Five days after his wife had been shot, Matthew talked with the GBI again. But right from the start, police were investigating Sanders. Jessica Boyington was born on 30 May 1985, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, so under the sign of Gemini, and holding American nationality. This was potentially a lie. Jessica Biel was a household name in the 2000s, but she doesn't seem to be as prominent lately. And it's I think it's more frustrating than anything. Its been a year since the birds sang, since the soft wind met with warm air, and since the trigger of a .40-caliber Glock pistol was squeezed inside Boyntons closetand the probe into who and how and why, began. Jessica throws her hand up with a brief wave and continues her include to the second floor. He will lay down on the couch with her and snuggle, watching T.V. FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE FOR YOURSELF, CLICK HERE. Jessica was still in a coma with a traumatic brain injurytubes stemming from her brain to alleviate pressure and fluid. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. 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? The evidence in this case is so messy that there is clearly foul play involved, and had Mathew been an average Joe, there is no doubt he'd be a prime suspect. Just one minute later, Matthew calls 911, reaching Spalding County dispatch. That's right. She had an appointment Monday.. On July 11, 2018, the grand jury decides not to indict Boynton on the charges, making a false statement and violation of oath by public office. He grabs his police radio, stationed and charging on top of the white microwave in the kitchen, and leaves his phone on the counter. When yall were in the process of moving, and you moved into the house where youre at now, your residence, did you or did you not see this bag?, Boynton: Yes, sir. The phone records were never verified, and thus the text messages were never authenticated. One of those bullets went through the roof, the other lodged into the babys bedroom wall. He was the kind of boyfriend, she said, who left I love you Post-It notes plastering her locker with roses hidden inside. Its Jessicas and I should have brought it up here., Boynton: I just, I didnt think about it because I used it as a gym bag and she let me use it., Hayes: Matthew, youre a police officer., Hayes: Youre a police officer, Matthew. The police department gave 11Alive all of Sanders private messages, including some graphic nude photos, when 11Alives Brendan Keefe asked for Boyntons case file. While Trammels body cam is out of juice tonight, Jones bodycam spots Trammel, already inside, as the other officers enter the apartment. Twenty minutes later Matthew comes to retrieve his wife and children to go to Walmart. Lt. Curtis Keys is dispatched to the scene. Inspirational quotations plaster Jessicas new homes walls, amidst framed photos of her family. A phone that text messages were sent and received to/from following his recollection of hearing, POP-POP! and running out of the apartment. It was actually from him. It was in my storage room. Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. Until recently, Matthew's grandfather, Wendell Beam, reigned as Spalding County sheriff. He enters, checking the master bedroom. With dark, latex gloves on, an officer kneels down and touches her neck with his fingers. But none of this would have happened, Lester said, if Sanders, a truck driver, hadnt come forward with her gym bag. Its a date that changed her familys life forever. So, I'm trying to hurry and get back home just to make sure that nothing's going to happen to them.. A fence separates their house from an open field, where nine cows and. ! his girlfriend texts him. How did his phone get in there and how was there activity on his phone if he was not in the kitchen with his phone?" Jessica Boynton, a 19-year-old mother of two young boys, was discovered April 15, 2016, with a bullet in her head lying in a pool of blood in a locked wardrobe closet inside the Griffin, Georgia, home she shared with Officer Matthew Boynton, police said. And the GBI agents have closed her case. If I could have been here sooner, maybe I could have stopped her Matthew says, spiraling. We have possession of the bag., Hayes: We have evidence that it came out of your storage room. Matthew met Jessica during her sophomore year at Pike County High School during an open house in 2012. She alleged that he refused to return her belongings. Once the investigation was closed, reporter and publisher, Sheila Mathews, investigated the shooting for her newspaper,The Grip. DeMarco pressed Mathews. Jessica was neither dead nor shot in the head. They find a gun under her, and there is blood pooling around her head from what they assume to be a gunshot wound to the head. And after a swift month-long planning frenzy by her mom and aunt, the two young parents tied the knot during her favorite season, the fall. Around. Jessica Boyington 6ABC She is an American Multimedia journalist who currently works for 6ABC Action News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Now why would I be holding a picture of this bag?, Boynton: I guess because Jessica brought it into to you., Hayes: Why would Jessica have it if you had it at your house?, Boynton: I dont know. Ill tell you later.. If you play with it a little bit, it's not hard.. Trammel records the 10:53 p.m., incident report from April 14. The work in this case is sloppy, and appears as if Mathew was let off the line too easily due to his work as a police officer, and the fact the the county sheriff so happened to be his granddad. ft. townhouse is a 2 bed, 2.0 bath unit. Im clear. Furthermore, she said, there were too many errors and discrepancies for her to have sent a text like that. Call 24/7. Two days later, she was ready to talk to the GBI. I know eventually the chief would eventually like to get his officer back as well as his service weapon back as well, so we're going to try to expedite this as fast as possible, and when I mean expedite you know, within the next few weeks to a month, the agent said. She was 15 and he was 16 years old. He hears a baby crying as he carefully steps into the bedroom where a dark brown crib is situated. Even though she let me use it, it was hers., Hayes: But why didnt you turn the bag in when you damn moved?, Boynton whispers, I dont know. https://crimewatchdaily.com/2017/04/27/behind-the-closet-door-crime-watch-daily-investigates-the-jessica-boynton-case/. For a month following that, she had to have a Matthew-approved, family member present during her visitation. Absolutely, Matthew assures DeMarco. We're going to be doing that to do touch DNA on the gun, and um, and why we're doing that is obviously one to corroborate everything that's what believed happened, and that way it also, it also eliminates the possibility of her family saying, you had something involved in this, or whatever, the GBI agent said to him. Jessica and Matthew finally reached a settlement agreement for joint custody. But when the only one person who calls it in, hears a gunshot around 1 oclock, but nobody else does? Hes transitioning from breast milk and Jessica explains to Matthew that he needs a certain type of formula so he can digest it and evolve easily. While Boynton can no longer serve the community of Griffin, he is still a certified police officer in the state of Georgiaand could put on his uniform again and serve as a police officer at any department in Georgia. Without that piece of paper, they would have to drop the violating oath of office felony charge. Im so young and stupid., Hayes: You know, doing the right thing, regardless. The young mother picks them up every other Friday and drops them off the following Friday. I finally had the evidence that I needed that Matthew was cheating on me. And its assigned to Matthew. Its not an internal investigation, rather a criminal investigation. After Jones pushes the gun away from underneath Jessicas body, placing 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. Going through the photos, item by item, Hayes points to the evidence. Jessica G Smith from Boynton Beach, FL. Six months later, the love they once shared would be a distant memory. The original was discovered in police evidence. This article was originally published in 2017. (WATCH THE FULL INTERROGATION VIDEO WITH MATTHEW BOYNTON, BELOW.). He bangs on the locked closet door. Theres no excuse. Inside, they find Jessica, wearing tan slippers adorned with fur, black yoga pants and a red T-shirt. He friended her on Facebook and two months later, they started dating. We have to do the right thing. That youre in possession of., Hayes: The bag was turned into us. Am I recording it? Boynton Beach, Florida, United States Police find and verify Jessica is alive at the scene, and she is rushed to He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. 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 questioned Matthew about once he removed himself from the apartment. You know you cant give a sworn statement and lie on it. I told you I come to work every day scared. Three-alarm fire damages multiple apartment units, Dallas officials say Start your FREE search now! Matthew, 20, quickly called 911 and said he had received an alarming text message from his wife, claiming she was going to commit suicide, cops said. So just one?" Prior to joining 6ABC Action News in Philadelphia, she worked at NBC10 in Pennsylvania as a Weekday morning traffic reporter. . Matthew claims he received a text from Jessica stating she was going to commit suicide. There is another problem now. He reads another text from his girlfriend, while driving 90 mph. Police found 19-year-old Jessica Boynton soaked in her own blood and locked in a wardrobe after her husband, Matthew Boynton, heard two gunshots in the house they share in Griffin, Georgia. They mean everything to me.. Thats when, she said, his SnapChat popped up on his phone and displays a photo of a girl with the caption: Shower time. She said she woke him up and confronted him about the photo. I would have said, I can't do this anymore, comma, take care of Tollin and Tyler, period. I would have said, suicidal not suicide thoughts.. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. As a reminder, she got a tattoo on her right forearm with the simple word: FAITH, inked in black. Boynton walks into the small room and Hayes closes the squeaky door to begin their interview. No it wasn't. We have to do what people pay us to do. I was just beginning my life. We also reached out to Boynton several times but received no response. Latest News Stories. He later tells investigators that he heard Tyler crying, and then, POP-POP!. Matthew Boynton written statement to Griffin Police. 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. The conversation bounces from officer to officer. 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. Boynton Beach, FL 33426. If you do the right thing, you can live with yourself., Hayes: Stop for a minute and talk to me., Boynton: I dont know what I was thinking, man. Yes, for an article, just to make sure I get quotes proper.". Boynton: Because every time I did, it was always 1179 or 1022 to 42 come up here. It was always something. It was retrieved from the kitchen counter in front of the microwave oven," she probed further. While she was fighting for her life, she said, Boynton took a bag of her belongingsthat bag she had packed to leave him. And, the first officer on scene, as recorded by body cam footage, was not interviewed by the GBI for months after the incident. Jessica Boynton was just 19 years old when she was found inside a locked closet with a gunshot wound to her head. She graduated from UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI / SCHOOL OF MEDICINE in 2013. To text back long story I'll tell you later.. Ferez-vous la mme chose. Officer Robert Brian Jones is also dispatched to the Ashford Way apartment building. The air is thick with the trepidation, as officers approach the locked closet. I can't even get it out of its case, she replied. Lesters shooting eventually was ruled a suicideeven though her doctor at Atlanta Trauma Center would question that rulingand the couple divorced. 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. Matthew has told the bureaus investigators that his relationship with Jessica was strained and that he had a girlfriend. God damn it, man! Blood pressure.. Earlier that night, Matthew is seen on surveillance at a Walmart, and is clearlyshown to be wearing an outfit different than what he had on later that night. I know theres no excuse for it.. Top 6 on @6abcactionnews. The young couple needs to make a quick trip to Walmart because Tyler needs formula, but again, they spat. Streaming now: 6abc.com. VIEW FULL REPORT . Michael McLemore , Boynton Beach, FL. Other cops are heard saying, Shes trying to get up, Can we get her out to the bedroom? and We got to get her out.. Laura Aubuchon Living in 3788 Patrician Circle Boynton Beach Florida, Phone: 561-860-0848, Email: lauraaubuchon@yahoo.com, Relatives: Available. I didnt, I didnt, I didnt try to brush off anything. A red and black composition notebook, which is usually carefully tucked under a pile of clothes inside her closet, has been left on top of some folded clothes. The district attorney requested a copy of Boynton's oath of office from the Griffin Police Department multiple times. And based on the totality of circumstances, all the facts and circumstances, all the forensics, and the conclusion of the case, as well as the GBI's and the district attorney's recommendation, is no, he did not cause her injuries, Yates concluded in an interview with 11Alive for "Trigger: Who shot the officer's wife.". In 2017, in full uniform, Boynton is questioned by his own department, including Lt. Karen Yancy and Sgt. Matthew sends another text to his girlfriend, a Spalding County dispatcher: Give me a few. Police investigate further and find a gun underneath Jessicas seemingly lifeless body. Boynton sits alone, unsettled in his chair, and fidgets with his phone. But she doesnt buy it and said she had every reason to live. 2nd Annual Action News Mornings Awards: Recognizing the viewer and your achievements this past year. Hayes: It was a bag, man. 11Alive reached out to Officer Matthew Boynton, however, phone calls were not returned. But, there were no burglary cases on file for Sanders. More Information on this Page. Jones slides past a framed portrait hung on the wall. We were happy then.. I f***ing love her. I dont know what I was thinking. Her condition.. Get him downstairs, one of the officers whispers to another. Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.He responds to Keys, Trammel is here.. Also, there were no signs of gunshot residue on Jessica's hands. I think thats reason enough to look into it.. A key piece of evidence was photographed inside the kitchen after officers arrived on the scene. But she never takes him outside. Her faith keeps her strong. Now almost 12 months on, Jessica says she is still fighting for justice and . It sounded like a gunshot. . The GBI didnt report finding any blood spatter on the closet wall. If I had thought about it, I wouldnt have done it., Hayes: Of all the stuff you see about you, you know if you were in possession of something that belonged to her, you know you could have brought it to me., Hayes: You know Im gonna do the right thing, you know I have to do the right thing. In a letter to Jessicas attorney, dated June 10, Henderson 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. Jones removes the gunwhich has a tactical flashlight attached to the bottom of its barrel from the room and places it on the kitchen counter on his way outside. Matthew interviews with the GBI early that morning. Jessica Boyington. Especially because of my children. Jessica Boynton was just 19 years old when she was found inside a locked closet with a gunshot wound to her head. The ceiling fans light shines down on Jessicas eyes. Jessica Boynton, 19, was a stay-at-home mom to 8-month-old Tyler and 2-year-year old Tollin. He was arrested and today, is no longer on the force. After obtaining those search warrants, Griffin Police Chief Mike Yates sent this text to the district attorney at 9:23 p.m., on a Friday night, asking for special permission to release Sanders private Facebook messages before the Boynton criminal case went to the grand jury. If Mathew is indeed the attacker, it's only a matter of time until he hurts someone else. It was really awesome. The case appeared to be a simple case of suicide. It doesn't sound like anything I would say. They took statements from both Boynton and Lester. The day she was released from the hospital and arrived home, she sent Matthew a Facebook message because he had changed his phone number. Also known as: Ms Jessica G Smith . 14 photos. 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 hes out of the apartment. The next problem is that during interview with investigators, Matthew tells detectives he did not change his clothes or wash his hands. He was charged with 2 felonies, and ended up losing his job as a police officer over it. He looked like a baby doll, a head full of hair and he was tan.. Matthew brought her sons for a visit. She may never know what transpired that spring night. 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 and. So, I asked for the case number and once I got the case number I asked for the entire case file. The FBI needs to take on this case, and settle it once and for all therightway. Shes like a sister to me, Browning says, her voice quivering. Photos | Jessica and Matthew Boynton wedding. She pulls the shower curtain back and snatches his phone. Jessica Boyington May 30, 1985. I wouldn't trade them for anything no matter the situation. The 22-year-old mother of two said she doubts that her ex-husband will pay for anything hes done to her. If the phone was found by the GBI in the kitchenif the phone is on police body camera footage sitting on the counter by the microwave, and he was outside never returning insidehow is it possible for Matthew to text his girlfriend, while he's calling in shots fired while outside of the apartment? Jessica Boyington joined the Action News team as a features reporter in May 2019. The next-door neighbor interview was conducted after Matthew returned to full duty. What are my kids going to do? he pleaded, his voice cracking with emotion. It doesnt matter. [Its] just retaliation. Like, shes supposed to put them on her insurance, I had to do that., Hayes: But Matthew, if you did what you were supposed to, we wouldnt be here in this situation. More Information on this Page. Contact Info. He shows Boynton another photo of the bag. "Police department!" Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. The court ruled in his favor, giving him custody and granting Jessica once-weekly supervised visitation. Is that your statement?, Boynton: Jessicas bag, Jessicas retainer., Hayes: You understand that you didnt buy that. Before coming back to Denver Law in 2015, Jessica was the Director of Student Judicial Affairs at Colorado State University-Pueblo. provided images. Honestly, I have no idea. Henderson also said in the letter, that he did not believe that Jessicas head injury was the result of a gunshot wound, and furthermore, questioned how she got the injury at all. Later on in another case involving Matthew and Jessica, Mathew stole Jessica's property and lied about it. It should concern any and everybody, Lester warned. I didnt try to wash my hands, anything, because I knew GSR and all that would be involved.. And for her, she said, its been the best decision shes ever made. Join now to see all activity Experience He said that he didn't have anything None of it, she said. She quickly won over audiences with her . 13 arrested in Boynton Beach prostitution bust. 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. Email address . 48 min PLAY Jessica Boynton Forensic Tales True Crime Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher #159 - In April 2016, Jessica Boynton, the wife of a Griffin police officer, was found with a gunshot wound to the head inside her apartment. That's the bottom line for me. Jessica is apprehensive, but relents. The agent continues to interview Matthew, whos wearing a red hoodie, asking him if the clothes he was wearing were the ones he was wearing the entire night. That make it hurt property. Internships . Ft. condo at 10187 Mangrove Dr Apt 201, Boynton Beach, FL 33437 on sale now for $275000. [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, in an interview in 2016. And for the next two months, she would see her sons once a week for four hours. Her office accepts new patients. Im free as a bird, she said, with a flock of soaring black birds inked on her shoulder, flowing across her back. She said that she asked him to bring the boys over so that she could see them and her belongings. You may contact Jessica by email at jessica.a.boynton@maine.edu. When confronted with the evidence, Boynton admits to everything. Things were looking up, finally. The only reason he got temporary custody was because nobody bothered to look into what happened further than they did, Jessica said in a recent interview. That Jersey Girl on Philly TV. Everything, he says, led to him wanting out of the marriage. She heads to the closet to grab some shoes to change from her heels. Less than a month after her hospital-bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to his chief. | Examine the evidence yourself, GBI changes information about where evidence was found in Jessica Boynton case, Jessica Boynton says she's free as a bird', Matthew Boynton written statement to Griffin Police. He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. Jones advises Matthew over the radio, Stay outside. She works as a features reporter. A message to Matthews phone is received and marked as read, from his girlfriend--from inside the evidence bag. She is adamant though that she would never commit suicide. Social Profiles. ", Following that phone call, Mathews, perceiving that she was threatened, called the GBIs director of professional standards to file a formal complaint and to gain clarity about what he meant by, Were gonna have a problem.. I was, he says to the GBI agent. Dr. Jessica Buicko Lopez, MD is an Endocrine Surgery Specialist in Boynton Beach, FL and has over 10 years of experience in the medical field. A Griffin Police Officer's wife herself, the reporter called DeMarco, in September, 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. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers head toward the apartment. Age: 35 years old . She thought he was a little full of himself, but nice. One of her aunts is all over Facebook., GBI agent said, The bullet didn't even enter the skull. Holding him for the first time was true love, she said, her eyes welling up with joy. He assigns another officer to standby at the door until the rest of the apartment is cleared. Law enforcement was in his genes. I didnt wash may hands, nothing like that either, that way for GSR., Theres a possibility that we might collect your clothes, OK. He sent one text message within minutes of the shots-fired radio call. Im not trying to make one for myself., Boynton: I know Im obviously not an employee anymore. There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. Before you all got married, right?, Hayes: So that would make it whose property?, Hayes: So, why would you not have brought that to us when you saw the bag at moving?, Boynton: I understand what youre saying. And you know you cant lie, you cant lie in an investigation. I was scared to death, because I couldnt find [Tyler]that she would shoot me, I mean shoot him, shoot me, and then kill herself.. Infinite Scroll Enabled. The other problem: she said she didnt know how to get his gun out of his holsternor has she ever held or shot a gun. Guthrie calls Matthew and they chat for two minutes. Which I knew that.. The glowing yellow and black, blocked-letter Waffle House sign illuminates his truck as he drives by, turning around to head back home. "I left the location, I'm back en route, I'm on Carver Road right now. To text back long story. If I just would have left my f**king duty belt in the car.. 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.. Do you think Matthew did something? he asked her bluntly. He drove back to the apartment, he tells Jones, but it was too late. She made a full recovery, but doesnt remember a thing. Because it's like you never fully get the truth, Lester said. You know that., Boynton: Yes sir. While spring was in full swing, Jessica spent Mothers Day, recovering in an ICU hospital bed. An officer tries to console his grieving coworker. VIEW FULL REPORT . Griffin Police Capt. Haha I'm sorry I didn't think about that lol he sends to her after receiving a text from her--moments following his text from his wife. Yes, I didnt have time, you know with everything going on, I didnt think anything about getting any other clothes, so I didnt know if yall would want these or not. And he loves food. Did you not know you had the bag?, Boynton: Im sorry, my minds running. In my garage., Hayes: Alright. I'll be there in about two. But this wasnt the end of Jessicas story, rather a new beginningbut not the one she was hoping for. Jessica Boynton Organizer Campton, NH Created May 15, 2021 Medical Report fundraiser Your easy, powerful, and trusted home for help Easy Donate quickly and easily. "Well, how do you come to that conclusion?" "That's the way we're gonna play this game, Sheila. My kids are at home with her, so I'm trying to hurry up and get back there., I'm driving. Immediately following that flip, Mathews said, DeMarco asked if she was recording their conversation. The police were notified of said "shooting" by Jessica's then husbandMatthew Boynton.