If you do wear makeup and fix your hair, youre a whore., Beam asked Whitehouse to meet him at a park on the outskirts of Griffin. Under Georgia law, police officers, unlike civilians, have the right to make a prepared statement at the end of a grand-jury hearing. (She and Callaway, Matthews ex-girlfriend, couldnt be reached for this story. 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.". Just before 2 a.m. on April 15th, Wendell Beam asked the sheriff of Pike County to send officers to the house. Matthew called a Griffin police lieutenant for advice. Running across the parking lot and up the stairs, responding officers head toward the apartment. Even Gibsons lawyer, Phil Friduss, seemed at a loss to explain whether Gibson had controlled the county, as so many people believed. Have you spoken to her doctors about what they believe is the cause of her head injuries? Jessicas lawyer, Bree Lowry, asked. agents asked if she had ever handled Matthews gun. Police found Jessica Boynton in the closet of her home with a gunshot wound to the head, and a police issued firearm in her hand. He grabs his police radio, stationed and charging on top of the white microwave in the kitchen, and leaves his phone on the counter. Her aunt Kathy, who lives on the farm, said, With Jessicas family background, there was probably just a feeling of Oh, Ive finally found someone who loves me.. Willey had seen a copy of Matthews sworn statement in his car, and she was disturbed that he was lying straight to everybodys face, she later told the police. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. The agent asked her if she had ever held her husbands service weapon. The fact that they dont believe that she did this to herselfI think theyre not taking it seriously, Owen said. He spoke about how he gambled with a mythical figure known in the sheriffs office as the Wood Chipper, because, supposedly, he had used such a device to kill a woman. She concluded that shed chosen the wrong tactic. 8,897 people like this. She's having suicidal thoughts," he calmly says about Jessica to the dispatcher. When Matthew drove his patrol car, he would often take the keys to his truck, a Chevrolet Avalanche, so that Jessica couldnt use it. Two months later, Jessica was hired as an assistant teacher at a child-care center in Griffin. In nearly a third of cases, the officers already had a domestic-violence incidentand, in one case, eightin their records. 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. By Rachel Aviv.
