He enters, checking the master bedroom. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. Jessica Boynton, once declared dead, is alive and talking. She said there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent it. In partnership with Crime Watch Daily reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton and got no response. I f***ing love her. So if there is no gunshot wound, what really happened inside that closet? 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. It could have a negative effect on them, but those things have to be dealt with on a case by case basis. Strangely, they never test her hands for gunshot residue. Family and friends believe, in fact, they were married far too young. It entered at an upward leftward trajectory angle," said Sheila Mathews. A message to Matthews phone is received and marked as read, from his girlfriend--from inside the evidence bag. Boyntons statement, dated Jan. 9, said, I was advised to complete a statement on a previous date by Lt. Yancey. provided images. I don't see anything that looks like high-velocity blood splatter or mist," said Miley. Matthew's mistress worked as a dispatch officer, reporting to Sheriff Wendell Beam, who just happens to be Matthew Boynton's grandfather. 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. Trammel records the 10:53 p.m., incident report from April 14. "I think what happened after they come home from Walmart, Jessica and Matthew got into an argument. It can be inferred that approximately half or more cops are abusive husbands/wifebeaters. It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me before. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. the GBI agent posed a return question. In fact he's collected almost every piece of evidence from the case. "He said 'What's wrong? I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. While Jessica believes someone tried taking her life from her, she refuses to allow anyone to take her kids away from her. 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 was, he says to the GBI agent. Why did no one ask about the comment Matthew made about the kids being in the closet too? I thought he hadnt gone inside the apartment until backup arrived, so how would he know Jessica was in the closet unless he put her there? Crime Watch Daily's security team tracked the email address, only to find it was from an anonymous server. She's breathing, but unresponsive. GBI agents, however, have closed her case. Cops finally reach that locked closet door. The neighbor claims she had been with Jessica just hours beforehand, and says her friend would never have tried to take her own life. 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. The air is thick with the trepidation, as officers approach the locked closet. My kids are at home with her, so I'm trying to hurry up and get back there., I'm driving. Guthrie calls Matthew and they chat for two minutes. 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. A request is made to notify the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . Yeah, if we've got to get the clothes, obviously we'll bring you back up to the apartment for you to get some clothes obviously, says the agent. She would never have done this. It was sitting out in the open, caught on police body-camera when cops kicked in the closet door. EMTs start carrying Jessica down the stairs on a backboard and click her into a gurney and swing open the ambulance doors. They're forced to kick it in. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers head toward the apartment. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers, Keys, Jones and Gresham head toward the apartment. I do not have any other items of Jessicas.. No bullet fragments were recovered from her head. She's like 'I got you where I want you and you're gonna go down for this,' and he pulls his gun out and she runs into the closet to hide, and instead of shooting her, he hits her on the head with a baton," said the neighbor. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. I said 'Is she still alive?' There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. Police investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessicas limp body. 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. Yancy also requested that Boynton write a statement pertaining to the allegation. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. There was most likely a struggle with the gun and he assumed she was dead. Ive seen no evidence to indicate that would be necessary, but that does not preclude the GBI or anybody else from doing it if they choose. I would have said, I can't do this anymore, comma, take care of Tolin and Tyler, period. I would have said, suicidal not suicide thoughts.. He's asked me to go get it out before. He bangs on the locked closet door. (He resigned) about the time they brought him in. To text back long story I'll tell you later.. 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? They're re slit open while her head flops from side to side on the beige carpet, as one female EMS works on her. Matthew's hands were not tested for gunpowder either. I didn't bring any other ones with me. "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? Who does she think hit her over the head? "I have occasional headaches, but other than that everything's good," Jessica Boynton said. The report states Matthew left Walmart without Jessica. Five days after his wife was shot, Matthew talked with the GBI again. The GBI needs an overhaulclean house. Stay outside.. 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. "I believe it's both, it's sloppy and a cover-up," said Jessica. Meet at the Visitor Center. 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. "Matthew," said Jessica. She was hit over the head. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that shes never handled a gun, nor shot one. As she continues to tinker with clothes, she notices that her red and black composition notebook, which is usually carefully tucked under a pile of clothes inside her closet, has been left on top of the clothes. Blood pressure.. What he finds turns this case of a suicide upside down. But this wasn't the end of Jessica's story, rather a new beginningbut not the one she was hoping for. And it's assigned to Matthew, her husband, the cop. She also says she couldn't have written the text because it said "I love you.". Sheila Mathews publishes The Grip, an independent newspaper in Griffin. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. 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. Then-Griffin Police Department officer Matthew Boynton was arrested on July 28, 2017, for giving a false statement to his own department stating he was not i. In any case GPD/GBI are an absolute embarrassment to the state of GA! To stage a suicide," said the neighbor. 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. The officer says he left it in the kitchen and ran outside. A lot of times its two or three or more days, Yates said. I'll be back there in about two minutes. The one seen in the police body-cam is not the same gray sweatshirt he was wearing at Walmart earlier that night. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. I can't even get it out of its case, she replied. And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". If I just would have left my f**king duty belt in the car.. Still peering down at his phone, Matthew sends a text to his mistress. 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. 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. Published: 7/28/2017 6:16:14 PM. 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 in an interview with 11Alive for"Trigger: Who shot the officer's wife.". nd police notify Jessicas family that she has died. 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. She thinks he found it before the incident. 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.. Jones approaches Matthew to find out what happened. I wouldn't trade them for anything no matter the situation. 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! Warner Bros. Entertainment | He lied about the lock then he says he kept his gun in there hmmm. 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.
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