If I could have been here sooner, maybe I could have stopped her Matthew says, spiraling. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. Unfortunately, the only person who may be able to answer that question is Jessica, and she was in a coma. 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!!! At that time, the city of Griffin reported the investigation was ongoing and was not expected to be completed for another month to six weeks. There are a lot of questions that I would love to have answered. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. Domestic violence has always been a precursor to violence in other areas. "There was no testing done on his clothing," said Sheila Mathews. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. 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? She's moaning.. While sifting through pages and pages of the report, a GBI evidence photo caught her attention. 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. Chris DeMarco, GBIs assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. Their neighbor says Jessica wasn't suicidal at all. 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. Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton tells dispatch he has no idea what's happened to his wife or their two young sons. Before he leaves, Matthew says Jessica makes a bizarre request: She asks him to call an ambulance. Eventually, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation concluded what they believe happened inside that closet; Matthew Boynton was never charged with any connection in harming his wife. DeMarco pressed Mathews. She also says she couldn't have written the text because it said "I love you.". 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. "If he would have just been a regular person he would have been taken to jail," said Jessica. Once he arrives on the scene, Trammel makes contact with Matthew, who tells him that he and his wife got into an argument. "The Officer's Wife" is a new podcast that will examine the evidence in the 2016 shooting of a 19-year-old mother and ask: Who pulled the trigger? Just have a soul here please please please. As he drove he received a text message from Jessica's phone. The first bullet went upward at 54-degree angle. 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. She says there were pages missing. This is who he's sleeping with, points to the Facebook post that she says she was holding for Jessica for her divorce. Her limp body is on the floor, just behind the door. Honestly, I have no idea. We had to establish a timeline for when that property was possessed before the marriage or after it. 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. She alleged that many of Lesters belongings remained in Boyntons residence. But this wasn't the end of Jessica's story, rather a new beginningbut not the one she was hoping for. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. She just said that she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts right now, she told me to take care of the boys. "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. Then he drops a shocker, claiming he wasn't the only one cheating, "She finally told me, she said 'Yeah, I had an affair,'" Matthew Boynton says in the GBI interview. "Her hands appeared to be pristine, but also he noted that she had no gunpowder burns.". The GBI needs an overhaulclean house. Credit: GBI/Griffin Police Dept. Is there a loaded pistol with a hair-trigger on the other side? 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.. He said the description of a self-inflicted gunshot wound didn't fit, noting her pristine and unmarked hands and calling it a very unusual direction in which to point the gun at one's self with the intention of committing suicide., First of all, the wound that she suffered was toward the vertex of her skull on the right side of her head; this would imply that she shot herself with a gun pointed downward near the top of her skull., The second most striking observation he said he made while assessing Jessica was neither of her hands had any evidence of any gunpowder stippling from gunpowder blowback.. 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. Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was arrested and taken to the Spalding County Jail on multiple charges. After just six months of marriage, the Boyntons' one-time neighbor says she saw their young love grow toxic. Fast forward to May 11, the day numerous items that reportedly belonged to Lester were turned in to the Griffin Police Department. He advised that he does not have any of the items listed in this report.. Thank God she fought and he was in there with her. She wants to give her new employers the right impression, since tomorrow is her first day at a chiropractor's office. 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. Just minutes after Jessica is airlifted to an Atlanta trauma center, Sheriff Beam asks deputies to deliver the devastating news to Jessica's family that she's dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. "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. Tyler, the 8-month-old baby, is the result of a relationship Jessica had with a mechanic while she and Matthew were temporarily separated. 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. RELATED: Who shot the officer's wife? Matthew met Jessica during her sophomore year of high school at open house in 2012. Its so obvious a coverup. If not, get on a plane and go HOME.". This is abuse of power. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. In it, she logs Matthew Boynton's every move, including his unexplained disappearances with their two boys. Stay outside.. "Most people would not view it as such, I don't believe," said Sheila Mathews. The remaining items such as a hope chest, clothing and other miscellaneous items were returned to Jessica. The conversation bounces from officer to officer. He bangs on the locked closet door. The shocking discovery comes when he shaves her head looking for bullet holes. With dark, latex gloves on, an officer kneels down and touches her neck with his fingers. And they said yes. Get him downstairs, one of the officers whispers to another. Jones passes by a framed portrait hung on the wall. I just came up the stairs, two rounds," Boynton says on the recorded call. Her mouth covered with a breathing apparatus and several machines attached to her monitoring her condition. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. Stay out, Matt, one the officers advises his fellow officer. It was retrieved from the kitchen counter in front of the microwave oven," she probed further. Until recently, Matthew's grandfather, Wendell Beam, reigned as Spalding County sheriff. "He didn't know if her intent was to kill their child, kill him and then commit suicide," said Sheila. Of course the Grandfather could not be reached for a comment, he had it covered up. If I just would have left my f**king duty belt in the car.. However, this does not surprise me how they covered this up and they wonder why good citizens dont come forward when a crime takes place.HUMMMMM, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/07/what-if-your-abusive-husband-is-a-cop. Published: 7/28/2017 6:16:14 PM. Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. 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 in an interview with 11Alive for"Trigger: Who shot the officer's wife.". Dispatch notifies Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, Matthews grandfather,and police notify Jessicas family that she has died. Despite Jessica Boynton's fiery allegations, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation closed her case, clearing Matthew to return to work. Around 9 o'clock on the night of Thursday, April 14, 2016, Matthew Boynton calls a lieutenant on duty and reports Jessica is hitting him again. How does Jessica explain the "suicide text" sent from her phone less than 10 minutes before her husband Matthew called 911 in a panic? "It was. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers head toward the apartment. The officer says he left it in the kitchen and ran outside. Jessica and Matthew Boynton got married at an extremely young age. Jessica's two boys, Tollin, 2, and baby Tyler, are sound asleep in their rooms. "The second shot that was fired, it entered the back wall of the closet approximately a foot, no more than a foot off the ground. Privacy Policy | But Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates said, Officer Boynton was not the shooter and trusts the investigations outcome. That was the subject of his charges his statements and writings that we were able to prove were false, Yates said. Her body is on the floor, just behind the door. Take care of Tollin and Tyler, please tell them I love them every day. While GPD Chief Mike Yates said he is unable to release specific information due to the criminal nature of the case, he did confirm information The GRIP provided during a July 31 interview. Officer Robert Brian Jones is also dispatched to the Ashford Way apartment building. Jessica Boynton says she's free as a bird'. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". "He felt that perhaps it was maybe an anxiety attack. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. 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. Despite their problems, Matthew tells investigators he still loved Jessica and the boys, and he offers an explanation for why he didn't run in the apartment that terrible night to save them. "She was actually happy, she was thrilled because she finally got that closure that she needed," says the neighbor. 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. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. No it wasn't. But where's the second round? What you have from a close range press contact wound is high-velocity blood spatter, which is very small, and it might not be very visible with the naked eye, or easily visible from photographs. To text back long story I'll tell you later.. "I said 'It's Jessica isn't it?' "Nobody ever asked him about why he changed clothes," said Sanders. '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? 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. "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. She made a full recovery, but doesn't remember a thing. Jessica was still in a coma with a traumatic brain injurytubes stemming from her brain to alleviate pressure and fluid. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. That's the bottom line for me. There was most likely a struggle with the gun and he assumed she was dead. Shortly afterward, Matthew begins texting Jessica about going to Walmart to pick up baby formula. 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. GBI begins interviewing neighbors and Matthew interviews with the GBI later that morning. I don't know why. But Jessica still can't remember what happened that terrible night in the closet, and she's says there is only one person with the answers. Matthew interviews with the GBI early that morning. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. Yates also said Boynton had provided a statement during the subsequent Internal Affairs investigation, acknowledging the items Sanders turned in were Lesters belongings. Everybody clear out, says Jones, who has Keys call for an EMT. Dispatcher: Any weapons inside the house? But what started as a mutual, friendly divorce soon turned nasty. The police department should be ashamed of themselves for trying to cover this up!!! 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. I love you and the boys.". 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?" 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. She was hit over the head. "I can't do this anymore," the message read. She rebukes the text message that was sent from her phone to Matthews that night and said she didnt have a lock on her phone, so anyone couldve sent it. It can be inferred that approximately half or more cops are abusive husbands/wifebeaters. We asked retired homicide detective Tim Miley to review Jessica's entire case file and every crime scene photo. | Examine the evidence yourself, calls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. Matthew claims they returned home just after 11 p.m. His proof? Did he cause his estranged spouse's injury? December 20022 so heartless to show this right before Xmas. Sanders wants to know how Matthew was texting his mistress from this very phone if he never reentered the apartment. I would have said, 'I can't do this anymore, comma, take care of Tolin and Tyler, period.' He's a truck driver. I would have said, 'suicidal' not 'suicide thoughts.'. And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon . A key piece of evidence was photographed inside the kitchen after officers arrived on the scene. EMTs start carrying Jessica down the stairs on a backboard and click her into a gurney and swing open the ambulance doors. Furthermore, he said, it's his observation that self-inflicted gunshot wounds are very unusual among women. Armed with bodycams attached to their uniforms, the officers burst through the door, quickly passing Matthew's phone, a black and grey Verizon LG smartphone, on the kitchen counter. GBI director Vernon Keenan wrote a letter indicating the gunshot wound was self-inflicted by Jessica, closing the case. He asked her what she thought could've happened. "I would want to know how he did it and how does he live with himself every day knowing that he did something like this," said Jessica. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service. 11Alive reached out to the GBI and Officer Matthew Boynton, however, neither returned our phone calls. Jessica has given Will every piece of evidence in her case, including that divorce diary. I mean that just doesn't happen," said Jessica. The neighbor says Jessica started documenting all the sordid details of the affair in her secret red "divorce diary." Matthew Boynton is clearly hysterical. She was leaving her husband of just six months. Thats what we had to establish, Yates confirmed. Her head shaved. 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. It is unknown what effect his arrest may have on Boyntons criminal cases. Still inside, some of the officers look closer and find two bullet holes inside the closet. 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. But did something else happen that spring night in 2016? 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. "I have occasional headaches, but other than that everything's good," Jessica Boynton said. It was actually from him. Those properties obtained during the marriage would be considered community property.. And he said 'Yeah, we did.'". 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. I can't even get it out of its case, she replied. If that's what you want to do. Id be afraid to luve in that town until that poluce brotherhood is abolished. "He stated that he heard two shots fired, 'pop pop,' rapid succession," said Sheila Mathews. 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. In April 2016, the wife of a Griffin, Ga. police officer is found inside a locked closet. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. He lied about the lock then he says he kept his gun in there hmmm. Meet at the Visitor Center. It's the journal where she's been keeping detailed notes about divorcing Matthew. He later tells investigators that he heard Tyler crying, and then, POP-POP!. My kids are at home with her, so I'm trying to hurry up and get back there., I'm driving. 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. Chris DeMarco, GBI's assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. While Jessica believes someone tried taking her life from her, she refuses to allow anyone to take her kids away from her. (South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS) This stinks, and the fact remains, it appears he tried to kill his wife, so what are you guys going to do?? Officer Matthew Boynton has never been charged with anything in connection with this case, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation did question him. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. That's right. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. I was, he says to the GBI agent. As she continues to tinker with clothes, she notices that her red and black composition notebook, which is usually carefully tucked under a pile of clothes inside her closet, has been left on top of the clothes. "Happy," said the neighbor. A tactical sweep finds an 8-month-old baby screaming. Listen. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. 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. But Yates told 11Alive, Matthew was not the shooter and trusts the investigation's outcome. "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. "I believe it's both, it's sloppy and a cover-up," said Jessica. And it's assigned to Matthew, her husband, the cop. According to a press release issued by the Griffin Police Department, Boynton was on Friday arrested without incident and transported to the Spalding County Jail. He also reported hearing two gunshots and. The doctor said the second most striking observation while assessing Jessica was that neither of her hands had any evidence of gunpowder. Reliving his steps inside the apartment after he heard gunshots fired, he says, My whole upper body went numb. 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. 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. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. One of about 70 messages they exchange throughout the night. GSW, possible to the head. It appears to be either an assault or maybe something accidental," said Miley. They call in Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, who happens to be Matthew's grandfather, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. 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. Matthew loved being part of the brotherhood. OMG this is a total disgrace to the Uniform.I have looked over several different articles and maybe im missing something here but, in all that i had seen it states that he was questioned in his wifes shooting what the hell folks.SHE WAS NOT SHOT!!!!! Matthew's mistress worked as a dispatch officer, reporting to Sheriff Wendell Beam, who just happens to be Matthew Boynton's grandfather. Matthew Boynton along with Lee Boynton, Josh Guthrie and Courtney Callaway moved all of my personal belongings from the residence. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. There were two bullets, on different walls inside the closet. 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. Updated: 11:14 PM EDT July 28, 2017. Crime Watch Daily's security team tracked the email address, only to find it was from an anonymous server. John Hayesto turn in many articles of womens clothing and other personal property including an orthodontic retainer. The doctor was not contacted by the GBI until July 20. And with that Matthew Boyton's questioning was over. Did he cause his estranged spouses injury? But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. "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 think it was in the heat of the moment, he was angry with me. A lot, she said, doesnt add up, especially since, she said, she had reason to live. If someone from the GBI does not reopen this.. well, I have to get my ducks in a row before I open another huge can of worms.. Once the investigation was closed, reporter and publisher, Sheila Mathews, investigated the shooting for her newspaper, The Grip. However, he did not confirm that sequence. Matthew Boynton is the grandson of Sheriff Beam. "I saw a lot of things change after time. While Trammel's body cam is out of juice tonight, Jones's bodycam spots Trammel as the other officers enter the apartment. Matthew, a police officer in a small town called Griffin, in Georgia, rushed home. The doctor believes Jessica's injuries may have been caused by blunt-force trauma. The police officer's wife was found with a bullet to the head, lying in their closet. 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. GBI didn't report finding any blood spatter on the closet wall. It was sitting out in the open, caught on police body-camera when cops kicked in the closet door. 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. 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 later tells investigators that he heard Tyler crying, and then, POP-POP!, Jones advises Matthew over the radio, Stay outside. And they said yes," the neighbor said. That is not a reaction that I can relate to.". So Crime Watch Daily went out and got one of the best in the business. 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. Boynton was released from the Spalding County Jail Friday night on a $4,806 cash bond. No bullet fragments were recovered from her head. the GBI agent posed a return question. But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. 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. "Very explicit conversation," said the neighbor. Boynton: Can you please dispatch a unit out to my location, in reference to my wife? 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. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. During my stay is when my personal belongings were taken and Matthew Boynton (3842) refuses to give them back, Lester stated. 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. No. GBI conducts canvas and begins interviewing neighbors. She had a job interview and it was going to be her first step to freedom. Cops do find Jessica's DNA on the gun. [] 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 []. They turn her over from her stomach to her back. 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. This couldn't happen man. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. Matthew's attorney, however, told the court that Jessica was the one who shot the gun and that initially, Matthew believed that she was shooting at him. No, never. He grabs his police radio, stationed and charging on top of the white microwave in the kitchen, and leaves his phone on the counter. It could have a negative effect on them, but those things have to be dealt with on a case by case basis. They discover two shell casings and two bullet holes in the closet wall. They're re slit open while her head flops from side to side on the beige carpet, as one female EMS works on her. 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. Jessica believes her suicide attempt was staged.
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