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11ALIVE.COM. >>> WHO SHOT THE OFFICER'S WIFE.
A CASE THAT CAUSED OUR VIEWERS
TO QUESTION IS FINDINGS.
>> NOW CHIEF GAITHER BRENDAN
KEITH UNCOVERED RECORDINGS OF
GBI AGENTS CHANGING EVIDENCE.
CHANGING.
CHANGING.
CHANGING. >> WE COME TO THE GUN PICTURES
POOCHLT JESSICA BOYTON LOOKS AT
THE GUN THAT SHOT HER IN THE
HEAD.
HEAD.
HEAD. BUT
HEAD. BUT WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER.
>> POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> Reporter: THE POLICE
OFFICERS'S WIFE FOUND INSIDE A
LOCKED CLOSET ON TOP OF HER
HUSBAND'S SERVICE WEAPON.
TWO BULLET HOLES IN THE WALL.
HER DNA ON THE POLICE PISTOL AND
SUICIDE TEXT SENT FROM HER PHONE
TO HER HUSBAND'S PHONE.
>> I JUST CAME UP THE STAIRS.
>> Reporter: OFFICER MATTHEW
BOYTON TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE
TRANSMITTED THE CALL FOR HELP
FROM OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT AFTER
LOOKING AROUND.
LOOKING AROUND. >> YOU WERE OUTSIDE XHU
INDICATING ON THE RADIO YOU
NEVER WENT BACK TO CHECK ON THE
KIDS OR THINKING --
>> I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS
DEALING WITH AN ACTIVE SCENARIO
WHERE SHE HAD THE GUN AND SHE
HAD SHOT TYLER.
>> Reporter: IF IT WAS YOU
KNOWING YOUR KIDS WERE IN THE
APARTMENT AND YOU JUST HEARD A
GUNSHOT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT
WOULD KEEP YOU OUT.
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. SOMEBODY STRONG WOULD HAVE TO
HOLD ME BACK.
>> Reporter: SECONDS BEFORE THE
HUSBAND'S RADIO CALL WAS ENTERED
BY DISPATCHERS.
BY DISPATCHERS. >> Reporter: REPORTING A
SHOOTING INVOLVING HIS WIFE,>> I
CAME UPSTAIRS>> Reporter: PHONE
RECORDS SHOW THE FUN HUSBAND
BOONED'S FEEN WAS TEXTING HIS
GIRLFRIEND.
GIRLFRIEND. >> HOW CAN YOU NOT CHECK ON YOUR
CHILDREN AND HIS ANSWER WAS HE
WAS IN FARE FOR HIS LIFE.
HE HAD TIME TO TEXT HIS
MISTRESSES.
MISTRESSES. >> Reporter: SHELIA MATTHEWS
INVESTIGATED THE SHOOTING FOR
HER NEWSPAPER THE GRIP.
GBI EVIDENCE PHOTO CAUGHT HER
ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. OFFICER BUOYANT'S PHONE BY THE
MIKE WAVE.
MIKE WAVE. THE REPORTER CALLED THE GBI
REPORTER IN CHARGE.
>> THIS ACTIVITY ON HIS CELL
PHONE HAD TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE
INSIDE THE KITCHEN INSIDE HIS
APARTMENT.
APARTMENT. >> HOW DO YOU COME INTO TO THAT
CONCLUSION.
CONCLUSION. >> IF GROW TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS
PART OF YOUR FILES.
THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH AND THE
EVIDENCE REPORT FOR HIS CELL
PHONE IT WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE
KITCHEN COUNTER IN FRONT OF THE
MIKE WAVE.
MIKE WAVE. >> IT WASN'T.
IT WAS FROM HIM.
WE PUT IT ON THE COUNTER TO TAKE
A PICTURE OF IT.
>> HIS INITIAL RESPONSE
UNWAVERING.
UNWAVERING. >> AND WRONG.
>> COMPLETELY.
>> COMPLETELY. >> Reporter: THE GBI'S OWN
PHOTOGRAPHS SEARCH WARRANT AND
EVIDENCE LOG ALL AGREE.
THE OFFICER'S PHONE WAS FOUND ON
THE KITCHEN COUNT EVERY.
>> HOW DID HIS PHONE GET THERE>>
I HOW DID IT GET THERE AND HOW
WAS THERE ACTIVITY?
>> HE COULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLY
THAT ALL HIS -- HE LEFT HIS
STUFF THERE, HIS PHONE GIVEN TO
SOMEONE ELSE AT GIVEN PD.
THEY KNEW GBI WANTED IT WHILE HE
WAS TAKEN TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. I'M SURE THERE'S A PLAUSIBLE
EXPLANATION TO IT WITHOUT COMING
UP WITH A THEORY HE HAS TO BE
HERE IN THE KITCHEN ANSWERING
TEXT MESSAGES.
TEXT MESSAGES. >> Reporter: POLICE BODY CAMERA
FOOTAGE MINUTES AFTER THE SHOTS
FIRED CALL SHOWS A DMRVEN FRONT
OF THE MIKE WAVE EXACTLY WHERE
THE GBI PHOTOGRAPHED OFFICER
BUOYANT'S PHONE.
BUOYANT'S PHONE. >> HOW IS HE TEXTING HIS GIFLD
AND CALLING IN A SHOTS CALL.
>> ONE CONGRESSPERSON NOT BE IN
TWO PLACES AT THE SAME TIME.
INTO
INTO THE
INTO THE CONVERSATION HIS DEMEANOR CHANGED AND EVERYTHING
SLIPPED.
SLIPPED.
SLIPPED. >> I'M GOING TO ASK SOMEONE
ELSE.
ELSE.
ELSE. ARE
ELSE. ARE YOU RECORDING ANY OF THIS.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. FOR AN ARTICLE TO MAKE SURE I
GET QUOTES PROPER.
>> YOU NEED TO LET ME KNOW AHEAD
OF TIME BEFORE I START ANSWERING
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. ?
?
? THAT'S
? THAT'S WAY WE'RE GOING TO PLAY
THIS GAME.
THIS GAME. YOU WANT TO START RECORDING ME
AND START QUOTING ME YOU BETTER
LET ME KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
>> Reporter: THE REPORTER CALLED
THE GBI'S DIRECTOR OF
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TO FILE A
FORMAL COMPLAINT.
FORMAL COMPLAINT. >> WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT.
>> WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ME
THAT'S NOT -- I DON'T SEE
ANYTHING WRONG BY SAYING THAT.
>> Reporter: THE HUSBAND'S PHONE
WAS NOT DONE MAKING CALLS AFTER
THE SHOOTING.
THE SHOOTING. HOURS AFTER IT WAS SALED AND
LOGGED INTO GBI EVIDENCE OFFICER
BOYTON'S PHONE WAS STILL CALLING
HIS MISTRESS.
HIS MISTRESS. THE GBI DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS HAD AN EXPLANATION FOR
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> THE GBI AGAIN I FIGURED OUT
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT PHONE.
THE AGENT HAD THAT PHONE -- AND
THEY WERE TRYING TO GET IN THE
GATE AND HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE
LAST DIALED CALLED AND CALLED
THE GIRLFRIEND.
THE GIRLFRIEND. >> THAT WAS NOT THE LAST NUMBER
THAT HAD BEEN DIALED.
>> Reporter: SHE DISCOVERED THE
NUMBER OF INTERNAL
INVESTIGATIONS AT THE GBI
DROPPED WHILE OTHER ACTIVITY NOT
REQUIRING FORMAL INVESTIGATION
INCREASED YEAR AFTER YEAR.
THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CASE GO
ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.
GBI DIRECTOR VERNON KING HIMSELF
TOOK THE UNUSUAL STEP OF
PERSONALLY ISSUING A LETTER
CLEARING OFFICER BOYTON IN THE
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. SIGNING THIS LETTER FIRST
CALLING IT THE DEATH AND SUICIDE
OF JESSICA BOYTON.
>> THE DIRECTOR ACTUALLY GOT IT
WRONG IN TERMS WHETHER SOMEONE
WAS DEAD OR ALIVE IN A GBI
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. HOW CAN WE TRUST ANYTHING THE
GIVING SAYS?
GIVING SAYS? >> THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS I
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANSWERED.
IT APPEARS THEY WILL NEVER BE
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED. >> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST YOU
AGAINST YOUR HUSBAND IT'S YOU
AGAINST WHOLE GRIFFIN POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. >> Reporter: AND THE GBI.
>> Reporter: GBI AGENTS WAITED
THREE MOUNTAINS BEFORE TALKING
WITH THE TRAUMA SURGEON WHO
TREATED JESSICA AND FOUR MONTHS
BEFORE TALKING TO THE OFFICER ON
THE SCENE AND NEIGHBOR.
THE OFFICER MISREPORTED WHEN HE
FIRST ARRIVED AND THE NEXT DOOR
NEIGHBOR HEARD A SINGLE GUNSHOT
HOURS EARLIER.
HOURS EARLIER. BY THE TIME THE GBI GOT AROUND
TO THOSE INTERVIEWS BUOYANT WAS
CLEARED AN BACK ON PATROL.
>>> WHAT IS THE GBI WHAT IS
THEIR LAST WORD ON ALL OF THIS?
>> Reporter: THE AGENT WHO TOLD
SHELIA MATTHEWS WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A PROBLEM HE APOLOGIZED AND
ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT A CASE
FILE HE HAND REVIEWED IN MONTHS.
WE LAID ALL OF THIS OUT FOR