478-993-3053. "The only thing that I can tell you is that Matthew Boynton's account of events are not correct.". He was going to clean his gun and he asked me to go get it for him. I didn't wash may hands, nothing like that either, that way for GSR., There's a possibility that we might collect your clothes, OK. "Matthew. I told him, 'You're going to have to go get it, because I can't get it out of the case. And they said yes," the neighbor said. No bullet entered her body anywhere. We put it on the counter to take a picture of it," he confirmed to Mathews. Matthew, who's wearing a gray sweatshirt, says he called Lt. Curtis Keys and asked him what he should do. ! his girlfriend texts him. Jessica Boynton says she's free as a bird'. One of those bullets went through the roof, the other lodged into the baby's bedroom wall. Sanders says there are a few things that really stand out: The red sweatshirt Matthew offered police to test for gunshot residue. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . RELATED: Who shot the officer's wife? But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. 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. She also says she couldn't have written the text because it said "I love you.". The ceiling fan circles on high speed. "To help cover his tracks.". 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. His phone is pretty active tonight. She's got good pulse. GBI begins interviewing neighbors and Matthew interviews with the GBI later that morning. Im not sure about that. Did he cause his estranged spouse's injury? Photos | Jessica and Matthew Boynton wedding. This activity on his cell phone had to have taken place inside the kitchen inside his apartment," Mathews said to DeMarco in a recorded phone conversation. No it wasn't. No, never. "I saw a lot of things change after time. Since his bodycam wasn't charged, it doesn't record this call. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. She's having suicidal thoughts. But did something else happen that spring night in 2016? Her blond hair is now red from what cops assume is a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to Sanders, these items were obtained from a woman who contacted him and claimed to be Boyntons girlfriend. Jessica Boynton's head is perfectly positioned on a blood-soaked pillow. His tone changes. Did you all have sex?' Furthermore, he said, it's his observation that self-inflicted gunshot wounds are very unusual among women. No. 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. Security camera captures the family walking in around 10:15 p.m. 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! On Dec. 19, 2016, Lester met with GPD Investigator Dexter McCune regarding property she alleged Boynton had stolen. The neighbor claims she had been with Jessica just hours beforehand, and says her friend would never have tried to take her own life. I mean that just doesn't happen," said Jessica. In turn Jessica begins keeping a so-called "dirty divorce diary," a red notebook she kept carefully hidden in a closet. Making his way outside, seconds later, he calls for assistance over his radio. Furthermore, she said, there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent a text like that. the GBI agent posed a return question. A key piece of evidence was photographed inside the kitchen after officers arrived on the scene. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service. Jones shouts as he travels deeper insidehis weapon drawn. This screams cover up. Matthew and Jessica's two sons are still inside. But someone else did. A message to Matthew's phone is received and marked as read, from his mistress. But they have no idea what's waiting for them behind a locked closet door. Lt. Curtis Keys is dispatched to the scene. "They did not. 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. Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. This is abuse of power. And her lawyer was useless I wrote to her years ago. A tactical sweep finds an 8-month-old baby screaming. I don't know why. 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. She's breathing, but unresponsive. 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. She's like a sister to me, Browning says, her voice quivering. It appears she's been shot in the head. Matthew begins calling his brothers in blue, telling them Jessica is physically abusing him -- not a standard way of reporting domestic abuse. In 2016, something terrible happened to Jessica Boynton, a 19-year-old mother of two. Matthew sends another text to his mistress, a Spalding County dispatcher, Give me a few. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. Jones checks on a locked closet door between the master bedroom and hallway, across from the bathroom. The agent then probes Matthew, asking if he has a girlfriend. A request is made to notify the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Then he drops a shocker, claiming he wasn't the only one cheating, "She finally told me, she said 'Yeah, I had an affair,'" Matthew Boynton says in the GBI interview. I figured out what happened. "It doesn't sound like anything I would say," said Jessica Boynton. His flashlight's beam reveals a smiling family of four. Reliving his steps inside the apartment after he heard gunshots fired, he says, My whole upper body went numb. Ashamed the FBI hasnt picked up on this yet . she asked. They turn her over from her stomach to her back. Here lately I have not been able to recognize the person I see in the mirror. in the head..in hospital for a month..just an FYI. 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. "Here's where her head was laying. Officer Boynton was responding to an accident, and when he returned to his cruiser, we were waiting, armed with questions. "Be advised I smell gunsmoke, and I can't get an answer to the door," Boynton says on the call. And their "War of the Roses" was about to explode. Ad Choices, Griffin police Lt. Michael Natale said in a statement. They call in Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, who happens to be Matthew's grandfather, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. A bunch of CLOWNS!! 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. One, investigators said penetrated Jessica's head and the other the wall. Of course the Grandfather could not be reached for a comment, he had it covered up. "There was no testing done on his clothing," said Sheila Mathews. Despite their problems, Matthew tells investigators he still loved Jessica and the boys, and he offers an explanation for why he didn't run in the apartment that terrible night to save them. 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. "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. He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. But long hours on the force took its toll on his marriage. Jessica and Matthew Boynton got married at an extremely young age. Is there a loaded pistol with a hair-trigger on the other side? Immediately following that flip, Mathews said, DeMarco asked if she was recording their conversation. Jessica's two boys, Tollin, 2, and baby Tyler, are sound asleep in their rooms. "I was scared to death that she would shoot me and then kill herself," Matthew tells investigators. Maybe Jessica would remember why and when the door knob was swapped because it happened before that night. A DISGRACE! And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. When asked if Boyntons arrest has led him to believe that case should be reopened, Yates said, No. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers, Keys, Jones and Gresham head toward the apartment. I didn't try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. They did not swab me or Matthew, nor did they take his clothes," said Jessica. How did Jessica react when she saw those messages? Law enforcement was in his genes. "That's the way we're gonna play this game, Sheila. [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. GBI director Vernon Keenan wrote a letter indicating the gunshot wound was self-inflicted by Jessica, closing the case. This stinks, and the fact remains, it appears he tried to kill his wife, so what are you guys going to do?? GRIFFIN, Ga. Who shot the officers wife? I wouldn't trade those two boys for anything," she said, swiping away tears streaming down both cheeks. If I could have been here sooner, maybe I could have stopped her Matthew says, spiraling. "She was actually happy, she was thrilled because she finally got that closure that she needed," says 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. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. 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.. I do not have any other items of Jessicas.. 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. Making his way outside, he calls for assistance over his radio. giving him custody, and granting Jessica once-weekly. an officer questions the others. She alleged that many of Lesters belongings remained in Boyntons residence. Her neighbor, who asked us to protect her identity, says she knows the motive: Jessica had uncovered Matthew's dark secret. He grabs his police radio, stationed on top of the white microwave in the kitchen charging, and puts his phone on the counter. The ceiling fan's light shines down on Jessica's eyes. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. 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. The baby's muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. After studying Jessica Boynton's case, Miley sides with Jessica. The agent had that phone, I think DeMarco, Chris DeMarco had the phone and they was [sic] trying to get in the gate, and, uh, he accidentally hit, I guess, the last number dialed, called or whatever. It could have been simply that um, all his, he left his stuff there. corrupted cops, he and his grandfather! McCune also had Lester write a victims statement. "I have occasional headaches, but other than that everything's good," Jessica Boynton said. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service.