Posted at 7:46 AM, October 2, 2025
and last updated 11:19 AM, October 2, 2025
SUMTER COUNTY, Ga. (Court TV) — A former Georgia pageant queen accused of murdering her boyfriend’s son briefly appeared in court Thursday.
Trinity Poague appears in court Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (Court TV)
Trinity Madison Poague was arrested on Jan. 19, 2024, five days after 18-month-old Romeo Angeles was found unresponsive in her college dorm room on Georgia Southwestern State University’s campus. Angeles, who is also referred to as “Jaxton,” later died at a hospital.
In total, Poague is facing six charges: malice murder, cruelty to children in the first degree, two counts of felony murder and two counts of aggravated battery. Poague pleaded not guilty last year.
Poague’s case was briefly called in court on Thursday, where a hearing was set for Nov. 17. The trial is expected to occur during the first week of December.
An indictment obtained by Court TV accuses Poague of “inflicting blunt force trauma” to Angeles’ head and torso. The indictment states Poague caused “serious disfigurement to his liver” and “rendered his brain useless.”
According to WALB, Poague was crowned Miss Donalsonville in 2023. Donalsonville is approximately four hours south of Atlanta, near the Alabama/Florida/Georgia borderline. Early County News reported that Poague was stripped of her title following her arrest.
Poague has since been released from jail after posting a $75K bond as she awaits trial.
