I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. "I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. Hike also includes a rare chance to tour inside the old powerhouse which provides great photo opportunities of the Towaliga River. (South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS) I just came up the stairs, two rounds," Boynton says on the recorded call. Matthew claims they returned home just after 11 p.m. His proof? I hadn't really put much thought into it, Jessica told him. He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. Her head shaved. 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. Just one minute later, Matthewcalls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. GBI didn't report finding any blood spatter on the closet wall. The doctor said the second most striking observation while assessing Jessica was that neither of her hands had any evidence of gunpowder. 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. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers, Keys, Jones and Gresham head toward the apartment. This is abuse of power. His tone changes. 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.. In fact he's collected almost every piece of evidence from the case. A bunch of CLOWNS!! 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. I don't see anything that looks like high-velocity blood splatter or mist," said Miley. 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.". Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. The glowing yellow and black, blocked letter sign illuminates his truck driving past. Was the investigation a mess up or a cover up? an officer questions the others. The shocking discovery comes when he shaves her head looking for bullet holes. FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE FOR YOURSELF, CLICK HERE. If I could have been here sooner, maybe I could have stopped her Matthew says, spiraling. Honestly, I have no idea. "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. Jones shouts as he travels deeper insidehis weapon drawn. Body cam shows moment cop's wife was found shot in head But here's the thing that has everyone shaking their heads: In the bureau's final report, dated months after Jessica was released from the hospital, they still declare Jessica dead. And its inside that closet, where police found her seemingly shot in the head, laying on top of her husbands service weapon. Jessica's two boys, Tollin, 2, and baby Tyler, are sound asleep in their rooms. He lied about the lock then he says he kept his gun in there hmmm. Yates also said Boynton had provided a statement during the subsequent Internal Affairs investigation, acknowledging the items Sanders turned in were Lesters belongings. 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. We asked retired homicide detective Tim Miley to review Jessica's entire case file and every crime scene photo. What Sanders found most alarming was the time frame Matthew Boynton says he heard those two gunshots. "Another reasonable explanation is that there was a fight over the gun and during the course of that she was injured, Matthew thought she was dead and put the gun underneath.". 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. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that shes never handled a gun, nor shot one. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. Boynton: Can you please dispatch a unit out to my location, in reference to my wife? Family and friends believe, in fact, they were married far too young. The purpose of it, is when you're fighting with somebody to keep the weapon from coming out of your holster, but it's certainly easy to take it out under most cases. A message to Matthew's phone is received and marked as read, from his mistress. 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,. "Well, how do you come to that conclusion?" 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. Who does she think hit her over the head? I know eventually the chief would eventually like to get his officer back as well as his service weapon back as well, so we're going to try to expedite this as fast as possible, and when I mean expedite you know, within the next few weeks to a month, the agent said. Im not sure if it was slightly before or slightly after. Emergency-responders finally arrive and carry Jessica to a waiting ambulance. "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. Updated: 11:14 PM EDT July 28, 2017. 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. Investigators confirmed at least some of this evidence did belong to Lester, but along with questions regarding the chain of custody was the issue of whether the belongings were personal or community property. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. They hoist her inside. Her bright blues eyes glisten as they well with emotion. Ironically Jessica first met that man while she was out scouting for a wedding venue to marry Matthew. Emphasis on evidence. Thats what we had to establish, Yates confirmed. Jessica Lester-Boyntons property has already previously been returned to her by my step dad (Charles McDaniel Jr.) shortly after Jessica got out of the hospital. 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. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. She thinks he found it before the incident. 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. The ambulance pulls away with Jessica in critical condition, to the fire station located on Carver Road, where the medical helicopter picks her up and takes her to an Atlanta hospital. He grabs his police radio, stationed and charging on top of the white microwave in the kitchen, and leaves his phone on the counter. Excessive force. Jessica has given Will every piece of evidence in her case, including that divorce diary. Because if you go to the photographs that are part of your investigative case file, there's a photograph after the evidence report for his cell phone" she said. A request is made to notify the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. But DeMarco insisted to Mathews during their phone conversation, that the timeline was not relevant. Jessica and Matthew Boynton got married at an extremely young age. And their "War of the Roses" was about to explode. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husbands service weapon. 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. GRIFFIN, Georgia, April 15, 2016: Police are breathlessly racing to save a life. 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. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. "He said 'What's wrong? The glowing yellow and black, blocked-letter Waffle House sign illuminates his truck as he drives by, turning around to head back home. They call in Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, who happens to be Matthew's grandfather, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Her limp body is on the floor, just behind the door. Absolutely, Matthew assures the agent. A lot, she said, doesnt add up, especially since, she said, she had reason to live. Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was arrested and taken to the Spalding County Jail on multiple charges. I don't think he meant to do it, or at least that's what I like to think.". Matthew, who's wearing a gray sweatshirt, says he called Lt. Curtis Keys and asked him what he should do. "That was when approximately 24 minutes into the conversation, his demeanor changed and everything flipped," she recalled. It's like I tell them, they make it twice as bad because I'm a cop, Matthew said. Her mouth covered with a breathing apparatus and several machines attached to her, in an effort to monitor her condition. Boynton in January denied being in possession of any of Lesters personal property. But it's what those body cameras don't record that's raising eyebrows. 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. Ultimately, it came down to orthodontia Lesters retainer. The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best. GBI agents, however, have closed her case. God damn it, man! 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. Cops do find one bullet. A key piece of evidence was photographed inside the kitchen after officers arrived on the scene. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. The doctor was not contacted by the GBI until July 20. "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.". The first bullet went upward at 54-degree angle. The way our charter is structured, termination takes two or three days. Listen. 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. A family of Marines is divided after father shoots ailing wife Griffin police officer wife Jessica Boynton shot | 11alive.com Uh, just my service weapon, he responds, ending the call just a minute later. In fact, 68 text messages are exchanged between him and his mistress. She agreed to provide those items to Sanders, who then turned them in to the Griffin Police Department. Everything, he says, led to him wanting out of the marriage. Stay out, Matt, one the officers advises his fellow officer. Especially because of my children. 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. GBI conducts canvas and begins interviewing neighbors. 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. So just one?" Do you know what she used? asks one of the emergency responders in the room. Making his way outside, seconds later, he calls for assistance over his radio. No. RELATED: Who shot the officer's wife? (whit his baton I would guess) ..is every person in the police department total idiots? It was retrieved from the kitchen counter in front of the microwave oven," she probed further. My understanding of the laws of physics is that one person cannot be in two places at the same time," Mathews said in an interview with 11Alive. When facts are wrong, evidence altered to fit theories and threats made, how does the GBI remain the last word on the case? They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. She was leaving her husband of just six months. The quiet is broken when the baby begins to mumble from the other room. A paramedic frantically fights to save Jessica's life. "I know for a fact that Jessica was not suicidal," said the neighbor. 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. This time for a DNA consent. Two-year-old Tollin is sleeping soundly in his bed as cops try not to wake him in the chaos. Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.. nd police notify Jessicas family that she has died. She spoke to the GBI, from her hospital bed. She just said that she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts right now, she told me to take care of the boys. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". Matthew, grandson of then-sheriff of Spalding County, texts a fellow Griffin Police officer. He advised that he does not have any of the items listed in this report.. OR OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. "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. Chris DeMarco, GBIs assistant special agent in charge, arrives on the scene and meets with Griffin Police Chief Michael Yates for a briefing. "Very explicit conversation," said the neighbor. "He stated that he was too frightened. 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. I wouldn't trade them for anything no matter the situation. But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. . 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.. They investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessica's limp body. A Griffin Police Officer's wife herself, the reporter called DeMarco, on Sept. 28, the investigator who was in charge of the investigation for the GBI, to question him about the case and the photo that nagged her, and that for her, called into question how anything they investigated was trustworthy. She found a photo on Snapchat of another woman wearing nothing but a towel, with the caption: Shower time.. Shortly afterward, Matthew begins texting Jessica about going to Walmart to pick up baby formula. Here lately I have not been able to recognize the person I see in the mirror. Matthew's hands were not tested for gunpowder either. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | abc10.com - KXTV "She was actually happy, she was thrilled because she finally got that closure that she needed," says the neighbor. In it, she logs Matthew Boynton's every move, including his unexplained disappearances with their two boys. Security camera captures the family walking in around 10:15 p.m. Matthew Boynton is the grandson of Sheriff Beam. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. "I saw a lot of things change after time. If he's willing to cheat on his wife, he's willing to cheat the law., She wanted to file for divorce, says Kshywonis. And, unfortunately it appears those questions will never be answered," Mathews said. "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. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. Statements from Jessica Boynton and Matthew Boynton are logged into evidence, said a statement written by Yancy March 13. "He believes that her injuries were consistent with blunt-force trauma," said Sheila Mathews. Then-Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was arrested on July 28, 2017 for giving a false statement to his own department about having possession of a gym bag full of clothes, underwear. "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. GRIFFIN, Ga. Who shot the officers wife? 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. Jessica's theory of what happened centers around her "dirty divorce diary." A tactical sweep finds an 8-month-old baby screaming. The remaining items such as a hope chest, clothing and other miscellaneous items were returned to Jessica. A body-cam captures her inconsolable baby boy in the arms of an officer. I didn't try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. Woman shot in head says cop husband staged her 'suicide' That was the best physical evidence that we had, Yates said. We put it on the counter to take a picture of it," he confirmed to Mathews. "I said 'It's Jessica isn't it?' [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. Video shot outside in the parking lot shows Jessica getting in a black truck with Matthew and the kids, then leaving. That stuff apparently, from what we were able to discover through our investigation, went through several different peoples hands, which taints our chain of custody, Yates said. she asked.