Lester recovered from the shooting but doesn't remember any of it. And they said yes. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. "Police department!" The doctor was not contacted by the GBI until July 20. FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE FOR YOURSELF, CLICK HERE. But where's the second round? If you play with it a little bit, it's not hard.. A tactical sweep finds an 8-month-old baby screaming. She's having suicidal thoughts," he says calmly to the dispatcher. BROTHERHOOD does not mean coverup or being above the law. 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. Here recently she did confirm that the second baby's not mine. I was, he says to the GBI agent. An officer tries to console his grieving coworker. A Griffin cop finally arrives to take Matthew's formal domestic violence complaint. 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. When he's not driving a truck, Sanders studies police records looking for things investigators missed -- or possibly covered up. She's having suicidal thoughts," he calmly says about Jessica to the dispatcher. I figured out what happened. After Jones pushes the gun away from underneath Jessica's bodyplacing it inside the bedroom, he and Officer Josh Howell move Jessica from the closet to the bedroom floor next to the foot of her bed so that EMS can begin working on her. And it's assigned to Matthew, her husband, the cop. "My wound was on the top of my head. By the time Jessica was twenty, she'd had enough of Matthew, and their crumbling marriage had driven her to a dark place. Immediately following that flip, Mathews said, DeMarco asked if she was recording their conversation. If he's willing to cheat on his wife, he's willing to cheat the law., She wanted to file for divorce, says Kshywonis. She's having suicidal thoughts. . I can't even get it out of its case, she replied. Who does the neighbor think sent that text message to Matthew's phone from Jessica's? A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing,POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. She just said that she's been experiencing suicidal thoughts right now, she told me to take care of the boys. Her head wound has soaked into the green and white pillow her head is resting onher blood is contained to that one stain and a few nearby drops. In partnership with I would have said, 'suicidal' not 'suicide thoughts.'. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. Lt. Curtis Keys is dispatched to the scene. However, she was NOT shot. We heard something and said 'what was that', recalls Browning. To text back long story I'll tell you later.. 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. 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. 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 passes by a framed portrait hung on the wall. Moments later Matthew's fellow officers from the Griffin, Georgia Police Department arrive on scene with body-cameras recording. He's asked me to go get it out before. He grabs his police radio, stationed on top of the white microwave in the kitchen charging, and puts his phone on the counter. Matthew, a police officer in a small town called Griffin, in Georgia, rushed home. One of her aunts is all over Facebook., GBI agent said, The bullet didn't even enter the skull. "Matthew. Jessica Boynton was just 19 years old when she was found inside a locked closet with a gunshot wound to her head. "Recently she did confirm that the second baby is not mine," Matthew tells the GBI investigator. And now Jessica is telling a completely different story. Jessica Boynton is found unconscious, her body on top of her husband's service revolver. It appears she's been shot in the head. I havent listened to the actual investigation, but I dont believe so, that he gave any explanation that made any sense.. Her mouth covered with a breathing apparatus and several machines attached to her monitoring her condition. "He felt that perhaps it was maybe an anxiety attack. Matthew sends another text to his mistress, a Spalding County dispatcher, Give me a few. I'm prior military so to me it sounded like a gunshot, he tells DeMarco. '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. she asked. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. There were two bullets, on different walls inside the closet. Her head shaved. Her husband is cheating on her with another woman, reveals Browning, who said, they called dispatch a few nights earlier because he took the kids. Cops finally reach that locked closet door. Matthew says that he told Jessica, I'm not happy anymore and I can't. GRIFFIN, Georgia, April 15, 2016: Police are breathlessly racing to save a life. Man, look, she's still breathing. I'm sure as you've heard, I'm getting a divorce. Jessica's hair is so matted with blood no one can find the actual gunshot wound to stop the bleeding. Ironically Jessica first met that man while she was out scouting for a wedding venue to marry Matthew. That was the best physical evidence that we had, Yates said. There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. The second bullet hole is more of a mystery. "How did his phone get in there? The subsequent investigation was short-lived, with it having been deemed a "civil matter." He grabs his police radio, stationed and charging on top of the white microwave in the kitchen, and leaves his phone on the counter. Just days after running into Officer Boynton, I received a threatening email that reads in part: "Are You An Intelligent Enough Investigative Journalist To Know When You Are Being Conned or Do You Have To Be Spoon Fed? [] of this document: BREAKING NEWS: GPD Officer Matthew Boynton arrested, charged with two feloniesM Matthew Boynton: The evidence and investigation that led to his arrest Matthew Boynton criminal []. Matthew makes it back to the apartment before help arrives and hears baby Tyler crying -- and then heartbreak. 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. Despite Jessica Boynton's fiery allegations, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation closed her case, clearing Matthew to return to work. Honestly, I have no idea. I have been suffering for a while now and no one has noticed. Having previously learned of the new evidence that was turned in to the Griffin Police Department May 11 and the Internal Affairs investigation that resulted, The GRIP on July 7 submitted an Open Records request for information in the case. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. I don't know, he said. But Griffin Police are treating this as a suicide attempt. Trammel records the 10:53 p.m., incident report from April 14. He's a truck driver. 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. 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. What you have from a close range press contact wound is high-velocity blood spatter, which is very small, and it might not be very visible with the naked eye, or easily visible from photographs. 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. Jessica Boynton was just 19 years old when she was found inside a locked closet with a gunshot wound to her head. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that she's never handled a gun, nor shot one. She wants to give her new employers the right impression, since tomorrow is her first day at a chiropractor's office. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husbands service weapon. Boyntons statement, dated Jan. 9, said, I was advised to complete a statement on a previous date by Lt. Yancey. I don't know why. 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. It can be inferred that approximately half or more cops are abusive husbands/wifebeaters. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. 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. Investigators confirmed at least some of this evidence did belong to Lester, but along with questions regarding the chain of custody was the issue of whether the belongings were personal or community property. They discover two shell casings and two bullet holes in the closet wall. It was sitting out in the open, caught on police body-camera when cops kicked in the closet door. Her head shaved. I'll be back there in about two minutes. That's what they're all assuming, Matthew said. GBI didn't report finding any blood spatter on the closet wall. 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. Matthew loved being part of the brotherhood. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. Above Jessica, pinned to the wall, is a large black letter B for Boynton. We had to establish a timeline for when that property was possessed before the marriage or after it. 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. In turn Jessica begins keeping a so-called "dirty divorce diary," a red notebook she kept carefully hidden in a closet. That's not what the surveillance tape shows. "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. Is that what you're saying?" 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. Because if you go to the photographs that are part of your investigative case file, there's a photograph after the evidence report for his cell phone" she said. Stay out, Matt, one the officers advises his fellow officer. Just one minute later, Matthewcalls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was cleared in his wife's shooting, but his interrogation still cost him his job. A paramedic frantically fights to save Jessica's life. I f***ing love her. A body-cam captures her inconsolable baby boy in the arms of an officer. Privacy Policy | GBI conducts canvas and begins interviewing neighbors. Inside their apartment Matthew Boynton hears crying. Their neighbor says Jessica wasn't suicidal at all. Meet at the Visitor Center. in the head..in hospital for a month..just an FYI. They investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessica's limp body. "I was scared to death that she would shoot me and then kill herself," Matthew tells investigators. The dining room table along with other items were picked up by Cathy Zellner for Jessica. There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. 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. 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. Six months later, everything would changefor everyone. 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 only person who truly knows what happened behind that closet door was jessica -- and she's now out of her coma. Strangely, they never test her hands for gunshot residue. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. One of those bullets went through the roof, the other lodged into the baby's bedroom wall. Agent DeMarco approaches Meagan Browning, who's joined by Eric Kshywonis, at 61 Ashford Waythe apartment just downstairs from Jessica and Matthew. Still inside, some of the officers look closer and find two bullet holes inside the closet. Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. Emphasis on evidence. What Sanders found most alarming was the time frame Matthew Boynton says he heard those two gunshots. 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.