Former pageant queen sentenced for 18-month-old’s death
SUMTER CO., Ga. – Today, Former Miss Donalsonville pageant queen, Trinity Poague was found guilty on two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated battery, and one count of cruelty to children in the first degree.
She was not found guilty on malice murder.
She was sentenced less than an hour after a guilty verdict was reached.
Poague was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 concurrent years.
This comes after Poague faced a grand jury on a 6-count indictment connected to the murder of her boyfriend’s child.
In January 2024, 18-month-old Romeo “Jaxton Dru” Angles was found unresponsive inside a dorm room at Georgia Southwestern State University’s campus.
When the child’s father returned, he transported him to the local hospital where the child later died.
In February, Poague was granted a $75,000 bond, but she was not ordered to be on house arrest. She was ordered to wear an ankle monitor, but could leave Americus.
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