If you play with it a little bit, it's not hard.. The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best. The police officer's wife was found with a bullet to the head, lying in their closet. That's the last thing the 19-year-old remembers. GBI begins interviewing neighbors and Matthew interviews with the GBI later that morning. 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 would have said, 'I can't do this anymore, comma, take care of Tolin and Tyler, period.' Excessive force. And with that Matthew Boyton's questioning was over. He changed clothes yet lied and said he did not. At about 10:45 p.m., he continues, he thought he heard a gunshot while they were lying in bed. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. She found a photo on Snapchat of another woman wearing nothing but a towel, with the caption: Shower time.. He was going to clean his gun and he asked me to go get it for him. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. Emergency-responders finally arrive and carry Jessica to a waiting ambulance. Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. "Next thing I remember was I wake up and I'm in a hospital.". Sanders wants to know how Matthew was texting his mistress from this very phone if he never reentered the apartment. I don't know if it's just his job or what, but like I said I don't think he would intentionally hurt me.. And he called the girlfriend, so Mays said to Mathews. I was scared to death, because I couldnt find [Tyler]that she would shoot me, I mean shoot him, shoot me, and then kill herself.. But asking those questions resulted in a threat. She had a job interview and it was going to be her first step to freedom. She rebukes the text message that came from her phone to Matthew's that night and said she didn't have a lock on her phone, so anyone could've sent it. "I know what happened," said the unidentified neighbor. Officer Robert Brian Jones is also dispatched to the Ashford Way apartment building. "The only thing that I can tell you is that Matthew Boynton's account of events are not correct.". He reads another text from mistress, while driving home at nearly 90 mph. But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. "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. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. she asked. 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 the head..in hospital for a month..just an FYI. "And I talked to the guy and was like, 'Look man, you know, can you just be honest with me? GSW, possible to the head. It could have been simply that um, all his, he left his stuff there. Who does she think hit her over the head? 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. "Well, how do you come to that conclusion?" A lot of times its two or three or more days, Yates said. His flashlight's beam reveals a smiling family of four. 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. It entered at an upward leftward trajectory angle," said Sheila Mathews. Her husband, Matthew Boynton, was at a nearby restaurant when he got a text from Jessica that read like a suicide note. 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. He assigns another officer to standby at the door until the rest of the apartment is cleared. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. He has been charged with false statements and writings and violating his oath of office. "He stated that he was too frightened. Domestic violence has always been a precursor to violence in other areas. This is abuse of power. "He believes that her injuries were consistent with blunt-force trauma," said Sheila Mathews. That's the bottom line for me. I do not have any other items of Jessicas.. "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. She loved me. For the wife of a Georgia police officer, answering that question is unfortunately turning out not to be so simple. '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, calls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. He's a truck driver. Still inside, some of the officers look closer and find two bullet holes inside the closet. 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. December 20022 so heartless to show this right before Xmas. He later tells investigators that he heard Tyler crying, and then, POP-POP!, Jones advises Matthew over the radio, Stay outside. 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. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. Somewhere in proximity to his arrest. I can't even get it out of its case, she replied. And I could have been the next target.. She's even fighting with EMS, dude, the fellow officer tells Matthew. Matthew, a police officer in a small town called Griffin, in Georgia, rushed home. However, he did not confirm that sequence. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. He checks the closet where he keeps his police-issued firearm, but the door is locked. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. But what started as a mutual, friendly divorce soon turned nasty. Its one of their owna police-issued .40-caliber Glock. Matthew Boynton is the grandson of Sheriff Beam. 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. Fast forward to May 11, the day numerous items that reportedly belonged to Lester were turned in to the Griffin Police Department. 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. He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. The ceiling fan circles on high speed. 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. I can't even get it out of its case, she replied. 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. During my stay is when my personal belongings were taken and Matthew Boynton (3842) refuses to give them back, Lester stated. By the time Jessica was twenty, she'd had enough of Matthew, and their crumbling marriage had driven her to a dark place. The neighbor says Jessica started documenting all the sordid details of the affair in her secret red "divorce diary." 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. I don't know if it's just his job or what, but like I said I don't think he would intentionally hurt me.. 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 was looking for a job and I finally found one. Hewrote a letter to Jessicas attorneyon June 10, in which he questioned the finding that Jessicas head injury was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, indicating that there was no investigation conducted by authorities at the hospital. So just one?" The paramedic begins accessing her head wound, but they're having a hard time finding it through her hair and thick blood. Just one minute later, Matthewcalls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. 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. They did not swab me or Matthew, nor did they take his clothes," said Jessica. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that she's never handled a gun, nor shot one. This all follows a Georgia Bureau of Investigation case that ultimately ruled Lester had attempted suicide in April 2016. "There was no testing done on his clothing," said Sheila Mathews. Boynton was placed on administrative leave Thursday, July 28, and the Chief said his intent was to terminate the officer, but Boynton resigned before that process could be completed. Jessica has given Will every piece of evidence in her case, including that divorce diary. Example video title will go here for this video. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. And, she said, she wouldn't have told him that she loved him. 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. I didn't try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. "You know, you're trying to match up times of where he is getting these text messages or how he's responding to them, that he has to be in the kitchen. Warner Bros. Entertainment | What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. 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.. "I'm guessing Matthew," said Jessica. "It doesn't sound like anything I would say," said Jessica Boynton. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. I'll be back there in about two minutes. It's one of their owna police-issued .40-caliber Glock. Jessica Boynton is found unconscious, her body on top of her husband's service revolver. "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. Six months later, everything would changefor everyone. Credit: GBI/Griffin Police Dept. 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. Jessica, on a few occasions, hit and slapped him, he tells the GBI. Despite what many think is a smoking gun, the GBI agent asking questions proceeds as if Jessica shot herself. ", "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. (South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS) It was retrieved from the kitchen counter in front of the microwave oven," she probed further. A lot," said the neighbor. But, Jessica said regardless of her knowledge of guns, she had every reason to live. Jessica was still in a coma with a traumatic brain injurytubes stemming from her brain to alleviate pressure and fluid. 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. 11Alive reached out to the GBI and Officer Matthew Boynton, however, neither returned our phone calls. 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. $5 plus $5 parking. But the story is far from over: Jessica now claims the April 15 incident was a staged suicideconstructed by her husband. "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.". God damn it, man! A message to Matthews phone is received and marked as read, from his girlfriend--from inside the evidence bag. 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!!!!! The panicked cop grabs his police radio and runs outside to make the frantic call to dispatch. Still peering down at his phone, Matthew sends a text to his mistress. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. Agent DeMarco approaches Meagan Browning, who's joined by Eric Kshywonis, at 61 Ashford Waythe apartment just downstairs from Jessica and Matthew. 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. One of those bullets went through the roof, the other lodged into the baby's bedroom wall. Yes, I didn't have time, you know with everything going on, I didn't think anything about getting any other clothes, so I didn't know if y'all would want these or not. 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? Family and friends believe, in fact, they were married far too young. Stay out, Matt, one the officers advises his fellow officer. 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. 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. They're re slit open while her head flops from side to side on the beige carpet, as one female EMS works on her. We're going to be doing that to do touch DNA on the gun, and um, and why we're doing that is obviously one to corroborate everything that's what believed happened, and that way it also, it also eliminates the possibility of her family saying, you had something involved in this, or whatever, the GBI agent said to him. "He never re-entered the apartment after that point," said Sheila. "He said 'What's wrong? Making his way outside, seconds later, he calls for assistance over his radio. Shortly afterward, Matthew begins texting Jessica about going to Walmart to pick up baby formula. The gun then landed underneath," said Tim Miley. She tells the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the Matthew Boynton is cheating on Jessica with another woman. But they have no idea what's waiting for them behind a locked closet door. No, never. That is not a reaction that I can relate to.". A paramedic frantically fights to save Jessica's life. 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. And their "War of the Roses" was about to explode. I didn't, I didn't, I didn't try to brush off anything. Yancy also requested that Boynton write a statement pertaining to the allegation. However, Yates said, that's not that uncommon. There are a lot of questions that I would love to have answered. 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.. 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. I'll be back there in about two minutes. He's hoping if the case gets reopened, any possible clues will be preserved. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. The baby's muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. He grabs his police radio, stationed on top of the white microwave in the kitchen charging, and puts his phone on the counter. "No they did not because they assumed I was shot, because that's what Matthew said," Jessica said. Crime Watch Daily reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton and got no response. He advised that he does not have any of the items listed in this report.. "She's like, 'This is exactly what I need to get my divorce from him.'". Here lately I have not been able to recognize the person I see in the mirror. Jessica Boynton's husband says he gets a suicidal text from his estranged wife, so he rushes home, only to hear two gunshots. The glowing yellow and black, blocked letter sign illuminates his truck driving past. 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.". "Happy," said the neighbor. So if there is no gunshot wound, what really happened inside that closet? Two shots have been fired from her husbands service weapon. 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. It's like some of my family they hear all these people say, 'Oh I think he did it and it was planned.' After establishing her retainer was not community property, Boynton was arrested on two felonies false statements and writings and violation of his oath of office. Jessica's alive, but barely. A DISGRACE! 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. 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. Griffin Police Capt. In turn Jessica begins keeping a so-called "dirty divorce diary," a red notebook she kept carefully hidden in a closet. It's just one piece of the brand new beginning the young mother and wife has been putting together for her and her sons. 11Alive reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton, however, phone calls were not returned. Take care of Tollin and Tyler, please tell them I love them every day. Did she try to kill herself or shoot herself in the head? Strangely, they never test her hands for gunshot residue. It appears it was self-inflicted. A request is made to notify the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. And its inside that closet, where police found her seemingly shot in the head, laying on top of her husbands service weapon. 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. Jessica Boynton was initially . 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. 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.. This time for a DNA consent. They discover two shell casings and two bullet holes in the closet wall. In response to 11Alives questions about the case, the GBI said, We are confident in the investigation that was conducted., RELATED: Jessica Boynton says she's free as a bird', MORE | Watch the Facebook Live with Brendan Keefe. 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. Who does the neighbor think sent that text message to Matthew's phone from Jessica's? A bunch of CLOWNS!! Boynton in January denied being in possession of any of Lesters personal property. That bastard is so guilty every time they show the door knob and any badge that doesnt know that shouldnt have one. A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing,POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. He's asked me to go get it out before. But Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates said, Officer Boynton was not the shooter and trusts the investigations outcome. giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. McCune also had Lester write a victims statement. It could have a negative effect on them, but those things have to be dealt with on a case by case basis. [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. "Most people would not view it as such, I don't believe," said Sheila Mathews. A lot, she said, doesn't add up. "He stated that he heard two shots fired, 'pop pop,' rapid succession," said Sheila Mathews. Griffin Police Department Officer Matthew Boynton has been arrested and charged with two felonies. That was the subject of his charges his statements and writings that we were able to prove were false, Yates said. Guthrie calls Matthew and they chat for two minutes. And they said yes. 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..
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