"Police department!" 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.. Is that what you're saying?" "My wound was on the top of my head. Does Jessica know whether the cops ever swabbed her hands? provided images. Am I recording it? A key piece of evidence was photographed inside the kitchen after officers arrived on the scene. The neighbor claims she had been with Jessica just hours beforehand, and says her friend would never have tried to take her own life. No bullet fragments were recovered from her head. And the doctor in the emergency room didn't find any bullet holes. The GBI is a joke as well 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. 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. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husband's service weapon. He was able to confirm that they were all right.. Matthew's fellow officers try to shield him from the sight of his gravely injured wife. Matthew calls another officer and reports Jessica is refusing to leave with him. Please wear sturdy shoes. Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.. Five days after his wife was shot, Matthew talked with the GBI again. She was leaving her husband of just six months. And he said 'Yeah, we did.'". Her shoulder-length, blonde hair was saturated in crimson. Griffin Police Capt. ', Do you know how it was that you got shot?, Have you ever had any type of thoughts about hurting yourself?. The odd thing is a few pages have been ripped out. Jessica Boynton's head is perfectly positioned on a blood-soaked pillow. Her head shaved. UPDATE: This story was originally published in November 2016. 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. 2023 Telepictures Productions Inc. He enters, checking the master bedroom. Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton tells dispatch he has no idea what's happened to his wife or their two young sons. In it, she logs Matthew Boynton's every move, including his unexplained disappearances with their two boys. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. Trammel records the 10:53 p.m., incident report from April 14. Jessica Boynton, once declared dead, is alive and talking. "I can't do this anymore," the message read. Reliving his steps inside the apartment after he heard gunshots fired, he said, My whole upper body went numb. Published: 7/28/2017 6:16:14 PM. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. That's fine. This time for a DNA consent. 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. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon . No, never. 478-993-3053. A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing,POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. 11Alive reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton, however, phone calls were not returned. My kids are at home with her, so I'm trying to hurry up and get back there., I'm driving. "He stated that he was too frightened. She's still breathing. 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. "To help cover his tracks.". $5 plus $5 parking. I don't think he meant to do it, or at least that's what I like to think.". "That's the way we're gonna play this game, Sheila. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. "He didn't know if her intent was to kill their child, kill him and then commit suicide," said Sheila. The police officer's wife was found with a bullet to the head, lying in their closet. Her body is on the floor, just behind the door. After getting Matthew's phone records, Sanders discovers during that same time Matthew was making calls to 911, he was texting his mistress. He has been charged with false statements and writings and violating his oath of office. She tells the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the Matthew Boynton is cheating on Jessica with another woman. When he's not driving a truck, Sanders studies police records looking for things investigators missed -- or possibly covered up. 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. "I hope she didn't shoot my kids," he says to one 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. "Well, how do you come to that conclusion?" I didn't bring any other ones with me. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. But what started as a mutual, friendly divorce soon turned nasty. Her mouth covered with a breathing apparatus and several machines attached to her, in an effort to monitor her condition. Jessica's hair is so matted with blood no one can find the actual gunshot wound to stop the bleeding. Matthew makes it back to the apartment before help arrives and hears baby Tyler crying -- and then heartbreak. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". How did his phone get in there and how was there activity on his phone if he was not in the kitchen with his phone?" And with that Matthew Boyton's questioning was over. This is not the first time I have had suicide thoughts. Matthew, a police officer in a small town called Griffin, in Georgia, rushed home. And they said yes. She grabs his arm with her left hand, while her other arm falls to the ground. 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. 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 havent listened to the actual investigation, but I dont believe so, that he gave any explanation that made any sense.. Take care of Tollin and Tyler, please tell them I love them every day. Jessica is also slinging allegations at Matthew's brothers in blue at the Griffin Police Department, and Matthew's grandfather Sheriff Wendell Beam. Tyler, the 8-month-old baby, is the result of a relationship Jessica had with a mechanic while she and Matthew were temporarily separated. Womens clothing items and an orthodontic retainer turned in to the Griffin Police Department by Will Sanders has been established to have belonged to Jessica Lester, the former wife of Matthew Boynton. "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. "It's just inconvenient. Immediately following that flip, Mathews said, DeMarco asked if she was recording their conversation. Hahaha you about have me a heart attack freak!! "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? The report states Matthew left Walmart without Jessica. Two shots have been fired from her husbands service weapon. They investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessica's limp body. 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. 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. One of about 70 messages they exchange throughout the night. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. [I'm] 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. "I was with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 33 years," said Tim Miley. There's no way I could have shot myself in the top of the head and not kill myself. 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. Im not sure if it was slightly before or slightly after. The ceiling fan's light shines down on Jessica's eyes. She said there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent it. "I know for a fact that Jessica was not suicidal," said the neighbor. He also reported hearing two gunshots and. That's the last thing the 19-year-old remembers. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. The conversation bounces from officer to officer. In partnership with I was at Atlanta Medical Center for a month. They hoist her inside. If not, get on a plane and go HOME.". Just have a soul here please please please. 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. . He's hoping if the case gets reopened, any possible clues will be preserved. I was, he says to the GBI agent. Terms of Use | GSW, possible to the head. In turn Jessica begins keeping a so-called "dirty divorce diary," a red notebook she kept carefully hidden in a closet. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service. The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best friend, Officer Joshua Guthrie--leaving his service weapon at home, in its holster and in the closet. Police investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessicas limp body. Still peering down at his phone, Matthew sends a text to his mistress. "It was. Still peering down at his phone, Matthew also sends a text to his girlfriend, a Spalding County dispatcher. A body-cam captures her inconsolable baby boy in the arms of an officer. Despite what many think is a smoking gun, the GBI agent asking questions proceeds as if Jessica shot herself. She spoke to the GBI, from her hospital bed. 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,. 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? With his gun raised and arms poised, he holds his weapon out in front of him with both hands. Who does the neighbor think sent that text message to Matthew's phone from Jessica's? RE-open the case Georgia!!!!!! "When the GBI concluded their case they gave it back to Jessica, and I got it from Jessica," Sanders said. A message to Matthew's phone is received and marked as read, from his mistress. Reliving his steps inside the apartment after he heard gunshots fired, he says, My whole upper body went numb. As part of that case, Lt. Karen Yancy, who leads the GPD Criminal Investigation Division, spoke with Boynton and on Jan. 5, reported, On Dec. 19, 2016, I spoke with Matthew Boynton about these items. The GRIP has reported extensively on seeming inconsistencies and irregularities in that GBI investigation. At about 10:45 p.m., he continues, he thought he heard a gunshot while they were lying in bed. Who does she think hit her over the head? A text messages is sent to his phone from Jessica's phone. His phone was left inside their apt, yet he says he never entered it.. so many lies the grandfather called Jessicas family and informed them she was DEAD! Officer Robert Brian Jones shouts, as he travels deeper inside the two-bedroom apartmenthis weapon drawn. As he drove he received a text message from Jessica's phone. Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. "I was scared to death that she would shoot me and then kill herself," Matthew tells investigators. A message to Matthews phone is received and marked as read, from his girlfriend--from inside the evidence bag. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. Cops now know what was behind that closet door -- but the true mystery is just about to begin. In any case GPD/GBI are an absolute embarrassment to the state of GA! She wants to give her new employers the right impression, since tomorrow is her first day at a chiropractor's office. "Very explicit conversation," said the neighbor. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. GRIFFIN, Georgia, April 15, 2016: Police are breathlessly racing to save a life. On Dec. 19, 2016, Lester met with GPD Investigator Dexter McCune regarding property she alleged Boynton had stolen. Guthrie calls Matthew and they chat for two minutes. The crying officer tells Jones that he left the apartment and was meeting Guthrie at Waffle House, when he received a text from Jessica that indicated she was going to kill herself. But Jessica still can't remember what happened that terrible night in the closet, and she's says there is only one person with the answers. This all follows a Georgia Bureau of Investigation case that ultimately ruled Lester had attempted suicide in April 2016. The ceiling fan circles on high speed. The paramedic begins accessing her head wound, but they're having a hard time finding it through her hair and thick blood. 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. WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE FBI???????? She thinks he found it before the incident. 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? The neighbor says Jessica started documenting all the sordid details of the affair in her secret red "divorce diary." Jessica advised me that around 4.15.2016, when she and her ex-husband, Matthew Boynton, separated, he took several things that belongs to her without her permission, McCune reported. Everybody clear out, says Jones, who has Keys call for an EMT. "I believe it's both, it's sloppy and a cover-up," said Jessica. He checks the closet where he keeps his police-issued firearm, but the door is locked. Yates also said Boynton had provided a statement during the subsequent Internal Affairs investigation, acknowledging the items Sanders turned in were Lesters belongings. For the wife of a Georgia police officer, answering that question is unfortunately turning out not to be so simple. 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. Was the investigation a mess up or a cover up? She made a full recovery, but doesnt remember a thing. Photos | Jessica and Matthew Boynton wedding. "I would not have said that to him," said Jessica. 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. She's having suicidal thoughts," he says calmly to the dispatcher. provided images. "I think it was in the heat of the moment, he was angry with me. But Yates told 11Alive, Matthew was not the shooter and trusts the investigation's outcome. Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. I just came up the stairs, two rounds," Boynton says on the recorded call. Jessica was still in a coma with a traumatic brain injurytubes stemming from her brain to alleviate pressure and fluid. 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. 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.. She had a job interview and it was going to be her first step to freedom. He bangs on the locked closet door. So Crime Watch Daily went out and got one of the best in the business. 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. GBI/Griffin Police Dept. Of course the Grandfather could not be reached for a comment, he had it covered up. But as luck would have it, suddenly he's right across the street on police business. "Matthew," said Jessica. The agent then probes Matthew, asking if he has a girlfriend. It could have been simply that um, all his, he left his stuff there. She says under the helm of Wendell Beam, the sheriff's department had a reputation for protecting its own. The dining room table along with other items were picked up by Cathy Zellner for Jessica. 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. There was most likely a struggle with the gun and he assumed she was dead. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016.