbors and Matthew interviews with the GBI later that morning. 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. But he's also texting her before he called 911," said Sanders. We put it on the counter to take a picture of it," he confirmed to Mathews. A Griffin police officer who was investigated in his ex-wife's shooting was charged Friday, July 28, 2017, with making false statements and violating oath after officials say he took her belongings, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. (South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS) Jessica's two boys, Tollin, 2, and baby Tyler, are sound asleep in their rooms. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . 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. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. No bullet fragments were recovered from her head. Around midnight Matthew says he leaves Jessica and the kids to meet fellow Officer Joshua Guthrie for a late-night snack at Waffle House. Her head shaved. Was the investigation a mess up or a cover up? He bangs on the locked closet door. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. [] 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 []. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. 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? She just said that she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts right now, she told me to take care of the boys. Yeah, if we've got to get the clothes, obviously we'll bring you back up to the apartment for you to get some clothes obviously, says the agent. "In looking at this, this does not have the appearance of a suicide to me. By the time Jessica was twenty, she'd had enough of Matthew, and their crumbling marriage had driven her to a dark place. 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. With his gun raised and arms poised, he holds his weapon out in front of him with both hands. He grabs his police radio, stationed and charging on top of the white microwave in the kitchen, and leaves his phone on the counter. Uh, just my service weapon, he responds. Published: 7/28/2017 6:16:14 PM. They discover two shell casings and two bullet holes in the closet wall. But Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates said, Officer Boynton was not the shooter and trusts the investigations outcome. Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. According to the report, GBI investigators never conducted a re-canvass of the apartment complex, and did not talk with the immediate next door neighbor for four and a half months, despite reports from other residents that they heard a single gunshot hours earlier than the officers call claiming shots had been fired. 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. Based on that acknowledgement, The GRIP asked if it would not alleviate legal concerns pertaining to the chain of custody, and furthermore, why Boynton was not also charged with theft. Chris DeMarco, GBIs assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. It can be inferred that approximately half or more cops are abusive husbands/wifebeaters. "Next thing I remember was I wake up and I'm in a hospital.". I havent listened to the actual investigation, but I dont believe so, that he gave any explanation that made any sense.. Geez, im no cop , no investigator and know absolutely nothing on how investigations are even done but if the doctors say she wasnt shot what more do they need..that little punk got away with it.please tell me im missing a story and he has been arrested for the attempted murder of his wife.please.and please tell me that every stupid ass cop that had any involvement with this case is no longer a cop..oh and his Grandpa, well i think he needs a little jail rehabilitation as well..i could go on and on, but obviously they wouldnt understand anyway..what a disgrace to all REAL POLICE OFFICERS, https://the-grip.net/2016/10/18/gbi-completes-boynton-investigation-requested-by-gpd/ this says she was SHOT!!! Griffin, Georgia is the kind of small Southern town where high school sweethearts stay married forever. 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. They'd met in high school when Jessica was 15 and Matthew was 16. Two shots have been fired from her husbands service weapon. If his wife, Matthew's attorney continued, was capable of attempting to take her own life, there's a chance that she might do something to their children. Jessica, on a few occasions, hit and slapped him, he tells the GBI. This time for a DNA consent. And with that Matthew Boyton's questioning was over. But this wasn't the end of Jessica's story, rather a new beginningbut not the one she was hoping for. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. The shocking discovery comes when he shaves her head looking for bullet holes. 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. Then, a moment of hope from the 19-year-old mother: She's still breathing. 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. That's what they're all assuming, Matthew said. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". Here lately I have not been able to recognize the person I see in the mirror. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. Once he arrives on the scene, Trammel makes contact with Matthew, who tells him that he and his wife got into an argument. But many believe Jessica holds the only key as to what really happened inside that closet. Dispatcher: Any weapons inside the house? Thats what took so long to get it sorted out.. Matthew Boynton is clearly hysterical. GBI conducts canvas and begins interviewing neighbors. Matthew Boynton, 20, discovered his wife Jessica, 19, lying in a pool of blood in a closet. nd police notify Jessicas family that she has died. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair is saturated in red. I'll be back there in about two minutes. Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. 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. Jessica Boynton was initially . She's got good pulse. RE-open the case Georgia!!!!!! 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. 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. "I think it was in the heat of the moment, he was angry with me. A message to Matthew's phone is received and marked as read, from his mistress. Immediately following that flip, Mathews said, DeMarco asked if she was recording their conversation. But DeMarco insisted to Mathews during their phone conversation, that the timeline was not relevant. 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.. Jessica was still in a coma with a traumatic brain injurytubes stemming from her brain to alleviate pressure and fluid. "He told 911 that he was so worried and he was trying to get back to the house as fast as possible. "He never re-entered the apartment after that point," said Sheila. I'll be back there in about two minutes. That's right. 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? If I could have been here sooner, maybe I could have stopped her Matthew says, spiraling. What Sanders found most alarming was the time frame Matthew Boynton says he heard those two gunshots. She had always kept it hidden, but now, there it is for everyone to see. When he's not driving a truck, Sanders studies police records looking for things investigators missed -- or possibly covered up. I left a message with the lady that answered for her to call me. 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 told him, 'You're going to have to go get it, because I can't get it out of the case. Jessica was a blushing bride, excited to spend the rest of her life with the man she loved. 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. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. If America is really a first-world country, it will enact legislation that takes this issue seriously, and fund more studies and programs to preventing domestic violence and identifying and protecting victims. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. Her husband is cheating on her with another woman, reveals Browning, who said, they called dispatch a few nights earlier because he took the kids. 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. "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. Police investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessicas limp body. And Sanders was beyond fascinated by this one. I wouldn't trade them for anything no matter the situation. Officer Boynton was responding to an accident, and when he returned to his cruiser, we were waiting, armed with questions. Matthew Boynton is the grandson of Sheriff Beam. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. 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.. But it's what those body cameras don't record that's raising eyebrows. The chain of custody on that stuff is messed up. "No they did not because they assumed I was shot, because that's what Matthew said," Jessica said. 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. Ad Choices, Griffin police Lt. Michael Natale said in a statement. He checks the closet where he keeps his police-issued firearm, but the door is locked. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. A tactical sweep finds an 8-month-old baby screaming. But Yates said the holster is designed to have some retention capability. On Dec. 19, 2016, Lester met with GPD Investigator Dexter McCune regarding property she alleged Boynton had stolen. I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. Show the world how smart you are and uncover what the Wannabe investigative reporters couldn't figure out. She's breathing, but unresponsive. "Nobody would shoot themselves like this," said retired homicide detective Tim Miley. Jessica has given Will every piece of evidence in her case, including that divorce diary. 2023 Telepictures Productions Inc. GRIFFIN, Ga. - Matthew Boynton was arrested by his fellow Griffin Police officers and taken to the Spalding County Jail on . 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. "Most people would not view it as such, I don't believe," said Sheila Mathews. 11Alive reached out to the GBI and Officer Matthew Boynton, however, neither returned our phone calls. Those properties obtained during the marriage would be considered community property.. He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. We asked retired homicide detective Tim Miley to review Jessica's entire case file and every crime scene photo. While sifting through pages and pages of the report, a GBI evidence photo caught her attention. EMTs start carrying Jessica down the stairs on a backboard and click her into a gurney and swing open the ambulance doors. It appears she's been shot in the head. They hit the top of the stairs knowing somebody's got a gun. He's asked me to go get it out before. GRIFFIN, Georgia, April 15, 2016: Police are breathlessly racing to save a life. 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. But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. Mass shooters. In fact, 68 text messages are exchanged between him and his mistress. Strangely, they never test her hands for gunshot residue. 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. I hadn't really put much thought into it, Jessica told him. giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. 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 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? So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. 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. The glowing yellow and black, blocked-letter Waffle House sign illuminates his truck as he drives by, turning around to head back home. And they said yes," the neighbor said.
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