GBI begins interviewing neighbors and Matthew interviews with the GBI later that morning. December 20022 so heartless to show this right before Xmas. We asked retired homicide detective Tim Miley to review Jessica's entire case file and every crime scene photo. He's asked me to go get it out before. 11Alive reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton, however, phone calls were not returned. 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. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. Their neighbor says Jessica wasn't suicidal at all. Shame shame. It's just one piece of the brand new beginning the young mother and wife has been putting together for her and her sons. Ad Choices, Griffin police Lt. Michael Natale said in a statement. The next action noted in the case occurred nearly two months later. His phone is pretty active tonight. Boynton was released from the Spalding County Jail Friday night on a $4,806 cash bond. ", "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. By June 6, Matthew returned to full duty with a new service weapon in his holster. It's the second infidelity in their relationshipJessica admitted to cheating on him before they were married. He reads another text from mistress, while driving home at nearly 90 mph. She agreed to provide those items to Sanders, who then turned them in to the Griffin Police Department. We heard something and said 'what was that', recalls Browning. 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.. 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. "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? No. "I would not have said that to him," said Jessica. Waiting for your permission to load facebook comments. "I said 'It's Jessica isn't it?' It's locked. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. 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. Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam behind false death notification in And now Jessica is telling a completely different story. Listen. Her mouth covered with a breathing apparatus and several machines attached to her monitoring her condition. But many believe Jessica holds the only key as to what really happened inside that closet. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. Her husband, Matthew Boynton, was at a nearby restaurant when he got a text from Jessica that read like a suicide note. And it's assigned to Matthew, her husband, the cop. That bullet ends up toward the top left of the closet. Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. Still inside, some of the officers look closer and find two bullet holes inside the closet. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. But they have no idea what's waiting for them behind a locked closet door. Once the scene is secure, investigator Misty Gresham checks on Tollin, who's sleeping, and Tyler, who is awake and still crying in his cribboth unharmed. It was retrieved from the kitchen counter in front of the microwave oven," she probed further. 478-993-3053. She said there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent it. No bullet fragments were recovered from her head. "She was actually happy, she was thrilled because she finally got that closure that she needed," says the neighbor. Officer Boynton was responding to an accident, and when he returned to his cruiser, we were waiting, armed with questions. He tells Trammel he left Walmart without Jessica. 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. 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. Security camera captures the family walking in around 10:15 p.m. However, Yates said, that's not that uncommon. Keyword: Admitted. 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. 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. I was, he says to the GBI agent. The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best. She's having suicidal thoughts," he says calmly to the dispatcher. A message to Matthew's phone is received and marked as read, from his mistress. I left a message with the lady that answered for her to call me. My kids are at home with her, so I'm trying to hurry up and get back there., I'm driving. provided images. Emphasis on evidence. He advised that he does not have any of the items listed in this report.. Officer Matthew Boynton has never been charged with anything in connection with this case, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation did question him. Body cam shows moment cop's wife was found shot in head "He tried to kill her.". This stinks, and the fact remains, it appears he tried to kill his wife, so what are you guys going to do?? "During that time I investigated hundreds of cases with gunshots and many, many suicides.". 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. "Police department!" It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me before. I'll be there in about two. She tells the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the Matthew Boynton is cheating on Jessica with another woman. It could have been simply that um, all his, he left his stuff there. They turn her over from her stomach to her back. UPDATE: This story was originally published in November 2016. 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. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. Guthrie calls Matthew and they chat for two minutes. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". corrupted cops, he and his grandfather! They investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessica's limp body. But what started as a mutual, friendly divorce soon turned nasty. He reads another text from his girlfriend, while driving 90 mph. 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 questions Matthew about once he's out of the apartment. Warner Bros. Entertainment | Trammel records the 10:53 p.m., incident report from April 14. Here's where things get blurry. "He never re-entered the apartment after that point," said Sheila. Chris DeMarco, GBIs assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. 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!!! I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. 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. I would have said, 'I can't do this anymore, comma, take care of Tolin and Tyler, period.' Her shoulder-length, blonde hair is saturated in red. Jessica and Matthew's neighbor, who wishes to remain anonymous for her own safety, sees the lights from her apartment and runs outside. Bring the little ones for a story every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. to hear Sam's favorite tales. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | kiiitv.com Somewhere in proximity to his arrest. "He said 'What's wrong? "It doesn't sound like anything I would say," said Jessica Boynton. 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. He asked her what she thought could've happened. I hadn't really put much thought into it, Jessica told him. Her head shaved. Credit: GBI/Griffin Police Dept. The specific items Lester alleged Boynton had stolen included a Toshiba laptop valued at $500; clothes valued at $300; jewelry valued at $50; kitchen items valued at $500; and a retainer valued at $150. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. And the second bullet went up at 25-degree upward angle 1'10 off the floor. But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. Well I couldn't get it for him because I couldn't get it out of his gun holster, she said. With his gun raised, holding it out and in front of him with both hands, Jones passes by a framed portrait hung on the wall. 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.. 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. She's having suicidal thoughts. (He resigned) about the time they brought him in. And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. But long hours on the force took its toll on his marriage. $5 plus $5 parking. He also reported hearing two gunshots and. GBI/Griffin Police Dept. She made a full recovery, but doesnt remember a thing. They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. When facts are wrong, evidence altered to fit theories and threats made, how does the GBI remain the last word on the case? Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was arrested and taken to the Spalding County Jail on multiple charges. They're forced to kick it in. No one may have ever done anything to question this case again if not for Will Sanders. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | 11alive.com Jessica Boynton says she's free as a bird'. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husbands service weapon. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. Uh, just my service weapon, he responds. It's like I tell them, they make it twice as bad because I'm a cop, Matthew said. Matthew admits to having an affair. 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. 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. "It's just inconvenient. Clearly we touched a nerve in Griffin, but we're not about to be scared off. And its assigned to Matthew. Matthew Boynton, 21, had just started work as a Griffin police officer. "If they put out a report I spend a lot of time fact-checking it and making sure what they're telling is the truth," said Sanders. Get him downstairs, one of the officers whispers to another. Matthew, grandson of then-sheriff of Spalding County, texts a fellow Griffin Police officer. "He stated that he heard two shots fired, 'pop pop,' rapid succession," said Sheila Mathews. I don't know why. 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. She told the agent, they were at home when they argued about his girlfriend and the photo that Jessica found on his phone that night. The dispatch operator notified Matthew on Facebook, Browning says. Less than a month after her hospital-bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to his chief. What! Her limp body is on the floor, just behind the door. Police Interrogation and Confession of Matthew Boynton, Wife - YouTube This is not the first time I have had suicide thoughts. 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 Boynton | GBI changes information about evidence | 11alive.com The quiet is broken when the baby begins to mumble from the other room. She grabs his arm with her left hand, while her other arm falls to the ground. Especially because of my children. Mass shooters. But DeMarco insisted to Mathews during their phone conversation, that the timeline was not relevant. He was going to clean his gun and he asked me to go get it for him. He said that she was so distraught that she was doubled over, and he said that she stood, closed the door in his face and then at that point he went ahead and left.". "I hope she didn't shoot my kids," he says to one officer. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. She wants to give her new employers the right impression, since tomorrow is her first day at a chiropractor's office. [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. This time for a DNA consent. They hoist her inside. And, she said, she wouldn't have told him that she loved him. They are 50% more likely to commit police brutality. Interrogation - Matthew Boynton - Regarding The Shooting Of His Wife I don't see anything that looks like high-velocity blood splatter or mist," said Miley. Two shots had been fired. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". The officer says he left it in the kitchen and ran outside. [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. I'll be back there in about two minutes. Matthew Boynton, 20, discovered his wife Jessica, 19, lying in a pool of blood in a closet. Im not sure about that. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. Everything, he says, led to him wanting out of the marriage. A previous study found 41% of police admitted to being abusive to their spouses. Furthermore, she said, there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent a text like that. During my stay is when my personal belongings were taken and Matthew Boynton (3842) refuses to give them back, Lester stated. Will Sanders also has questions about a crime scene photo showing Matthew's cellphone. 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. Matthew makes it home, jumps out of his truck, races through the breezeway of his apartment building and bolts up the stairs. 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. she asked. 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. Cops do find one bullet. Five days after his wife was shot, Matthew talked with the GBI again. 11Alive reached out to the GBI and Officer Matthew Boynton, however, neither returned our phone calls. Now she lives in terror every day because she can't remember who attacked her. How does Jessica explain the "suicide text" sent from her phone less than 10 minutes before her husband Matthew called 911 in a panic? Here recently she did confirm that the second baby's not mine. Jessica, on a few occasions, hit and slapped him, he tells the GBI. "Nobody would shoot themselves like this," said retired homicide detective Tim Miley. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | abc10.com - KXTV And they said yes. She's still breathing. But Yates said the holster is designed to have some retention capability. It's one of their owna police-issued .40-caliber Glock. But asking those questions resulted in a threat. 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? "They did not. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . Ashamed the FBI hasnt picked up on this yet . "I saw a lot of things change after time. Despite what many think is a smoking gun, the GBI agent asking questions proceeds as if Jessica shot herself.

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