"It was. in the head..in hospital for a month..just an FYI. 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 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. Ashamed the FBI hasnt picked up on this yet . No, never. It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me before. GRIFFIN, Ga. Who shot the officers wife? Boynton was released from the Spalding County Jail Friday night on a $4,806 cash bond. Then, a moment of hope from the 19-year-old mother: She's still breathing. Interrogation - Matthew Boynton - Regarding The Shooting Of His Wife She says there were pages missing. She's still breathing. The conversation bounces from officer to officer. 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. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair was saturated in crimson. Man that young girl deserves justice, it really smells like the cop snapped and tried to kill her, especially during the night of interview when he starts talking fast and over explaining his actions like I didnt even wash my hands. While Jessica believes someone tried taking her life from her, she refuses to allow anyone to take her kids away from her. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. Above Jessica, pinned to the wall, is a large black letter B for Boynton. Despite what many think is a smoking gun, the GBI agent asking questions proceeds as if Jessica shot herself. Just one minute later, Matthewcalls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. "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. This is who he's sleeping with, points to the Facebook post that she says she was holding for Jessica for her divorce. Thats what took so long to get it sorted out.. I havent listened to the actual investigation, but I dont believe so, that he gave any explanation that made any sense.. I told him, 'You're going to have to go get it, because I can't get it out of the case. Matthew Boynton is the grandson of Sheriff Beam. "That was when approximately 24 minutes into the conversation, his demeanor changed and everything flipped," she recalled. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. We heard something and said 'what was that', recalls Browning. A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing,POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. Im not sure about that. "I'm guessing Matthew," said Jessica. But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. His flashlight's beam reveals a smiling family of four. They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. I mean you can't prove that," DeMarco. Jones approaches Matthew to find out what happened. "He stated that he was too frightened. A DISGRACE! I would have said, 'I can't do this anymore, comma, take care of Tolin and Tyler, period.' 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. 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. 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. (He resigned) about the time they brought him in. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | wbir.com "He never re-entered the apartment after that point," said Sheila. For the wife of a Georgia police officer, answering that question is unfortunately turning out not to be so simple. Still peering down at his phone, Matthew also sends a text to his girlfriend, a Spalding County dispatcher. But Yates told 11Alive, Matthew was not the shooter and trusts the investigation's outcome. Matthew, who's wearing a gray sweatshirt, says he called Lt. Curtis Keys and asked him what he should do. I'll be back there in about two minutes. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. 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. If I could have been here sooner, maybe I could have stopped her Matthew says, spiraling. Her neighbor, who asked us to protect her identity, says she knows the motive: Jessica had uncovered Matthew's dark secret. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. God damn it, man! If that's what you want to do. Since his bodycam wasn't charged, it doesn't record this call. However, she was NOT shot. Four days later, he appeared in court, wearing his police uniform, and testified that he had been cleared by the GBI in a custody hearing. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. I don't know, he said. Matt shouldnt be allowed to ever be a cop anywhere else. His flashlights beam reveals a smiling family of four. Take care of Tollin and Tyler, please tell them I love them every day. She agreed to provide those items to Sanders, who then turned them in to the Griffin Police Department. 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.. What did Matthew do that he needed covering up? Will Sanders also has questions about a crime scene photo showing Matthew's cellphone. Barely clinging to life, Jessica spent three weeks in a coma before waking up, according to 11alive. Matthew and Jessica's two sons are still inside. 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. I attempted to contact Jessica Boynton via telephone to advise her that this is a civil matter. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | 11alive.com 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. She spoke to the GBI, from her hospital bed. The first bullet went upward at 54-degree angle. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates - WCSH And her lawyer was useless I wrote to her years ago. 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. "Her hands appeared to be pristine, but also he noted that she had no gunpowder burns.". 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. Are you having trouble breathing?'" When asked to confirm that a July 26 appointment with Lesters orthodontist was pivotal in the Internal Affairs case, Yates said it was. When the officers pull Jessica's body out of the closet, they find Matthew's gun right underneath her, a .40-caliber Glock. That's the bottom line for me. 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. So if there is no gunshot wound, what really happened inside that closet? Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. 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 questions Matthew about once he's out of the apartment. "He believed that the shots he heard fired were fired from his duty weapon," said Sheila Mathews, publisher of The Grip. 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.. Ironically Jessica first met that man while she was out scouting for a wedding venue to marry Matthew. The next door neighbor interview was conducted after Matthew returned to full duty. "In looking at this, this does not have the appearance of a suicide to me. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. RE-open the case Georgia!!!!!! 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? Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates - KHOU 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. Example video title will go here for this video. She rebukes the text message that came from her phone to Matthew's that night and said she didn't have a lock on her phone, so anyone could've sent it. "Police department!" "Next thing I remember was I wake up and I'm in a hospital.". But someone else did. 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,. A body-cam captures her inconsolable baby boy in the arms of an officer. "I know what happened," said the unidentified neighbor. It's just one piece of the brand new beginning the young mother and wife has been putting together for her and her sons. I wouldn't trade them for anything no matter the situation. 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. Jessica Boynton, 19, was found lying in a pool of her own . I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that she's never handled a gun, nor shot one. That was the subject of his charges his statements and writings that we were able to prove were false, Yates said. If I just would have left my f**king duty belt in the car.. She said there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent it. The report states Matthew left Walmart without Jessica. 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.. GRIFFIN, Georgia, April 15, 2016: Police are breathlessly racing to save a life. Before he leaves, Matthew says Jessica makes a bizarre request: She asks him to call an ambulance. One of those bullets went through the roof, the other lodged into the baby's bedroom wall. I was at Atlanta Medical Center for a month. The doctor said the second most striking observation while assessing Jessica was that neither of her hands had any evidence of gunpowder. She made a full recovery, but doesn't remember a thing. 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. "I was scared to death that she would shoot me and then kill herself," Matthew tells investigators. Jones removes the gun, which has a tactical flashlight attached to the bottom of its barrel, and places it on the kitchen counter and heads outside. McCune also had Lester write a victims statement. 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. It's the second infidelity in their relationshipJessica admitted to cheating on him before they were married. 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. "He does report an incident that would be considered domestic violence, that she was poking him in the chest with her finger," said Sheila Mathews. UPDATE: This story was originally published in November 2016. At about 10:45 p.m., he continues, he thought he heard a gunshot while they were lying in bed. That's not what the surveillance tape shows. "Matthew. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. Behind the closet door: Crime Watch Daily investigates the Jessica 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. Less than a month after her hospital-bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to his chief. During my stay is when my personal belongings were taken and Matthew Boynton (3842) refuses to give them back, Lester stated. This case stinks to hi-heaven of a cover-up..if not, its a group of the most incompetent people ever to wear a Law enforcement uniform. 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. 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. 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. Donald Britt, Lt. Darrell Dix, Lt. Keys and Beam are also present. 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? Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. Despite Jessica Boynton's fiery allegations, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation closed her case, clearing Matthew to return to work. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair is saturated in red. So I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. And now Jessica is telling a completely different story. A bunch of CLOWNS!! Did he cause his estranged spouse's injury? GSW, possible to the head. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. In partnership with The good old boys and his grandfather police chief should also get some time for covering up this crime. "The neighbors [said] somewhere around 11 p.m., and he is the only one who hears the gunshots at 1 a.m., and he calls it in," said Sanders. It's possible, but I mean it's very doubtful, because he's never hurt me before. The doctor was not contacted by the GBI until July 20. Matthew loved being part of the brotherhood. It's back in the headlines with the "Mystery in the Closet" story on the HLN network s well as "The Officer's Wife" podcast from Vault Studios.. "The second shot that was fired, it entered the back wall of the closet approximately a foot, no more than a foot off the ground. She alleged that many of Lesters belongings remained in Boyntons residence. I mean that just doesn't happen," said Jessica. 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!!!!! "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. A key piece of evidence was photographed inside the kitchen after officers arrived on the scene. 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. Matthew makes it home and races to the breezeway of his apartment and enters, checks the master bedroom and bangs on the locked closet door.