Then, a moment of hope from the 19-year-old mother: She's still breathing. Here's where things get blurry. 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. "He stated that he heard two shots fired, 'pop pop,' rapid succession," said Sheila Mathews. As he drove he received a text message from Jessica's phone. Her body is on the floor, just behind the door. "My wound was on the top of my head. She had always kept it hidden, but now, there it is for everyone to see. Just one minute later, Matthewcalls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. She also says she couldn't have written the text because it said "I love you.". She was hit over the head. With his gun raised and arms poised, he holds his weapon out in front of him with both hands. Now she lives in terror every day because she can't remember who attacked her. 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. Because she owned the retainer prior to her marriage, it would not be considered community property. 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.. 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. Jessica Boynton, 19, was a stay-at-home mom to 8-month-old Tyler and 2-year-year old Tollin. One, investigators said penetrated Jessica's head and the other the wall. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. 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. Privacy Policy | Yates said, Yes, but that doesnt overcome the civil side of it whether it was or was not marital property, and even if it was, it would have been a misdemeanor as opposed to the two felonies.. 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. "Next thing I remember was I wake up and I'm in a hospital.". I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. When the officers pull Jessica's body out of the closet, they find Matthew's gun right underneath her, a .40-caliber Glock. "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. That's the last thing the 19-year-old remembers. The neighbor says Jessica came over to her apartment with the kids, clearly upset about the fight. One of her aunts is all over Facebook., GBI agent said, The bullet didn't even enter the skull. Jessica Boynton says she's free as a bird'. He reads another text from his girlfriend, while driving 90 mph. 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. Dispatch notifies Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, who is also Matthew's grandfather and police notify Jessica's family that she has died. I would have said, 'I can't do this anymore, comma, take care of Tolin and Tyler, period.' The odd thing is a few pages have been ripped out. [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. It's one of their owna police-issued .40-caliber Glock. provided images. The devil is in the details. She remembered an instance when Matthew asked her grab his gun. Example video title will go here for this video. He checks the closet where he keeps his police-issued firearm, but the door is locked. What Sanders found most alarming was the time frame Matthew Boynton says he heard those two gunshots. Published: 7/28/2017 6:16:14 PM. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon . They're re slit open while her head flops from side to side on the beige carpet, as one female EMS works on her. Matthew met Jessica during her sophomore year of high school at open house in 2012. Sheila Mathews publishes The Grip, an independent newspaper in Griffin. Since both sides have their theories of what happened that night, Crime Watch Daily brought in an independent investigator to give us his unbiased opinion. I was, he says to the GBI agent. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. "I was scared to death that she would shoot me and then kill herself," Matthew tells investigators. Boynton was released from the Spalding County Jail Friday night on a $4,806 cash bond. Will Sanders also has questions about a crime scene photo showing Matthew's cellphone. Trammel records the 10:53 p.m., incident report from April 14. A message to Matthews phone is received and marked as read, from his girlfriend--from inside the evidence bag. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon . He assigns another officer to standby at the door until the rest of the apartment is cleared. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates - KTVB Woman shot in head says cop husband staged her 'suicide' She was leaving her husband of just six months. Her head shaved. Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam behind false death notification in "He believed that the shots he heard fired were fired from his duty weapon," said Sheila Mathews, publisher of The Grip. Immediately following that flip, Mathews said, DeMarco asked if she was recording their conversation. He's a truck driver. Her limp body is on the floor, just behind the door. "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. I'll be back there in about two minutes. 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. 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. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates - KHOU But this wasn't the end of Jessica's story, rather a new beginningbut not the one she was hoping for. But did something else happen that spring night in 2016? "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. "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. Video shot outside in the parking lot shows Jessica getting in a black truck with Matthew and the kids, then leaving. Cops do find Jessica's DNA on the gun. Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. That's not what the surveillance tape shows. It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me before. "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. "I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". In fact, 68 text messages are exchanged between him and his mistress. In any case GPD/GBI are an absolute embarrassment to the state of GA! He asked her what she thought could've happened. The neighbor believes Matthew Boynton discovered the divorce diary and simply snapped. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. Jessica Boynton was initially . This screams cover up. How does Jessica explain the "suicide text" sent from her phone less than 10 minutes before her husband Matthew called 911 in a panic? 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. "I can't do this anymore," the message read. He's hoping if the case gets reopened, any possible clues will be preserved. Matthew's mistress worked as a dispatch officer, reporting to Sheriff Wendell Beam, who just happens to be Matthew Boynton's grandfather. He's not a cop or even a private investigator. Unfortunately, the only person who may be able to answer that question is Jessica, and she was in a coma. No. He later tells investigators that he heard Tyler crying, and then, POP-POP!, Jones advises Matthew over the radio, Stay outside. How did Jessica react when she saw those messages? 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. In fact he's collected almost every piece of evidence from the case. I didnt know if I was dealing with a possible active active scenario where she still had the gun and she had shot Tyler, he replied. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. Even though doctors were able to save her life, they couldn't save her from what was about to happen to her familylosing custody of her children. That is not a reaction that I can relate to.". "I'm guessing Matthew," said Jessica. Matthew and Jessica's two sons are still inside. Jessica is also slinging allegations at Matthew's brothers in blue at the Griffin Police Department, and Matthew's grandfather Sheriff Wendell Beam. Domestic violence has always been a precursor to violence in other areas. Griffin police officer wife Jessica Boynton shot | 9news.com Crime Watch Daily's security team tracked the email address, only to find it was from an anonymous server. This is not the first time I have had suicide thoughts. Yes, for an article, just to make sure I get quotes proper.". The doctor was not contacted by the GBI until July 20. Here lately I have not been able to recognize the person I see in the mirror. He tells Trammel he left Walmart without Jessica. I didn't try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. Womens clothing items and an orthodontic retainer turned in to the Griffin Police Department by Will Sanders has been established to have belonged to Jessica Lester, the former wife of Matthew Boynton. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. Just have a soul here please please please. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. The good old boys and his grandfather police chief should also get some time for covering up this crime. I told him, 'You're going to have to go get it, because I can't get it out of the case. Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was arrested and taken to the Spalding County Jail on multiple charges. Despite what many think is a smoking gun, the GBI agent asking questions proceeds as if Jessica shot herself. His flashlight's beam reveals a smiling family of four. 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. "Police department!" That stuff apparently, from what we were able to discover through our investigation, went through several different peoples hands, which taints our chain of custody, Yates said. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | 13wmaz.com Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.. Fast forward to May 11, the day numerous items that reportedly belonged to Lester were turned in to the Griffin Police Department. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husbands service weapon. She's having suicidal thoughts," he calmly says about Jessica to the dispatcher. He's asked me to go get it out before. That's the bottom line for me. I didn't know if I was dealing with a possible active active scenario where she still had the gun and she had shot Tyler, he replies. GBI director Vernon Keenan wrote a letter indicating the gunshot wound was self-inflicted by Jessica, closing the case. Courthouse Annex, Solomon Street, Griffin, Six-year-old fire victim will give life to others through organ donation, Cause of fatal Saturday morning fire determined, https://the-grip.net/2016/10/18/gbi-completes-boynton-investigation-requested-by-gpd/, https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/trigger-over-and-out/85-8ab82530-da07-492b-9a3c-c20d5e7f50b3, GPD Chief fabricated, released record identifying Will Sanders as Matthew Boyntons father The Grip. ! his girlfriend texts him. If I could have been here sooner, maybe I could have stopped her Matthew says, spiraling. Everybody clear out, says Jones, who has Keys call for an EMT. She's breathing, but unresponsive. After studying Jessica Boynton's case, Miley sides with Jessica. "I think what happened after they come home from Walmart, Jessica and Matthew got into an argument. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. The paramedic begins accessing her head wound, but they're having a hard time finding it through her hair and thick blood. He reads another text from mistress, while driving home at nearly 90 mph. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service. Ultimately, it came down to orthodontia Lesters retainer. Of course the Grandfather could not be reached for a comment, he had it covered up. 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. The baby's muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. He was able to confirm that they were all right.. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. I think it just kind of happened. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. Jessica Lester-Boyntons property has already previously been returned to her by my step dad (Charles McDaniel Jr.) shortly after Jessica got out of the hospital. That phone never got back into the officer's hand. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. He changed clothes yet lied and said he did not. 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. GBI conducts canvas and begins interviewing neighbors. Thank God she fought and he was in there with her. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. ", "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. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | wwltv.com Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . The quiet is broken when the baby begins to mumble from the other room. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. He bangs on the locked closet door. It's locked. 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. The dispatch operator notified Matthew on Facebook, Browning says. Click here for "Trigger: The Last Word" | And we talk to Jessica Boynton again here: "Trigger: Free as a Bird" | Anda story when the officer was arrested and kicked offthe force (but not for shooting his wife ). That was the subject of his charges his statements and writings that we were able to prove were false, Yates said. She tells the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the Matthew Boynton is cheating on Jessica with another woman. And her lawyer was useless I wrote to her years ago. | Examine the evidence yourself. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . I do not have any other items of Jessicas.. 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? | Examine the evidence yourself, calls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. He then said the GBI has not indicated to him that the investigation will be reopened. Bring the little ones for a story every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. to hear Sam's favorite tales. EMTs start carrying Jessica down the stairs on a backboard and click her into a gurney and swing open the ambulance doors. Making his way outside, seconds later, he calls for assistance over his radio. "They did not. "How did his phone get in there? Her head shaved. 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. 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.. 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. 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. Jessica Boynton is found unconscious, her body on top of her husband's service revolver. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. Chris DeMarco, GBIs assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. She's having suicidal thoughts. There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said.
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