Boynton: Can you please dispatch a unit out to my location, in reference to my wife? giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. So Crime Watch Daily went out and got one of the best in the business. When the officers pull Jessica's body out of the closet, they find Matthew's gun right underneath her, a .40-caliber Glock. He also reported hearing two gunshots and. On Dec. 19, 2016, Lester met with GPD Investigator Dexter McCune regarding property she alleged Boynton had stolen. The doctor was not contacted by the GBI until July 20. A text message is sent to his phone from Jessicas phone. I was at Atlanta Medical Center for a month. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husband's service weapon. He assigns another officer to standby at the door until the rest of the apartment is cleared. 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. the GBI agent posed a return question. A paramedic frantically fights to save Jessica's life. He advised that he does not have any of the items listed in this report.. 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. OMG this is a total disgrace to the Uniform.I have looked over several different articles and maybe im missing something here but, in all that i had seen it states that he was questioned in his wifes shooting what the hell folks.SHE WAS NOT SHOT!!!!! But where's the second round? Their neighbor says Jessica wasn't suicidal at all. "He felt that perhaps it was maybe an anxiety attack. I would have said, 'suicidal' not 'suicide thoughts.'. Bring the little ones for a story every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. to hear Sam's favorite tales. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. The agent then probes Matthew, asking if he has a girlfriend. 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. He grabs his police radio from the kitchen counter and runs outside and makes a desperate call. BROTHERHOOD does not mean coverup or being above the law. By June 6, Matthew returned to full duty with a new service weapon in his holster. Matthew Boynton is the grandson of Sheriff Beam. That is not a reaction that I can relate to.". 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?. She's moaning.. He's asked me to go get it out before. [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. It's just one piece of the brand new beginning the young mother and wife has been putting together for her and her sons. He asked her what she thought could've happened. The way our charter is structured, termination takes two or three days. 2023 Telepictures Productions Inc. They hit the top of the stairs knowing somebody's got a gun. And its inside that closet, where police found her seemingly shot in the head, laying on top of her husbands service weapon. Jessica Boynton, 19, was found lying in a pool of her own . 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. To text back long story I'll tell you later.. But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. "I was with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 33 years," said Tim Miley. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. Cops do find Jessica's DNA on the gun. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. "No they did not because they assumed I was shot, because that's what Matthew said," Jessica said. But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. 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? "Nobody ever asked him about why he changed clothes," said Sanders. 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. Her neighbor, who asked us to protect her identity, says she knows the motive: Jessica had uncovered Matthew's dark secret. She just said that she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts right now, she told me to take care of the boys. Officer Matthew Boynton has never been charged with anything in connection with this case, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation did question him. The GRIP has reported extensively on seeming inconsistencies and irregularities in that GBI investigation. I left a message with the lady that answered for her to call me. 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. With the suicidal text message and Jessica's DNA found on her husband's gun, less than a month after her hospital bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to the chief, and as of June 6, Matthew returned to full duty with a new service weapon on his hip. Here lately I have not been able to recognize the person I see in the mirror. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service. Matthew, grandson of then-sheriff of Spalding County, texts a fellow Griffin Police officer. Uh, just my service weapon, he responds, ending the call just a minute later. 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. I told him, 'You're going to have to go get it, because I can't get it out of the case. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. Did he cause his estranged spouse's injury? Matthew Boynton is clearly hysterical. An officer tries to console his grieving coworker. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. Matthew's mistress worked as a dispatch officer, reporting to Sheriff Wendell Beam, who just happens to be Matthew Boynton's grandfather. Crime Watch Daily's security team tracked the email address, only to find it was from an anonymous server. I didn't try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. 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. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. That's not what the surveillance tape shows. But did something else happen that spring night in 2016? And the second bullet went up at 25-degree upward angle 1'10 off the floor. And I could have been the next target.. Matthew's hands were not tested for gunpowder either. 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 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. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. RE-open the case Georgia!!!!!! What he finds turns this case of a suicide upside down. He was there to tell the court that he wanted to keep Jessica away from him and their two sons, because he said, he feared for their safetybecause she allegedly fired his gun in the house while their boys were home. "The only thing that I can tell you is that Matthew Boynton's account of events are not correct.". Its so obvious a coverup. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was arrested and taken to the Spalding County Jail on multiple charges. Minutes later, at around 10:45 p.m., Jessica storms out. I just came up the stairs, two rounds," Boynton says on the recorded call. GBI/Griffin Police Dept. The quiet is broken when the baby begins to mumble from the other room. Ironically Jessica first met that man while she was out scouting for a wedding venue to marry Matthew. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that shes never handled a gun, nor shot one. I had a friend who was a girl, or is a girl, he answers, further admitting that the relationship had become sexual. One of those bullets went through the roof, the other lodged into the baby's bedroom wall. ", "There are two theories in this case, the first is that she shot herself and on the way to the ground she accidentally fired the gun a second time. I don't see anything that looks like high-velocity blood splatter or mist," said Miley. The other problem: she said she didn't know how to get his gun out of his holsternor has she ever held or shot a gun. He says she started poking him in the chest with her finger, telling him that he had to admit there was another woman. It sounded like a gunshot. The gun then landed underneath," said Tim Miley. Lester recovered from the shooting but doesn't remember any of it. Who does she think hit her over the head? 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. At about 10:45 p.m., he continues, he thought he heard a gunshot while they were lying in bed. Emphasis on evidence. 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.. I said 'Is she still alive?' "The Walmart surveillance camera shows that they did exit the building together, and it does show her re-entering and, it shows her leaving again later," said Sheila Mathews. Matthew runs inside to the closet where he keeps his service gun. "She suspected Matthew was cheating on her and so she dug for information, and we found it," the neighbor said. 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. "I can't do this anymore," the message read. Two-year-old Tollin is sleeping soundly in his bed as cops try not to wake him in the chaos. One, investigators said penetrated Jessica's head and the other the wall. I havent listened to the actual investigation, but I dont believe so, that he gave any explanation that made any sense.. Is that what you're saying?" The baby's muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. Most of the cases that he would have made or would be involved in would also have, or should have, body worn camera video, car video, things of that nature, so the fact that his statement to us was compromised would not necessarily taint everything else. "When the GBI concluded their case they gave it back to Jessica, and I got it from Jessica," Sanders said. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon . He drove back to the apartment, he tells Jones, but it was too late. Jessica's two boys, Tollin, 2, and baby Tyler, are sound asleep in their rooms. Please wear sturdy shoes. There was most likely a struggle with the gun and he assumed she was dead. She says there were pages missing. Matthew Boynton interrogation video with Griffin Police Department. Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. That phone never got back into the officer's hand. She made a full recovery, but doesnt remember a thing. The doctor said the second most striking observation while assessing Jessica was that neither of her hands had any evidence of gunpowder. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. After studying Jessica Boynton's case, Miley sides with Jessica. 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. He cautiously went into the residence to try to make sure that the children were OK. '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, calls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. But as luck would have it, suddenly he's right across the street on police business. Click here for "Trigger: The Last Word" | And we talk to Jessica Boynton again here: "Trigger: Free as a Bird" | Anda story when the officer was arrested and kicked offthe force (but not for shooting his wife ).