Yates also said Boynton had provided a statement during the subsequent Internal Affairs investigation, acknowledging the items Sanders turned in were Lesters belongings. provided images. "No they did not because they assumed I was shot, because that's what Matthew said," Jessica said. Please wear sturdy shoes. With his gun raised and arms poised, he holds his weapon out in front of him with both hands. And they said yes," the neighbor said. Jessica's two boys, Tollin, 2, and baby Tyler, are sound asleep in their rooms. Now she lives in terror every day because she can't remember who attacked her.
Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates - KTVB This couldn't happen man. A message to Matthew's phone is received and marked as read, from his mistress. "He said 'What's wrong? The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. 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.
Matthew Boynton: The evidence and investigation that led to his arrest 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. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. 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 was able to confirm that they were all right.. Two shots had been fired. He grabs his police radio, stationed on top of the white microwave in the kitchen charging, and puts his phone on the counter. 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. GBI conducts canvas and begins interviewing neighbors. 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.. That's fine. I can't keep doing this.. I just came up the stairs, two rounds be advised I smell gun smoke, and I cant get an answer at the door, he says out of breath and panicked. And the doctor in the emergency room didn't find any bullet holes. "Nobody would shoot themselves like this," said retired homicide detective Tim Miley. I'll be back there in about two minutes. In turn Jessica begins keeping a so-called "dirty divorce diary," a red notebook she kept carefully hidden in a closet. That's the last thing the 19-year-old remembers. GBI/Griffin Police Dept. I f***ing love her. And its assigned to Matthew. Crime Watch Daily's security team tracked the email address, only to find it was from an anonymous server. She made a full recovery, but doesnt remember a thing. 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. She had a job interview and it was going to be her first step to freedom. He assigns another officer to standby at the door until the rest of the apartment is cleared. 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.
Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | abc10.com - KXTV She made a full recovery, but doesn't remember a thing. They call in Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, who happens to be Matthew's grandfather, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The neighbor believes Matthew Boynton discovered the divorce diary and simply snapped. December 20022 so heartless to show this right before Xmas. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. 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. I mean, I'm sure there's a plausible explanation to it without trying to come up with some sort of, you know, theory that, 'Oh, he has to be here in the kitchen answering these text messages.'". "Here's where her head was laying. 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. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. Fast forward to May 11, the day numerous items that reportedly belonged to Lester were turned in to the Griffin Police Department. They're forced to kick it in. "Her hands appeared to be pristine, but also he noted that she had no gunpowder burns.". 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.. Video shot outside in the parking lot shows Jessica getting in a black truck with Matthew and the kids, then leaving. Ironically Jessica first met that man while she was out scouting for a wedding venue to marry Matthew. I would have said, 'suicidal' not 'suicide thoughts.'. The doctor believes Jessica's injuries may have been caused by blunt-force trauma. He's hoping if the case gets reopened, any possible clues will be preserved. RE-open the case Georgia!!!!!! Matthew interviews with the GBI early that morning. If you play with it a little bit, it's not hard.. "I think it was in the heat of the moment, he was angry with me.
A family of Marines is divided after father shoots ailing wife Theres a lot of speculation and a lot of theory, but evidence is not there to cause me to do that., When told The GRIP had received information that the Griffin Police Department had contact the GBI Friday morning prior to Boyntons arrest, and asked the basis of that call, Yates said, That would be just to let them know what were doing.. Are you having trouble breathing?'" 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. Matthew's mistress worked as a dispatch officer, reporting to Sheriff Wendell Beam, who just happens to be Matthew Boynton's grandfather. 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. 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. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. "What you're saying to me, that's not, you know, I don't see anything he did wrong by saying that," Fred Mays told Mathews. Just days after running into Officer Boynton, I received a threatening email that reads in part: "Are You An Intelligent Enough Investigative Journalist To Know When You Are Being Conned or Do You Have To Be Spoon Fed? Bring the little ones for a story every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. to hear Sam's favorite tales. The agent continues to interview Matthew, who's wearing a red hoodie, asking him if the clothes he was wearing were the ones he was wearing the entire night. The dispatch operator notified Matthew on Facebook, Browning says. The July 29 arrest of former Griffin Police Department Officer Matthew Boynton stemmed from a theft report filed Dec. 19, 2016, by his former wife, Jessica Lester. While she places a blood pressure sleeve around her arm, an officer stands over her, shining a flashlight on Jessica's face, revealing that it's covered in blood. Cops find 8-month-old Tyler visibly upset but thankfully uninjured. Sanders says there are a few things that really stand out: The red sweatshirt Matthew offered police to test for gunshot residue. 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. Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. Ad Choices, Griffin police Lt. Michael Natale said in a statement. Stay outside.. Im not sure if it was slightly before or slightly after. I left a message with the lady that answered for her to call me. But asking those questions resulted in a threat. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. The way our charter is structured, termination takes two or three days. After getting Matthew's phone records, Sanders discovers during that same time Matthew was making calls to 911, he was texting his mistress. After three weeks, she woke up. 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. Guthrie calls Matthew and they chat for two minutes.
Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | 13newsnow.com Jessica Boynton, 19, was found lying in a pool of her own . On May 11, Will Sanders met withYancy and Sgt. She's got good pulse. 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? However, he did not confirm that sequence. Man, look, she's still breathing.
Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | wwltv.com I have been suffering for a while now and no one has noticed. "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. 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.
Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton cleared in wife's shooting, but Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. 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. But it was used after Matthew had said he left the apartment in fear of his life, and did not return. 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. But long hours on the force took its toll on his marriage. But he's also texting her before he called 911," said Sanders. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. "I can't do this anymore," the message read. 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. And Jessicas trauma surgeon was not interviewed by the GBI until July 20. Jessica was a blushing bride, excited to spend the rest of her life with the man she loved. Get him downstairs. I think it just kind of happened. This time for a DNA consent. His phone is pretty active tonight. They turn her over from her stomach to her back. Unfortunately Matthew Boynton didn't have anything to say. Was the investigation a mess up or a cover up? $5 plus $5 parking. What did Matthew do that he needed covering up? Law enforcement was in his genes. And I could have been the next target.. GSW, possible to the head. Her neighbor, who asked us to protect her identity, says she knows the motive: Jessica had uncovered Matthew's dark secret. They're my everything. The notification was made following an April 15, 2016, shooting incident - ruled by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to be a suicide attempt - at the home of Jessica Boynton and her now-estranged husband, Griffin Police Department Officer Matthew Boynton. She's even fighting with EMS, dude, the fellow officer tells Matthew. Still lodged in Jessica's skull? She told the agent, they were at home when they argued about his mistress and the photo that Jessica found on his phone that night. 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. The conversation bounces from officer to officer. If I could have been here sooner, maybe I could have stopped her Matthew says, spiraling. He changed clothes yet lied and said he did not. 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. That bastard is so guilty every time they show the door knob and any badge that doesnt know that shouldnt have one. In partnership with Officer Robert Brian Jones shouts, as he travels deeper inside the two-bedroom apartmenthis weapon drawn. "I hope she didn't shoot my kids," he says to one officer. I attempted to contact Jessica Boynton via telephone to advise her that this is a civil matter. I don't see anything that looks like high-velocity blood splatter or mist," said Miley. It appears she's been shot in the head. The air is thick with mystery, as the officers approach the locked closet. Hahaha you about have me a heart attack freak!! Boynton in January denied being in possession of any of Lesters personal property. The ceiling fan circles on high speed. Immediately following that flip, Mathews said, DeMarco asked if she was recording their conversation. She thinks he found it before the incident. 11Alive reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton, however, phone calls were not returned. corrupted cops, he and his grandfather! A text messages is sent to his phone from Jessica's phone. (whit his baton I would guess) ..is every person in the police department total idiots? While Jessica believes someone tried taking her life from her, she refuses to allow anyone to take her kids away from her. Am I recording it? The panicked cop grabs his police radio and runs outside to make the frantic call to dispatch. 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. 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. Yancy also requested that Boynton write a statement pertaining to the allegation. Emergency-responders finally arrive and carry Jessica to a waiting ambulance. "I believe it's both, it's sloppy and a cover-up," said Jessica. The agent who told Mathews, Were gonna have a problem, apologized to the reporter and told her that he was answering questions about a case file that he had not reviewed for months. He's asked me to go get it out before. She's having suicidal thoughts. She says there were pages missing. '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, Who shot the officer's wife? Despite Jessica Boynton's fiery allegations, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation closed her case, clearing Matthew to return to work. "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. 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. provided images. 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. 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. 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. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. With dark, latex gloves on, an officer kneels down and touches her neck with his fingers. Honestly, I have no idea. 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. They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that she's never handled a gun, nor shot one. Police investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessicas limp body. GRIFFIN, Ga. - Matthew Boynton was arrested by his fellow Griffin Police officers and taken to the Spalding County Jail on . 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. I said 'Is she still alive?' Matthew Boynton is the grandson of Sheriff Beam. 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. Officer Matthew Boynton has never been charged with anything in connection with this case, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation did question him. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. And her lawyer was useless I wrote to her years ago. She said there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent it. 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. 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. The glowing yellow and black, blocked letter sign illuminates his truck driving past. Reliving his steps inside the apartment after he heard gunshots fired, he says, My whole upper body went numb. 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. One, investigators said penetrated Jessica's head and the other the wall. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husband's service weapon. John Hayesto turn in many articles of womens clothing and other personal property including an orthodontic retainer. Even though doctors were able to save her life, they couldn't save her from what was about to happen to her familylosing custody of her children. 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. "In looking at this, this does not have the appearance of a suicide to me.
HLN's 'Real Life Nightmare' episode focuses on Georgia cop, ex-wife I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. GBI agents, however, have closed her case. An officer tries to console his grieving coworker. He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. It sounded like a gunshot. Less than a month after her hospital-bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to his chief. Do you know what she used? asks one of the emergency responders in the room. That was the best physical evidence that we had, Yates said. The second bullet hole is more of a mystery. Inside their apartment Matthew Boynton hears crying. Until recently, Matthew's grandfather, Wendell Beam, reigned as Spalding County sheriff. It entered at an upward leftward trajectory angle," said Sheila Mathews. Keyword: Admitted. A Griffin police officer who was investigated in his ex-wife's shooting was charged Friday, July 28, 2017, with making false statements and violating oath after officials say he took her belongings, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Matthew claims they returned home just after 11 p.m. His proof? Cops do find one bullet. Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. This all follows a Georgia Bureau of Investigation case that ultimately ruled Lester had attempted suicide in April 2016. He has been charged with false statements and writings and violating his oath of office. Unfortunately, the only person who may be able to answer that question is Jessica, and she was in a coma. It's locked. He's not a cop or even a private investigator. I told him, You're going to have to go get it, because I cant get it out of the case., Do you know how it was that you got shot?, Have you ever had any type of thoughts about hurting yourself?. 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. 2023 Telepictures Productions Inc. Then, a moment of hope from the 19-year-old mother: She's still breathing.
11Alive - BREAKING | Matthew Boynton, who was under - Facebook Jessica's hair is so matted with blood no one can find the actual gunshot wound to stop the bleeding.