He says she started poking him in the chest with her finger, telling him that he had to admit there was another woman. 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. The GBI needs an overhaulclean house. Matthew begins calling his brothers in blue, telling them Jessica is physically abusing him -- not a standard way of reporting domestic abuse. And I could have been the next target.. Despite what many think is a smoking gun, the GBI agent asking questions proceeds as if Jessica shot herself. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husbands service weapon. I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. Shortly afterward, Matthew begins texting Jessica about going to Walmart to pick up baby formula. It's like I tell them, they make it twice as bad because I'm a cop, Matthew said. Did investigators look for a blunt object? The neighbor says Jessica started documenting all the sordid details of the affair in her secret red "divorce diary." A lot of times its two or three or more days, Yates said. It sounded like a gunshot. McCune also had Lester write a victims statement. provided images. A bunch of CLOWNS!! A paramedic frantically fights to save Jessica's life. And they said yes. We asked retired homicide detective Tim Miley to review Jessica's entire case file and every crime scene photo. I don't think he meant to do it, or at least that's what I like to think.". GBI director Vernon Keenan wrote a letter indicating the gunshot wound was self-inflicted by Jessica, closing the case. We put it on the counter to take a picture of it," he confirmed to Mathews. 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. | Examine the evidence yourself. 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. ", Following that phone call, Mathews, perceiving that she was threatened, called the GBIs director of professional standards to file a formal complaint and to gain clarity about what he meant by, Were gonna have a problem.. Lester recovered from the shooting but doesn't remember any of it. Jessica has given Will every piece of evidence in her case, including that divorce diary. He's a truck driver. In fact she claims Jessica was blissfully stockpiling ammunition to get full custody of their two little boys. 478-993-3053. It appears she's been shot in the head. When asked to confirm that a July 26 appointment with Lesters orthodontist was pivotal in the Internal Affairs case, Yates said it was. 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. No. But Yates said the holster is designed to have some retention capability. Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. "He didn't know if her intent was to kill their child, kill him and then commit suicide," said Sheila. Or was it? He drove back to the apartment, he tells Jones, but it was too late. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It was actually from him. 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. Jessica is also slinging allegations at Matthew's brothers in blue at the Griffin Police Department, and Matthew's grandfather Sheriff Wendell Beam. Making his way outside, he calls for assistance over his radio. To text back long story I'll tell you later.. Two shots have been fired from her husbands service weapon. I was scared to death, because I couldn't find [Tyler]that she would shoot me, I mean shoot him, shoot me, and then kill herself.. This time for a DNA consent. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. Do you know what she used? asks one of the emergency responders in the room. 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. Did you all have sex?' 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. Four days later, he appeared in court, wearing his police uniform, and testified that he had been cleared by the GBI in a custody hearing. Fast forward to May 11, the day numerous items that reportedly belonged to Lester were turned in to the Griffin Police Department. Agent DeMarco approaches Meagan Browning, who's joined by Eric Kshywonis, at 61 Ashford Waythe apartment just downstairs from Jessica and Matthew. To stage a suicide," said the neighbor. I do not have any other items of Jessicas.. 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!!!!! "He believed that the shots he heard fired were fired from his duty weapon," said Sheila Mathews, publisher of The Grip. One of her aunts is all over Facebook., GBI agent said, The bullet didn't even enter the skull. So Crime Watch Daily went out and got one of the best in the business. "I think I was hit over the head with something.". She was leaving her husband of just six months. Shame shame. With his gun raised and arms poised, he holds his weapon out in front of him with both hands. The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best. She tells the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the Matthew Boynton is cheating on Jessica with another woman. But long hours on the force took its toll on his marriage. I attempted to contact Jessica Boynton via telephone to advise her that this is a civil matter. 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. What Sanders found most alarming was the time frame Matthew Boynton says he heard those two gunshots. Absolutely, Matthew assures the agent. "I said 'It's Jessica isn't it?' Minutes later, at around 10:45 p.m., Jessica storms out. He reads another text from mistress, while driving home at nearly 90 mph. RE-open the case Georgia!!!!!! On Dec. 19, 2016, Lester met with GPD Investigator Dexter McCune regarding property she alleged Boynton had stolen. Video shot outside in the parking lot shows Jessica getting in a black truck with Matthew and the kids, then leaving. But this wasn't the end of Jessica's story, rather a new beginningbut not the one she was hoping for. It's one of their owna police-issued .40-caliber Glock. "I have occasional headaches, but other than that everything's good," Jessica Boynton said. No bullet entered her body anywhere. She remembered an instance when Matthew asked her grab his gun. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. Above Jessica, pinned to the wall, is a large black letter B for Boynton. Her husband, Matthew Boynton, was at a nearby restaurant when he got a text from Jessica that read like a suicide note. Matthew Boynton is clearly hysterical. 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 ). ! his girlfriend texts him. Jessica Boynton, once declared dead, is alive and talking. The report states Matthew left Walmart without Jessica. Moments later Matthew's fellow officers from the Griffin, Georgia Police Department arrive on scene with body-cameras recording. Did he cause his estranged spouses injury? "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. Statements from Jessica Boynton and Matthew Boynton are logged into evidence, said a statement written by Yancy March 13. This, Matthew says to Trammel, is the precursor to an argument the couple also had at Walmart later that night, just after 10 p.m. Once outside, he tells Trammel Jessica refuses to get into the car to go hometelling him she would find another way home and walked back into Walmart. When he's not driving a truck, Sanders studies police records looking for things investigators missed -- or possibly covered up. A message to Matthew's phone is received and marked as read, from his mistress. Its so obvious a coverup. But DeMarco insisted to Mathews during their phone conversation, that the timeline was not relevant. A grandson of the county sheriff, a career in law enforcement was in his genes. Her head wound has soaked into the green and white pillow her head is resting onher blood is contained to that one stain and a few nearby drops. If you play with it a little bit, it's not hard.. While Jessica believes someone tried taking her life from her, she refuses to allow anyone to take her kids away from her. "I didn't know if I was dealing with a possible active scenario where she still had the gun, and she had shot Tyler, and then I could have been the next target," Matthew says in the interview. His flashlights beam reveals a smiling family of four. Its one of their owna police-issued .40-caliber Glock. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. "Well I don't know. [I miss] getting to see them every day and getting to watch them grow more and more into the boys and men that they're going to be someday, Jessica said sobbing. "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. A lot," said the neighbor. But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. 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. He's hoping if the case gets reopened, any possible clues will be preserved. She agreed to provide those items to Sanders, who then turned them in to the Griffin Police Department. I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. When the officers pull Jessica's body out of the closet, they find Matthew's gun right underneath her, a .40-caliber Glock. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. Does Jessica know whether the cops ever swabbed her hands? Sheila Mathews publishes The Grip, an independent newspaper in Griffin. But Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates said, Officer Boynton was not the shooter and trusts the investigations outcome. 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. Ashamed the FBI hasnt picked up on this yet . There's little if any visible blood spatter inside the closet. A key piece of evidence was photographed inside the kitchen after officers arrived on the scene. 11Alive reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton, however, phone calls were not returned. Matthew, grandson of then-sheriff of Spalding County, texts a fellow Griffin Police officer. Everything, he says, led to him wanting out of the marriage. Hahaha you about have me a heart attack freak!! And her lawyer was useless I wrote to her years ago. Griffin Police Capt. Uh, just my service weapon, he responds, ending the call just a minute later. It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me before. 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.. A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing,POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. 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. Her body is on the floor, just behind the door. Haha I'm sorry I didn't think about that lol he sends to her after receiving a text from her--moments following his text from his wife. I havent listened to the actual investigation, but I dont believe so, that he gave any explanation that made any sense.. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. "Here's where her head was laying. Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.. That's not what the surveillance tape shows. On May 11, Will Sanders met withYancy and Sgt. Lt. Curtis Keys is dispatched to the scene. "I think it was in the heat of the moment, he was angry with me. Sanders says there are a few things that really stand out: The red sweatshirt Matthew offered police to test for gunshot residue. And he called the girlfriend, so Mays said to Mathews. I was at Atlanta Medical Center for a month. 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. He enters, checking the master bedroom. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. 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. Jessica's alive, but barely. Jessica Boynton says she's free as a bird'. an officer questions the others. 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.. That's fine. Chris DeMarco, GBIs assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. 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. It seems both Matthew and Jessica were secretly stockpiling ammunition for a bitter custody fight. "I think what happened after they come home from Walmart, Jessica and Matthew got into an argument. She loved me. The doctor was not contacted by the GBI until July 20. Which I knew that.. The GRIP has reported extensively on seeming inconsistencies and irregularities in that GBI investigation. Six months later, everything would changefor everyone. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. nd police notify Jessica's family that she has died.
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