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She would never have done this. Tyler, the 8-month-old baby, is the result of a relationship Jessica had with a mechanic while she and Matthew were temporarily separated. But did something else happen that spring night in 2016? However, Yates said, that's not that uncommon. The neighbor says Jessica started documenting all the sordid details of the affair in her secret red "divorce diary." I mean that just doesn't happen," said Jessica. They did not swab me or Matthew, nor did they take his clothes," said Jessica. "He felt that perhaps it was maybe an anxiety attack. He tells Trammel that he was in the shower, using his cell phone, when Jessica walked into the bathroom, pulled the shower curtain back and snatched his cell phone. The police department should be ashamed of themselves for trying to cover this up!!! Maybe Jessica would remember why and when the door knob was swapped because it happened before that night. After three weeks, she woke up. Matthew loved being part of the brotherhood. And their "War of the Roses" was about to explode. And now Jessica is telling a completely different story. 11Alive reached out to the GBI and Officer Matthew Boynton, however, neither returned our phone calls. [I miss] getting to see them every day and getting to watch them grow more and more into the boys and men that they're going to be someday, Jessica said sobbing. I mean you can't prove that," DeMarco. However, she was NOT shot. They hoist her inside. 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? There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton tells dispatch he has no idea what's happened to his wife or their two young sons. Cops do find one bullet. provided images. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. He grabs his police radio, stationed on top of the white microwave in the kitchen charging, and puts his phone on the counter. She had always kept it hidden, but now, there it is for everyone to see. Those properties obtained during the marriage would be considered community property.. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. 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 didn't try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. Now she lives in terror every day because she can't remember who attacked her. She was hit over the head. 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. I mean he might have grabbed my arm before, but I don't think he would intentionally do anything to hurt mebut like I said, he's changed so much here, lately, she said. "There was no testing done on his clothing," said Sheila Mathews. Who does the neighbor think sent that text message to Matthew's phone from Jessica's? I attempted to contact Jessica Boynton via telephone to advise her that this is a civil matter. This is abuse of power. A tactical sweep finds an 8-month-old baby screaming. 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. 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. Officer Robert Brian Jones shouts, as he travels deeper inside the two-bedroom apartmenthis weapon drawn. And they said yes. I didn't, I didn't, I didn't try to brush off anything. The purpose of it, is when you're fighting with somebody to keep the weapon from coming out of your holster, but it's certainly easy to take it out under most cases. Immediately following that flip, Mathews said, DeMarco asked if she was recording their conversation. It's like I tell them, they make it twice as bad because I'm a cop, Matthew said. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. After establishing her retainer was not community property, Boynton was arrested on two felonies false statements and writings and violation of his oath of office. He lied about the lock then he says he kept his gun in there hmmm. When they finally shove their way in, tragic heartbreak is lying in front of them. And her lawyer was useless I wrote to her years ago. "In looking at this, this does not have the appearance of a suicide to me. I was scared to death, because I couldn't find [Tyler]that she would shoot me, I mean shoot him, shoot me, and then kill herself.. December 20022 so heartless to show this right before Xmas. The next action noted in the case occurred nearly two months 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. Unfortunately Matthew Boynton didn't have anything to say. Jessica Boynton, once declared dead, is alive and talking. Strangely, they never test her hands for gunshot residue. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . It could have a negative effect on them, but those things have to be dealt with on a case by case basis. "I can't do this anymore," the message read. They'd met in high school when Jessica was 15 and Matthew was 16. He's asked me to go get it out before. GSW, possible to the head. Matthew, grandson of then-sheriff of Spalding County, texts a fellow Griffin Police officer. I'll be back there in about two minutes. Example video title will go here for this video. Are you having trouble breathing?'" Dispatcher: Any weapons inside the house? "Most people would not view it as such, I don't believe," said Sheila Mathews. The glowing yellow and black, blocked-letter Waffle House sign illuminates his truck as he drives by, turning around to head back home. And, the first officer on scene, as recorded by body cam footage, was not interviewed by the GBI for months after the incident. Join our naturalist on a short walk and learn about the history of the once-prosperous town of High Falls. No. She was leaving her husband of just six months. He grabs his police radio from the kitchen counter and runs outside and makes a desperate call. "Police department!" Bring the little ones for a story every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. to hear Sam's favorite tales. 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? Jessica Boynton is found unconscious, her body on top of her husband's service revolver. This is who he's sleeping with, points to the Facebook post that she says she was holding for Jessica for her divorce. Furthermore, he said, it's his observation that self-inflicted gunshot wounds are very unusual among women. "I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. 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 was a blushing bride, excited to spend the rest of her life with the man she loved. 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? an officer questions the others. 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. The glowing yellow and black, blocked letter sign illuminates his truck driving past. Matthew Boynton along with Lee Boynton, Josh Guthrie and Courtney Callaway moved all of my personal belongings from the residence. She says under the helm of Wendell Beam, the sheriff's department had a reputation for protecting its own. By the time Jessica was twenty, she'd had enough of Matthew, and their crumbling marriage had driven her to a dark place. ", "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. Matthew, a police officer in a small town called Griffin, in Georgia, rushed home. While sifting through pages and pages of the report, a GBI evidence photo caught her attention. Shame shame. 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. Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was arrested and taken to the Spalding County Jail on multiple charges. When asked if Boyntons arrest has led him to believe that case should be reopened, Yates said, No. She's moaning.. But this wasn't the end of Jessica's story, rather a new beginningbut not the one she was hoping for. It's the journal where she's been keeping detailed notes about divorcing Matthew. That was the subject of his charges his statements and writings that we were able to prove were false, Yates said. You want to start recording me, and started quoting me, you'd better let me know ahead of time, or we're gonna have a problem. He changed clothes yet lied and said he did not. Boyntons statement, dated Jan. 9, said, I was advised to complete a statement on a previous date by Lt. Yancey. Because she owned the retainer prior to her marriage, it would not be considered community property. "I was scared to death that she would shoot me and then kill herself," Matthew tells investigators. He advised that he does not have any of the items listed in this report.. And Sanders was beyond fascinated by this one. If you play with it a little bit, it's not hard.. Get him downstairs. The air is thick with the trepidation, as officers approach the locked closet. DeMarco pressed Mathews. "Here's where her head was laying. Her bright blues eyes glisten as they well with emotion. She alleged that many of Lesters belongings remained in Boyntons residence. It appears she's been shot in the head. How does Jessica explain the "suicide text" sent from her phone less than 10 minutes before her husband Matthew called 911 in a panic? 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.. 11Alive reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton, however, phone calls were not returned. Since both sides have their theories of what happened that night, Crime Watch Daily brought in an independent investigator to give us his unbiased opinion. 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. Barely clinging to life, Jessica spent three weeks in a coma before waking up, according to 11alive. And the second bullet went up at 25-degree upward angle 1'10 off the floor. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair was saturated in crimson. In response to 11Alives questions about the case, the GBI said, We are confident in the investigation that was conducted., RELATED: Jessica Boynton says she's free as a bird', MORE | Watch the Facebook Live with Brendan Keefe. "The only thing that I can tell you is that Matthew Boynton's account of events are not correct.". And with that Matthew Boyton's questioning was over. She's breathing, but unresponsive. "I would say broken, distraught, damaged," the neighbor says. The ceiling fan circles on high speed. Boynton was placed on administrative leave Thursday, July 28, and the Chief said his intent was to terminate the officer, but Boynton resigned before that process could be completed. "Happy," said the neighbor. BROTHERHOOD does not mean coverup or being above the law. I can't keep doing this.. Matthew Boynton, 20, discovered his wife Jessica, 19, lying in a pool of blood in a closet. A lot, she said, doesnt add up, especially since, she said, she had reason to live. Despite Jessica Boynton's fiery allegations, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation closed her case, clearing Matthew to return to work. But it was used after Matthew had said he left the apartment in fear of his life, and did not return. "The stuff that he was texting her was, you know, 'LOL's," said Sanders. She told me to take care of the boys, so I'm trying to hurry up and get back home just to make sure nothing is going to happen to them. But they have no idea what's waiting for them behind a locked closet door. However, this does not surprise me how they covered this up and they wonder why good citizens dont come forward when a crime takes place.HUMMMMM, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/07/what-if-your-abusive-husband-is-a-cop. 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. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. And its assigned to Matthew. Donald Britt, Lt. Darrell Dix, Lt. Keys and Beam are also present. Law enforcement was in his genes. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. I figured out what happened. She's got good pulse. 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. It seems both Matthew and Jessica were secretly stockpiling ammunition for a bitter custody fight. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . Yancy also requested that Boynton write a statement pertaining to the allegation. ', Do you know how it was that you got shot?, Have you ever had any type of thoughts about hurting yourself?. GBI director Vernon Keenan wrote a letter indicating the gunshot wound was self-inflicted by Jessica, closing the case.