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. Donald Britt, Lt. Darrell Dix, Lt. Keys and Beam are also present. I would have said, 'I can't do this anymore, comma, take care of Tolin and Tyler, period.' The neighbor says Jessica came over to her apartment with the kids, clearly upset about the fight. Cops do find one bullet. Shame shame. GBI/Griffin Police Dept. The quiet is broken when the baby begins to mumble from the other room. It could have a negative effect on them, but those things have to be dealt with on a case by case basis. GBI agents, however, have closed her case. Honestly, I have no idea. She told the agent, they were at home when they argued about his mistress and the photo that Jessica found on his phone that night. "It's just inconvenient. A previous study found 41% of police admitted to being abusive to their spouses. "I hope she didn't shoot my kids," he says to one officer. Get him downstairs. For the next three and a half weeks, Jessica remains in a coma with a traumatic brain injurytubes protruding from her brain to alleviate pressure and fluid. Once the scene is secure, investigator Misty Gresham checks on Tollin, who's sleeping, and Tyler, who is awake and still crying in his cribboth unharmed. Inside the closet they also discover Jessica's red "divorce diary." 2023 Telepictures Productions Inc. That's the last thing the 19-year-old remembers. Behind the closet door: Crime Watch Daily investigates the Jessica Jessica Lester-Boyntons property has already previously been returned to her by my step dad (Charles McDaniel Jr.) shortly after Jessica got out of the hospital. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. The babys muffled cry echoes, getting louder as the officers sweep their guns back and forth, searching for the shooter. Officer Matthew Boynton has never been charged with anything in connection with this case, but the Georgia Bureau of Investigation did question him. I figured out what happened. Her head shaved. 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.. With the suicidal text message and Jessica's DNA found on her husband's gun, less than a month after her hospital bed interview, Matthew was verbally cleared by the GBI, according to the chief, and as of June 6, Matthew returned to full duty with a new service weapon on his hip. "The neighbors [said] somewhere around 11 p.m., and he is the only one who hears the gunshots at 1 a.m., and he calls it in," said Sanders. 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. He calls out for Jessica, but no answer. A lot of times its two or three or more days, Yates said. However, he did not confirm that sequence. There's so many useless words thrown in there, then there's so many words left out, she said. 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. Earlier that night Jessica's husband Matthew headed to Waffle House for a late-night bite with a fellow officer, leaving his service weapon . 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? They're my everything. DeMarco pressed Mathews. He was able to confirm that they were all right.. "I was with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 33 years," said Tim Miley. This couldn't happen man. No, never. One, investigators said penetrated Jessica's head and the other the wall. 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.. 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. The conversation bounces from officer to officer. "She suspected Matthew was cheating on her and so she dug for information, and we found it," the neighbor said. Her limp body is on the floor, just behind the door. Sheila Mathews publishes The Grip, an independent newspaper in Griffin. "It was. In fact she claims Jessica was blissfully stockpiling ammunition to get full custody of their two little boys. "Next thing I remember was I wake up and I'm in a hospital.". "How did his phone get in there? One of about 70 messages they exchange throughout the night. FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE FOR YOURSELF, CLICK HERE. They're re slit open while her head flops from side to side on the beige carpet, as one female EMS works on her. Its a question 11Alive investigators asked a few months ago, when Griffin Police Officer Matthew Boyntons wife, Jessica, allegedly shot herself in the head with his service weapon, inside the master bedroom closetlocked from the inside. Cops find 8-month-old Tyler visibly upset but thankfully uninjured. Around 9 o'clock on the night of Thursday, April 14, 2016, Matthew Boynton calls a lieutenant on duty and reports Jessica is hitting him again. "I think what happened after they come home from Walmart, Jessica and Matthew got into an argument. A family of Marines is divided after father shoots ailing wife 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. UPDATE: This story was originally published in November 2016. 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? She found a photo on Snapchat of another woman wearing nothing but a towel, with the caption: Shower time.. He's asked me to go get it out before. GRIFFIN, Ga. - Matthew Boynton was arrested by his fellow Griffin Police officers and taken to the Spalding County Jail on . Matthew Boynton arrested | 11alive.com He then said the GBI has not indicated to him that the investigation will be reopened. "I don't really know what happened in the closet, I just know that I did not try to kill myself," said Jessica Boynton. Griffin police officer wife Jessica Boynton shot | 11alive.com Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | 13newsnow.com 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. nd police notify Jessica's family that she has died. No. I'll be there in about two. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers, Keys, Jones and Gresham head toward the apartment. But Yates told 11Alive, Matthew was not the shooter and trusts the investigation's outcome. Please wear sturdy shoes. 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. 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 he's out of the apartment. Shortly afterward, Matthew begins texting Jessica about going to Walmart to pick up baby formula. 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. Does Jessica know whether the cops ever swabbed her hands? 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. GBI didn't report finding any blood spatter on the closet wall. Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . an officer questions the others. The ceiling fan circles on high speed. Here lately I have not been able to recognize the person I see in the mirror. [I'm] 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. Matthew makes it back to the apartment before help arrives and hears baby Tyler crying -- and then heartbreak. That question lingers--but not for Georgia Bureau of Investigations, who said the case is closed--repeatedly stating that they are satisfied with their findings. Click here for "Trigger: The Last Word" | And we talk to Jessica Boynton again here: "Trigger: Free as a Bird" | Anda story when the officer was arrested and kicked offthe force (but not for shooting his wife ). But it was used after Matthew had said he left the apartment in fear of his life, and did not return. And their "War of the Roses" was about to explode. Sanders wants to know how Matthew was texting his mistress from this very phone if he never reentered the apartment. I was at Atlanta Medical Center for a month. [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. Of course the Grandfather could not be reached for a comment, he had it covered up. Matthew Boynton is clearly hysterical. Matthew reads a text from Lt. Curtis Keys, look for police car.. But another heated argument goes down in the baby food aisle. While Trammel's body cam is out of juice tonight, Jones's bodycam spots Trammel as the other officers enter the apartment. Matthew's mistress worked as a dispatch officer, reporting to Sheriff Wendell Beam, who just happens to be Matthew Boynton's grandfather. "Recently she did confirm that the second baby is not mine," Matthew tells the GBI investigator. Just have a soul here please please please. Ad Choices, Griffin police Lt. Michael Natale said in a statement. With his gun raised and arms poised, he holds his weapon out in front of him with both hands. No it wasn't. Her complaint, which she checked on, was never filed. When asked if Boynton had explained why he allegedly kept his ex-wifes belongings, Yates said, No. The first bullet went upward at 54-degree angle. OR OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. Strangely, they never test her hands for gunshot residue. Minutes later, at around 10:45 p.m., Jessica storms out. According to a press release issued by the Griffin Police Department, Boynton was on Friday arrested without incident and transported to the Spalding County Jail. It's one of their owna police-issued .40-caliber Glock. "I saw a lot of things change after time. Statements from Jessica Boynton and Matthew Boynton are logged into evidence, said a statement written by Yancy March 13. I don't think he meant to do it, or at least that's what I like to think.". Her marriage had been crumbling, and she and her husband of six months Matthew Boynton, 20 . Hike also includes a rare chance to tour inside the old powerhouse which provides great photo opportunities of the Towaliga River. Her shoulder-length, blonde hair is saturated in red. I just came up the stairs, two rounds," Boynton says on the recorded call. No bullet entered her body anywhere. "And I talked to the guy and was like, 'Look man, you know, can you just be honest with me? Matthew Boynton, 20, discovered his wife Jessica, 19, lying in a pool of blood in a closet. Stay outside.. However, she was NOT shot. When asked to confirm that a July 26 appointment with Lesters orthodontist was pivotal in the Internal Affairs case, Yates said it was. His flashlights beam reveals a smiling family of four. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates - KTVB The shooting occurred on the evening of April 14, 2016. GRIFFIN, Georgia, April 15, 2016: Police are breathlessly racing to save a life. According to Sanders, these items were obtained from a woman who contacted him and claimed to be Boyntons girlfriend. Since his bodycam wasn't charged, it doesn't record this call. Is that what you're saying?" Both Jessica and Matthew reportedly want a divorce. The only person who truly knows what happened behind that closet door was jessica -- and she's now out of her coma. "The only thing that I can tell you is that Matthew Boynton's account of events are not correct.". Any weapons inside the house? the dispatcher inquires. His tone changes. At the time of the shooting Jessica was looking to make a new start for herself and two young sons. I was looking for a job and I finally found one. Well I couldn't get it for him because I couldn't get it out of his gun holster, she said. And neither is Will Sanders, the truck driver spearheading the drive to get justice for Jessica. Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was cleared in his wife's shooting, but his interrogation still cost him his job. "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? He also reported hearing two gunshots and. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. Boynton: Can you please dispatch a unit out to my location, in reference to my wife? What he finds turns this case of a suicide upside down. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husbands service weapon. the GBI agent posed a return question. She remembered an instance when Matthew asked her grab his gun. A paramedic frantically fights to save Jessica's life. She's even fighting with EMS, dude, the fellow officer tells Matthew. Absolutely, Matthew assures the agent. Is there a loaded pistol with a hair-trigger on the other side? He has been charged with false statements and writings and violating his oath of office. What! "I know what happened," said the unidentified neighbor. Jessica Boynton | GBI changes information about evidence | 11alive.com 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. 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. Her blond hair is now red from what cops assume is a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He's not a cop or even a private investigator. Jones eyes a small child sleeping on a bottom bunk bed in the back bedroom. They hit the top of the stairs knowing somebody's got a gun. Here recently she did confirm that the second baby's not mine. Matthew loved being part of the brotherhood. 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. But this wasn't the end of Jessica's story, rather a new beginningbut not the one she was hoping for. Cops now know what was behind that closet door -- but the true mystery is just about to begin. But Jessica's trauma surgeon, a 30-year veteran in the field, had a few thoughts of his own about what could have happened and what likely did not happen that night. "That was when approximately 24 minutes into the conversation, his demeanor changed and everything flipped," she recalled. Im not sure if it was slightly before or slightly after. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husband's service weapon. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | kiiitv.com So if there is no gunshot wound, what really happened inside that closet? Jessica Boynton was found shot in the closet with her. He's meeting his buddy at the local Waffle House. Inside their apartment Matthew Boynton hears crying. 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. He checks the closet where he keeps his police-issued firearm, but the door is locked. "I didn't know if I was dealing with a possible active scenario where she still had the gun, and she had shot Tyler, and then I could have been the next target," Matthew says in the interview. Jessica Boynton, 19, was a stay-at-home mom to 8-month-old Tyler and 2-year-year old Tollin. She had an appointment Monday.. "Being in the closet," said Jessica. 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. An officer tries to console his grieving coworker. 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.. After just six months of marriage, the Boyntons' one-time neighbor says she saw their young love grow toxic. They're saying it was self-inflicted, she said. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates | wusa9.com The dispatch operator notified Matthew on Facebook, Browning says. Who shot Jessica Boynton? A new podcast investigates - KHOU Her body is on the floor, just behind the door. Officer Boynton hung up and did not respond to multiple messages, while the GBI refused to talk about the closed case. "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. Nearly four years later, questions persist about what happened to the young. she asked. Making his way outside, he calls for assistance over his radio. The devil is in the details. "During that time I investigated hundreds of cases with gunshots and many, many suicides.". Which is very off that this happened, because I never, ever had any thoughts like this before. "According to my interview with Griffin police chief, that second shot had to have been fired while the gun was either on the floor or almost on the floor very close to that wall.". 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. Despite their problems, Matthew tells investigators he still loved Jessica and the boys, and he offers an explanation for why he didn't run in the apartment that terrible night to save them. Who does she think hit her over the head? Matthew runs inside to the closet where he keeps his service gun. "Her hands appeared to be pristine, but also he noted that she had no gunpowder burns.". McCune also had Lester write a victims statement. Listen. GBI/Griffin Police Dept. 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. 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.
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