Here's where things get blurry. During my stay is when my personal belongings were taken and Matthew Boynton (3842) refuses to give them back, Lester stated. While sifting through pages and pages of the report, a GBI evidence photo caught her attention. 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 calls another officer and reports Jessica is refusing to leave with him. 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. Jessica Boynton was just 19 years old when she was found inside a locked closet with a gunshot wound to her head. 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. He's not a cop or even a private investigator. The crying officer tells Jones that he left the apartment and was meeting Guthrie at Waffle House, when he received a text from Jessica that indicated she was going to kill herself. He lied about the lock then he says he kept his gun in there hmmm. According to Sanders, these items were obtained from a woman who contacted him and claimed to be Boyntons girlfriend. 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.. $5 plus $5 parking. With his gun raised and arms poised, he holds his weapon out in front of him with both hands. If I could have been here sooner, maybe I could have stopped her Matthew says, spiraling. Matthew, a police officer in a small town called Griffin, in Georgia, rushed home. He was able to confirm that they were all right.. I never wanted to hurt myself before, she said, going on to say that she's never handled a gun, nor shot one. And their "War of the Roses" was about to explode. I can't even get it out of its case, she replied. 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. They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. "No they did not because they assumed I was shot, because that's what Matthew said," Jessica said. 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. It's like some of my family they hear all these people say, 'Oh I think he did it and it was planned.' A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing,POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. The report states Matthew left Walmart without Jessica. I just came up the stairs, two rounds," Boynton says on the recorded call. A grandson of the county sheriff, a career in law enforcement was in his genes. The baby's muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. I was at Atlanta Medical Center for a month. Im not sure about that. Clearly we touched a nerve in Griffin, but we're not about to be scared off. He drove back to the apartment, he tells Jones, but it was too late. And they said yes. That phone never got back into the officer's hand. 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. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers head toward the apartment. 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. "He said 'What's wrong? 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. "My wound was on the top of my head. Shortly afterward, Matthew begins texting Jessica about going to Walmart to pick up baby formula. To text back long story I'll tell you later.. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair is saturated in red. The air is thick with the trepidation, as officers approach the locked closet. She loved me. Everybody clear out, says Jones, who has Keys call for an EMT. She's having suicidal thoughts," he says calmly to the dispatcher. [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. RELATED: Who shot the officer's wife? He later tells investigators that he heard Tyler crying, and then, POP-POP!. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . If his wife, Matthew's attorney continued, was capable of attempting to take her own life, there's a chance that she might do something to their children. nd police notify Jessicas family that she has died. Did he cause his estranged spouse's injury? I believe I just heard a shot fired coming from my residence. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . Jones approaches Matthew to find out what happened. He advised that he does not have any of the items listed in this report.. Armed with bodycams attached to their uniforms, the officers burst through the door, quickly passing Matthew's phone, a black and grey Verizon LG smartphone, on the kitchen counter. I'll be back there in about two minutes. The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. Law enforcement was in his genes. After studying Jessica Boynton's case, Miley sides with Jessica. A DISGRACE! But someone else did. GBI agents, however, have closed her case. GRIFFIN, Ga. Who shot the officers wife? The ambulance pulls away with Jessica in critical condition, to the fire station located on Carver Road, where the medical helicopter picks her up and takes her to an Atlanta hospital. They hit the top of the stairs knowing somebody's got a gun. "I don't want to put all the blame on him but he's the only person that could have done it," said Jessica Boynton. 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. Unfortunately, the only person who may be able to answer that question is Jessica, and she was in a coma. Its so obvious a coverup. They'd met in high school when Jessica was 15 and Matthew was 16. Agent DeMarco approaches Meagan Browning, who's joined by Eric Kshywonis, at 61 Ashford Waythe apartment just downstairs from Jessica and Matthew. But this wasn't the end of Jessica's story, rather a new beginningbut not the one she was hoping for. It's the second infidelity in their relationshipJessica admitted to cheating on him before they were married. But DeMarco insisted to Mathews during their phone conversation, that the timeline was not relevant. He's hoping if the case gets reopened, any possible clues will be preserved. 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. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. He said that she was so distraught that she was doubled over, and he said that she stood, closed the door in his face and then at that point he went ahead and left.". And its assigned to Matthew. This all follows a Georgia Bureau of Investigation case that ultimately ruled Lester had attempted suicide in April 2016. But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. 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. "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. Here lately I have not been able to recognize the person I see in the mirror. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. No, never. This is abuse of power. 478-993-3053. Jessica Boynton's husband says he gets a suicidal text from his estranged wife, so he rushes home, only to hear two gunshots. Griffin Police Capt. The panicked cop grabs his police radio and runs outside to make the frantic call to dispatch. Ultimately, it came down to orthodontia Lesters retainer. 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. "I was scared to death that she would shoot me and then kill herself," Matthew tells investigators. 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. Excessive force. I didn't try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. 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. But they have no idea what's waiting for them behind a locked closet door. Jessica Boynton was initially . "Be advised I smell gunsmoke, and I can't get an answer to the door," Boynton says on the call. Video shot outside in the parking lot shows Jessica getting in a black truck with Matthew and the kids, then leaving. 11Alive reached out to the GBI and Officer Matthew Boynton, however, neither returned our phone calls. Jessica, on a few occasions, hit and slapped him, he tells the GBI. However, the GBIs own photographs, search warrant and evidence log all corroborate that the officers phone was on the kitchen counter after Matthew had already left the apartment. Join our naturalist on a short walk and learn about the history of the once-prosperous town of High Falls. That's fine. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. "He believes that her injuries were consistent with blunt-force trauma," said Sheila Mathews. (South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS) She's breathing, but unresponsive. 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. In fact she claims Jessica was blissfully stockpiling ammunition to get full custody of their two little boys.