Griffin Police Capt. Inside their apartment Matthew Boynton hears crying. "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? "I have occasional headaches, but other than that everything's good," Jessica Boynton said. 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 shoulder-length, blonde hair was saturated in crimson. Like, how hours after the shooting, the phone was put into an evidence bag, sealed and logged into GBI evidence, it was still calling Matthew's girlfriend. What Happened to Jessica Boynton? Grisly Truth Could Have Been Covered If that's what you want to do. It appears it was self-inflicted. 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. One of about 70 messages they exchange throughout the night. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. However, Yates said, that's not that uncommon. Emphasis on evidence. It was retrieved from the kitchen counter in front of the microwave oven," she probed further. 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 do not have any other items of Jessicas.. Jessica and Matthew Boynton got married at an extremely young age. That's what Jessica and Matthew Boynton thought would happen when they said "I do.". A text message is sent to his phone from Jessicas phone. 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. Just one minute later, Matthewcalls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. She also says she couldn't have written the text because it said "I love you.". 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.. I mean that just doesn't happen," said Jessica. After studying Jessica Boynton's case, Miley sides with Jessica. Jessica Boynton | GBI changes information about evidence | 11alive.com Haha I'm sorry I didn't think about that lol, he sends to her after receiving a text from her after his text from Jessica. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. "The only thing that I can tell you is that Matthew Boynton's account of events are not correct.". A body-cam captures her inconsolable baby boy in the arms of an officer. If he's willing to cheat on his wife, he's willing to cheat the law., She wanted to file for divorce, says Kshywonis. 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.. "I would not have said that to him," said Jessica. What Sanders found most alarming was the time frame Matthew Boynton says he heard those two gunshots. His tone changes. She's having suicidal thoughts," he calmly says about Jessica to the dispatcher. "Most people would not view it as such, I don't believe," said Sheila Mathews. Strangely, they never test her hands for gunshot residue. 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. With dark, latex gloves on, an officer kneels down and touches her neck with his fingers. The agent then probes Matthew, asking if he has a girlfriend. "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. She just said that she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts right now, she told me to take care of the boys. Uh, just my service weapon, he responds, ending the call just a minute later. The remaining items such as a hope chest, clothing and other miscellaneous items were returned to Jessica. Jessica is also slinging allegations at Matthew's brothers in blue at the Griffin Police Department, and Matthew's grandfather Sheriff Wendell Beam. It's locked. (He resigned) about the time they brought him in. How did Jessica react when she saw those messages? For the wife of a Georgia police officer, answering that question is unfortunately turning out not to be so simple. He has been charged with false statements and writings and violating his oath of office. A family of Marines is divided after father shoots ailing wife What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. In any case GPD/GBI are an absolute embarrassment to the state of GA! "He stated that he was too frightened. "He never re-entered the apartment after that point," said Sheila. The shocking discovery comes when he shaves her head looking for bullet holes. Because she owned the retainer prior to her marriage, it would not be considered community property. 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.. This x cop needs to be tried for attempted murder. Terms of Use | I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that she's never handled a gun, nor shot one. Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton tells dispatch he has no idea what's happened to his wife or their two young sons. And Sanders was beyond fascinated by this one. GBI/Griffin Police Dept. Her head shaved. It could have been simply that um, all his, he left his stuff there. Stay outside.. His phone is pretty active tonight. A key piece of evidence was photographed inside the kitchen after officers arrived on the scene. According to Sanders, these items were obtained from a woman who contacted him and claimed to be Boyntons girlfriend. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. 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. 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? 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. "He stated that he heard two shots fired, 'pop pop,' rapid succession," said Sheila Mathews. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. "Being in the closet," said Jessica. They're re slit open while her head flops from side to side on the beige carpet, as one female EMS works on her. 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. Officer Matthew Boynton has never been charged with anything in connection with this case, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation did question him. 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. Matthew and Jessica's two sons are still inside. She's having suicidal thoughts. Jessica and Matthew's neighbor, who wishes to remain anonymous for her own safety, sees the lights from her apartment and runs outside. They had Tollin soon after, and were married on Oct. 24, 2015. 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.". And with that Matthew Boyton's questioning was over. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair is saturated in red. 11Alive - BREAKING | Matthew Boynton, who was under - Facebook It's a question 11Alive investigators asked a few months ago, when Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton's wife, Jessica, allegedly shot herself in the head with his service weapon,. 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. Get him downstairs, one of the officers whispers to another. I dont have the authority under our charter to hire or fire; it has to go to the city manager, so when you move toward a termination, it has to go through a process. He also reported hearing two gunshots and. Waiting for your permission to load facebook comments. It is unknown what effect his arrest may have on Boyntons criminal cases. Bring the little ones for a story every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. to hear Sam's favorite tales. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . A request is made to notify the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. She's got good pulse. Since his bodycam wasn't charged, it doesn't record this call. 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. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. A bunch of CLOWNS!! 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. Griffin cop cleared in wife's shooting charged with making false One of her aunts is all over Facebook., GBI agent said, The bullet didn't even enter the skull. By June 6, Matthew returned to full duty with a new service weapon in his holster. A previous study found 41% of police admitted to being abusive to their spouses. To text back long story I'll tell you later.. Privacy Policy | That's right. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. 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. How does Jessica explain the "suicide text" sent from her phone less than 10 minutes before her husband Matthew called 911 in a panic? The glowing yellow and black, blocked letter sign illuminates his truck driving past. He's not a cop or even a private investigator. I don't think he meant to do it, or at least that's what I like to think.". I didn't try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. 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? corrupted cops, he and his grandfather! She's moaning.. Thats what we had to establish, Yates confirmed. 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. nd police notify Jessica's family that she has died. One, investigators said penetrated Jessica's head and the other the wall. He assigns another officer to standby at the door until the rest of the apartment is cleared. 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. "There was no testing done on his clothing," said Sheila Mathews. 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. Agent DeMarco approaches Meagan Browning, who's joined by Eric Kshywonis, at 61 Ashford Waythe apartment just downstairs from Jessica and Matthew. It's just one piece of the brand new beginning the young mother and wife has been putting together for her and her sons. 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. 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.. This time for a DNA consent. I f***ing love her. 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. Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.. I love you and the boys.". We heard something and said 'what was that', recalls Browning. The doctor believes Jessica's injuries may have been caused by blunt-force trauma. The neighbor says Jessica started documenting all the sordid details of the affair in her secret red "divorce diary." A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing,POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. We had to establish a timeline for when that property was possessed before the marriage or after it. "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. Chris DeMarco, GBIs assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. Jones shouts as he travels deeper insidehis weapon drawn. While Trammel's body cam is out of juice tonight, Jones's bodycam spots Trammel as the other officers enter the apartment. The only person who truly knows what happened behind that closet door was jessica -- and she's now out of her coma. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. That is not a reaction that I can relate to.". Inside the closet they also discover Jessica's red "divorce diary." 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. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service. "I believe it's both, it's sloppy and a cover-up," said Jessica. While sifting through pages and pages of the report, a GBI evidence photo caught her attention. But, Jessica said regardless of her knowledge of guns, she had every reason to live. Five days after his wife was shot, Matthew talked with the GBI again. 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. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. The agent had that phone, I think DeMarco, Chris DeMarco had the phone and they was [sic] trying to get in the gate, and, uh, he accidentally hit, I guess, the last number dialed, called or whatever. But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. 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. She thinks he found it before the incident. "How did his phone get in there? I didn't, I didn't, I didn't try to brush off anything. Matthew, who's wearing a gray sweatshirt, says he called Lt. Curtis Keys and asked him what he should do. 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.. The dispatch operator notified Matthew on Facebook, Browning says. I think it just kind of happened. Griffin, Georgia is the kind of small Southern town where high school sweethearts stay married forever. Please wear sturdy shoes. That bullet ends up toward the top left of the closet. This is abuse of power. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that shes never handled a gun, nor shot one. She had always kept it hidden, but now, there it is for everyone to see. Matthew begins calling his brothers in blue, telling them Jessica is physically abusing him -- not a standard way of reporting domestic abuse. Did he cause his estranged spouses injury? Despite Jessica Boynton's fiery allegations, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation closed her case, clearing Matthew to return to work. Matthew's mistress worked as a dispatch officer, reporting to Sheriff Wendell Beam, who just happens to be Matthew Boynton's grandfather. The odd thing is a few pages have been ripped out. 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? 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!!! They hoist her inside. No. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. That's fine. Thank God she fought and he was in there with her. "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. A lot," said the neighbor. Those properties obtained during the marriage would be considered community property.. Jessica, on a few occasions, hit and slapped him, he tells the GBI. 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. "He tried to kill her.". Example video title will go here for this video. 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. 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 has given Will every piece of evidence in her case, including that divorce diary. Man, look, she's still breathing. 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. EMTs start carrying Jessica down the stairs on a backboard and click her into a gurney and swing open the ambulance doors. "Well listen, if you're going to start quoting, you gonna start recording these things, you need to let me know ahead of time before you do, before I'm starting answering questions," DeMarco ordered the reporter. Their neighbor says Jessica wasn't suicidal at all. 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