The only person who truly knows what happened behind that closet door was jessica -- and she's now out of her coma. "Police department!" "Her hands appeared to be pristine, but also he noted that she had no gunpowder burns.". 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. "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. This is abuse of power. "Nobody ever asked him about why he changed clothes," said Sanders. A previous study found 41% of police admitted to being abusive to their spouses. "He stated that he was too frightened. Matthew Boynton interrogation video with Griffin Police Department. Her blond hair is now red from what cops assume is a self-inflicted gunshot wound. And would a dad leave his kids inside with a suicidal woman and a loaded gun? Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. UPDATE: This story was originally published in November 2016. The paramedic begins accessing her head wound, but they're having a hard time finding it through her hair and thick blood. After Jones pushes the gun away from underneath Jessica's bodyplacing it inside the bedroom, he and Officer Josh Howell move Jessica from the closet to the bedroom floor next to the foot of her bed so that EMS can begin working on her. Somewhere in proximity to his arrest. 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. "According to my interview with Griffin police chief, that second shot had to have been fired while the gun was either on the floor or almost on the floor very close to that wall.". Jessica Boynton was initially . And they said yes," the neighbor said. Stephen Kruspe, 65, appears at his first appearance before a judge after the March 27, 2017, shooting of his wife, Pamela, at a Boynton Beach assisted living facility. Crime Watch Daily's security team tracked the email address, only to find it was from an anonymous server. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. I said 'Is she still alive?' "I'm guessing Matthew," said Jessica. I would have said, 'I can't do this anymore, comma, take care of Tolin and Tyler, period.' Bring the little ones for a story every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. to hear Sam's favorite tales. WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE FBI???????? 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. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. Matthew's fellow officers try to shield him from the sight of his gravely injured wife. RELATED: Who shot the officer's wife? Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. No. 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? But it's what those body cameras don't record that's raising eyebrows. He grabs his police radio from the kitchen counter and runs outside and makes a desperate call. "I think I was hit over the head with something.". I was looking for a job and I finally found one. He reads another text from his girlfriend, while driving 90 mph. Her ex-husband and former Griffin police officer Matthew Boynton was investigated in the case, but was only charged with making . Five days after his wife was shot, Matthew talked with the GBI again. 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? She was hit over the head. 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. His tone changes. It was actually from him. But many believe Jessica holds the only key as to what really happened inside that closet. It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me 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. He enters, checking the master bedroom. The one seen in the police body-cam is not the same gray sweatshirt he was wearing at Walmart earlier that night. If not, get on a plane and go HOME.". She tells the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the Matthew Boynton is cheating on Jessica with another woman. Matthew loved being part of the brotherhood. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. 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. Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton tells dispatch he has no idea what's happened to his wife or their two young sons. But DeMarco insisted to Mathews during their phone conversation, that the timeline was not relevant. "And I talked to the guy and was like, 'Look man, you know, can you just be honest with me? 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. GBI agents, however, have closed her case. giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. 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. A tactical sweep finds an 8-month-old baby screaming. 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. 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. One of about 70 messages they exchange throughout the night. 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. Thank God she fought and he was in there with her. I have been suffering for a while now and no one has noticed. "My wound was on the top of my head. Matthew Boynton is clearly hysterical. 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. He asked her what she thought could've happened. "I was with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 33 years," said Tim Miley. Matthew begins calling his brothers in blue, telling them Jessica is physically abusing him -- not a standard way of reporting domestic abuse. "I saw a lot of things change after time. Which I knew that.. That was the subject of his charges his statements and writings that we were able to prove were false, Yates said. By June 6, Matthew returned to full duty with a new service weapon in his holster. nd police notify Jessica's family that she has died. Cops do find one bullet. The neighbor believes Matthew Boynton discovered the divorce diary and simply snapped. "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. "It was. "I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. I'll be back there in about two minutes. According to Sanders, these items were obtained from a woman who contacted him and claimed to be Boyntons girlfriend. Before he leaves, Matthew says Jessica makes a bizarre request: She asks him to call an ambulance. We heard something and said 'what was that', recalls Browning. Chris DeMarco, GBI's assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. They discover two shell casings and two bullet holes in the closet wall. She grabs his arm with her left hand, while her other arm falls to the ground. The quiet is broken when the baby begins to mumble from the other room. Tyler, the 8-month-old baby, is the result of a relationship Jessica had with a mechanic while she and Matthew were temporarily separated. The doctor was not contacted by the GBI until July 20. A body-cam captures her inconsolable baby boy in the arms of an officer. The shocking discovery comes when he shaves her head looking for bullet holes. "Recently she did confirm that the second baby is not mine," Matthew tells the GBI investigator. Still peering down at his phone, Matthew also sends a text to his girlfriend, a Spalding County dispatcher. And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. Dispatch notifies Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, Matthews grandfather,and police notify Jessicas family that she has died. 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. 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.. He was going to clean his gun and he asked me to go get it for him. Honestly, I have no idea. He cautiously went into the residence to try to make sure that the children were OK. Most of the cases that he would have made or would be involved in would also have, or should have, body worn camera video, car video, things of that nature, so the fact that his statement to us was compromised would not necessarily taint everything else. And, unfortunately it appears those questions will never be answered," Mathews said. Now she lives in terror every day because she can't remember who attacked her. What he finds turns this case of a suicide upside down. "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. Minutes later, at around 10:45 p.m., Jessica storms out. Does she believe that this was just sloppy work or does she believe that this is a cover-up? Jessica Boynton's husband says he gets a suicidal text from his estranged wife, so he rushes home, only to hear two gunshots. 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. Boynton: Can you please dispatch a unit out to my location, in reference to my wife? I left a message with the lady that answered for her to call me. Matthew interviews with the GBI early that morning. By the time Jessica was twenty, she'd had enough of Matthew, and their crumbling marriage had driven her to a dark place. She had a job interview and it was going to be her first step to freedom. They'd met in high school when Jessica was 15 and Matthew was 16. He was able to confirm that they were all right.. "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. 2023 Telepictures Productions Inc. The subsequent investigation was short-lived, with it having been deemed a "civil matter." There are a lot of questions that I would love to have answered. It's the second infidelity in their relationshipJessica admitted to cheating on him before they were married. I don't know, he said. So just one?" It was sitting out in the open, caught on police body-camera when cops kicked in the closet door. GBI director Vernon Keenan wrote a letter indicating the gunshot wound was self-inflicted by Jessica, closing the case. Did he cause his estranged spouse's injury? Take care of Tollin and Tyler, please tell them I love them every day. A message to Matthew's phone is received and marked as read, from his mistress. 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. Statements from Jessica Boynton and Matthew Boynton are logged into evidence, said a statement written by Yancy March 13. A message to Matthews phone is received and marked as read, from his girlfriend--from inside the evidence bag. "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. Ironically Jessica first met that man while she was out scouting for a wedding venue to marry Matthew. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". 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. I can't even get it out of its case, she replied. 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. 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. No it wasn't. OR OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. 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. Two-year-old Tollin is sleeping soundly in his bed as cops try not to wake him in the chaos. She agreed to provide those items to Sanders, who then turned them in to the Griffin Police Department. 478-993-3053. 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. Jessica Boynton, once declared dead, is alive and talking. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. "Very explicit conversation," said the neighbor. The panicked cop grabs his police radio and runs outside to make the frantic call to dispatch. She's having suicidal thoughts," he calmly says about Jessica to the dispatcher. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. The chain of custody on that stuff is messed up. [] 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 []. 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. Her limp body is on the floor, just behind the door. 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?. 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. Griffin Police Capt. Boyntons statement, dated Jan. 9, said, I was advised to complete a statement on a previous date by Lt. Yancey. No, never. FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE FOR YOURSELF, CLICK HERE. | Examine the evidence yourself. Around midnight Matthew says he leaves Jessica and the kids to meet fellow Officer Joshua Guthrie for a late-night snack at Waffle House. His flashlight's beam reveals a smiling family of four. Boynton was released from the Spalding County Jail Friday night on a $4,806 cash bond. "He believes that her injuries were consistent with blunt-force trauma," said Sheila Mathews. We had to establish a timeline for when that property was possessed before the marriage or after it. She's got good pulse. And I could have been the next target.. But he's also texting her before he called 911," said Sanders. Jessica and Matthew's neighbor, who wishes to remain anonymous for her own safety, sees the lights from her apartment and runs outside. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". But asking those questions resulted in a threat. Her bright blues eyes glisten as they well with emotion. Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. It appears to be either an assault or maybe something accidental," said Miley. Investigators confirmed at least some of this evidence did belong to Lester, but along with questions regarding the chain of custody was the issue of whether the belongings were personal or community property. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. 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? Police investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessicas limp body. Matthew and Jessica's two sons are still inside. Matthew met Jessica during her sophomore year of high school at open house in 2012. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair was saturated in crimson. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. It could have been simply that um, all his, he left his stuff there. "He never re-entered the apartment after that point," said Sheila. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . Sheila Mathews publishes The Grip, an independent newspaper in Griffin. Jessica Boynton's head is perfectly positioned on a blood-soaked pillow. Officer Robert Brian Jones shouts, as he travels deeper inside the two-bedroom apartmenthis weapon drawn. That bullet ends up toward the top left of the closet. "That was when approximately 24 minutes into the conversation, his demeanor changed and everything flipped," she recalled. Officer Robert Brian Jones is also dispatched to the Ashford Way apartment building.
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