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The Officer's Wife
Six months after their wedding she was found shot inside a closet with their baby crying in the background
Crime
'The Officer's Wife': What happened behind the closet door?
A new podcast will examine the evidence in the 2016 shooting of a 19-year-old mother and ask: Who pulled the trigger?
The Officer's Wife
The Officer's Wife podcast trailer
Jessica Boynton was married for 6 months before her high school romance went sour and ended with her lying in a closet with a gunshot wound. But who shot her?
Investigations
Inside the gym bag
Then-Griffin Police officer Matthew Boynton was arrested on July 28, 2017 for taking a gym bag full of clothes, underwear and retainer belonging to his now-former wife, Jessica (Boynton) Lester, who at the time was in a coma fighting for her life—a bag she had packed with plans of taking their two young boys and leaving him.
Investigations
Why Matthew Boynton was arrested by the police department he served
In 2016, a Griffin Police officer’s wife is shot in the head with his service weapon, but she survived. He was arrested and today, is no longer on the force. But he wasn’t arrested for shooting her.
Investigations
Who shot the officer's wife? | Examine the evidence yourself
In April 2016, the wife of a Griffin, Ga. police officer is found inside a locked closet. Two shots have been fired from her husband’s service weapon.
Investigations
GBI changes information about where evidence was found in Jessica Boynton case
When facts are wrong, evidence altered to fit theories and threats made, how does the GBI remain the last word on the Jessica Boynton case?
Investigations
Jessica Boynton says she's ‘free as a bird'
“I’m free as a bird,” she said, with a flock of soaring black birds inked on her shoulder, flowing across her back.
The Reveal
Officer arrested for not telling the truth about what happened after his wife was shot
In 2016, a Griffin Police officer’s wife is shot in the head with his service weapon, but she survived. He was arrested and today, is no longer on the force. But he wasn’t arrested for shooting her.
News
PHOTOS | Inside Jessica Boynton's 'divorce' notebook
PHOTOS | Trigger: Inside Jessica Boynton's 'divorce' notebook
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PHOTOS | Jessica and Matthew Boynton's wedding
Jessica and Matthew Boynton's wedding photos
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PHOTOS | Inside the Boynton shooting
PHOTOS | Trigger: Inside the Boynton shooting
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