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. We asked retired homicide detective Tim Miley to review Jessica's entire case file and every crime scene photo. The agent who told Mathews, Were gonna have a problem, apologized to the reporter and told her that he was answering questions about a case file that he had not reviewed for months. I love you and the boys.". She told me she loved me right before she did it," Matthew says, sobbing, as the paramedics roll her gurney into the ambulance and slam the doors shut. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. Shortly afterward, Matthew begins texting Jessica about going to Walmart to pick up baby formula. 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. At about 10:45 p.m., he continues, he thought he heard a gunshot while they were lying in bed. "It was. 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. Well I couldn't get it for him because I couldn't get it out of his gun holster, she said. The neighbor believes Matthew Boynton discovered the divorce diary and simply snapped. Video shot outside in the parking lot shows Jessica getting in a black truck with Matthew and the kids, then leaving. It seems both Matthew and Jessica were secretly stockpiling ammunition for a bitter custody fight. "He tried to kill her.". 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,. Her limp body is on the floor, just behind the door. 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. Her mouth covered with a breathing apparatus and several machines attached to her, in an effort to monitor her condition. 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. That was the subject of his charges his statements and writings that we were able to prove were false, Yates said. said Sheila Mathews. She's still breathing. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. However, Yates said, that's not that uncommon. I can't even get it out of its case, she replied. Or was it? That's fine. Im not sure about that. Her body is on the floor, just behind the door. Jessica advised me that around 4.15.2016, when she and her ex-husband, Matthew Boynton, separated, he took several things that belongs to her without her permission, McCune reported. I attempted to contact Jessica Boynton via telephone to advise her that this is a civil matter. 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. "The Officer's Wife" is a new podcast that will examine the evidence in the 2016 shooting of a 19-year-old mother and ask: Who pulled the trigger? Hewrote a letter to Jessicas attorneyon June 10, in which he questioned the finding that Jessicas head injury was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, indicating that there was no investigation conducted by authorities at the hospital. They're forced to kick it in. God damn it, man! Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was cleared in his wife's shooting, but his interrogation still cost him his job. What he finds turns this case of a suicide upside down. He says she started poking him in the chest with her finger, telling him that he had to admit there was another woman. I don't know if it's just his job or what, but like I said I don't think he would intentionally hurt me.. A text messages is sent to his phone from Jessica's phone. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers, Keys, Jones and Gresham head toward the apartment. The remaining items such as a hope chest, clothing and other miscellaneous items were returned to Jessica. Two shots have been fired from her husbands service weapon. "He stated that he was too frightened. A grandson of the county sheriff, a career in law enforcement was in his genes. If someone from the GBI does not reopen this.. well, I have to get my ducks in a row before I open another huge can of worms.. "She's like, 'This is exactly what I need to get my divorce from him.'". "Nobody ever asked him about why he changed clothes," said Sanders. Sanders wants to know how Matthew was texting his mistress from this very phone if he never reentered the apartment. That is not a reaction that I can relate to.". Henderson said in the letter, that he did not believe that Jessica's head injury was the result of a gunshot wound, and furthermore, questioned how she got the injury at all. Cops now know what was behind that closet door -- but the true mystery is just about to begin. 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. Tyler, the 8-month-old baby, is the result of a relationship Jessica had with a mechanic while she and Matthew were temporarily separated. Making his way outside, seconds later, he calls for assistance over his radio. The agent then probes Matthew, asking if he has a girlfriend. "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. DeMarco pressed Mathews. His flashlights beam reveals a smiling family of four. Despite Jessica Boynton's fiery allegations, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation closed her case, clearing Matthew to return to work. Sanders says there are a few things that really stand out: The red sweatshirt Matthew offered police to test for gunshot residue. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. The first bullet went upward at 54-degree angle. Jessica Boynton was found shot in the closet with her. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. The next action noted in the case occurred nearly two months later. And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. "Being in the closet," said Jessica. Matthew Boynton, 20, discovered his wife Jessica, 19, lying in a pool of blood in a closet. The way our charter is structured, termination takes two or three days. He reads another text from mistress, while driving home at nearly 90 mph. It could have a negative effect on them, but those things have to be dealt with on a case by case basis. 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. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. Is that what you're saying?" Did he cause his estranged spouses injury? 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. On something like this, does it usually take a while?, Right now it depends on what happens with Jessica, too. From her hospital bed, she spoke to the GBI. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. Until recently, Matthew's grandfather, Wendell Beam, reigned as Spalding County sheriff. He also reported hearing two gunshots and. Jessica and Matthew Boynton got married at an extremely young age. They hoist her inside. Griffin, Georgia is the kind of small Southern town where high school sweethearts stay married forever. "Happy," said the neighbor. The doctor was not contacted by the GBI until July 20. Jessica's husband and high school sweetheart is Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boynton. And he called the girlfriend, so Mays said to Mathews. 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. I said 'Is she still alive?' "I think what happened after they come home from Walmart, Jessica and Matthew got into an argument. She alleged that many of Lesters belongings remained in Boyntons residence. Did investigators look for a blunt object? "Recently she did confirm that the second baby is not mine," Matthew tells the GBI investigator. 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 from the kitchen counter and runs outside and makes a desperate call. The 20-year-old says he's heading to Waffle House for a late night food run with on-duty cop and best. That piece of evidence was a photo showing Matthew's cell phone next to the microwave inside the apartment. Here's where things get blurry. He cautiously went into the residence to try to make sure that the children were OK. At that exact point the interviewing officer detected something fishy, forced him to stop giving himself away and ended the interview and therefore night of investigation. He tells Trammel he left Walmart without Jessica. Reliving his steps inside the apartment after he heard gunshots fired, he said, My whole upper body went numb. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. While sifting through pages and pages of the report, a GBI evidence photo caught her attention. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. 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. Excessive force. Yates also said Boynton had provided a statement during the subsequent Internal Affairs investigation, acknowledging the items Sanders turned in were Lesters belongings. GBI/Griffin Police Dept. Her blond hair is now red from what cops assume is a self-inflicted gunshot wound. "Very explicit conversation," said the neighbor. Then, a moment of hope from the 19-year-old mother: She's still breathing. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. Haha I'm sorry I didn't think about that lol, he sends to her after receiving a text from her after his text from Jessica. How did Jessica react when she saw those messages? He bangs on the locked closet door. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husband's service weapon. Show the world how smart you are and uncover what the Wannabe investigative reporters couldn't figure out. As he drove he received a text message from Jessica's phone. No, never. Cops find 8-month-old Tyler visibly upset but thankfully uninjured. GRIFFIN, Ga. Who shot the officers wife? I hadn't really put much thought into it, Jessica told him. They wanted me to come back Friday for orientation for the job, she said. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . And that's all I needed, so I was on cloud nine.". I don't think he meant to do it, or at least that's what I like to think.". His phone is pretty active tonight. Matthew runs inside to the closet where he keeps his service gun. But someone else did. Matthew calls another officer and reports Jessica is refusing to leave with him. And now Jessica is telling a completely different story. Less than a month after her hospital-bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to his chief. However, she was NOT shot. | Examine the evidence yourself, calls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. 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. If America is really a first-world country, it will enact legislation that takes this issue seriously, and fund more studies and programs to preventing domestic violence and identifying and protecting victims. One of her aunts is all over Facebook., GBI agent said, The bullet didn't even enter the skull. And its assigned to Matthew. I had a friend who was a girl, or is a girl, he answers, further admitting that the relationship had become sexual. But many believe Jessica holds the only key as to what really happened inside that closet. Maybe Jessica would remember why and when the door knob was swapped because it happened before that night. But where's the second round? 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. Just minutes after Jessica is airlifted to an Atlanta trauma center, Sheriff Beam asks deputies to deliver the devastating news to Jessica's family that she's dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The paramedic begins accessing her head wound, but they're having a hard time finding it through her hair and thick blood. "And I talked to the guy and was like, 'Look man, you know, can you just be honest with me? When asked if Boyntons arrest has led him to believe that case should be reopened, Yates said, No. 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.