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Pageant Queen Trinity Poague Charged with Murder of Toddler

Initial Findings Suggest Blunt Force Trauma as Cause of Death; Father's GoFundMe Nears Goal

  • Trinity Poague, an 18-year-old Georgia pageant queen, has been charged with the murder of her boyfriend's 18-month-old son.
  • The child, identified as Jaxton Drew by his father and Romeo Angles on his birth certificate, was unresponsive upon arrival at the hospital and later died.
  • Initial findings suggest the cause of death may be blunt force trauma, pending autopsy results.
  • Poague, who was previously a contestant in the National Peanut Festival Pageant and reigning Miss Donalsonville 2023, is currently being held without bond.
  • A GoFundMe page has been set up for the child's father, described as the 'sole caretaker' of his son, and has raised over $9,190 of its $10,000 goal.
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