Trinity Poague, Reigning Miss Donalsonville (GA) Facing Murder Charges in the Death of a Young Child - 19 Jan 2024

[303gmf]

Yes, that is the world of little girl pageants which is quite different from the world of teen to adult scholarship pageants, from what I know. The system I was mentioning where you are basically winning by raising the most money is a completely different "business" from either the JonBenet type or the scholarship pageants. I think those I mentioned are really taking advantage of people who are wanting to be in that world but don't quite have the in-roads or the money.



Thanks @DixieGal86. It sounds like some of the local ones we have here. Some can be a prelim to Miss America system state pageants, others not so much. It's not really here nor there in terms of her trial, though. I was just trying to get a handle on her level of participation in terms of her possible aspirations, etc.

Seems like such gross exploitation of females, young or not, ick
In 2025 I thought this was a relic
Inviting predators in the front door
JMO

 

[Quill]

Donalsonville is a very small town. I believe the title she won was a traditional pageant, not a pay to win pageant. But with it being such a small town, the contestant pool was probably quite small and that could be why she won. I’d also be interested in knowing if her parents were influential citizens as well.

Thanks, @killarney rose. I'd also like to know about her parents.

One of the reasons I was asking about the type system is that, from I'm familiar with, the pay to win type pageants appeal to people who want to get into these things but don't have the funds, experience or other resources etc. Very often they don't lead to what the participant is hoping for because they just look good on paper but weren't an actual contest won on talent, skill or head-to-head competition. I look at these as pretty scammy. I was just trying to get a grasp on what kind she was in to put in perspective for myself. It sounds like she was in a very local community pageant.

I certainly am not an expert on the topic of current day pageants, but I once knew a bit about them from the era I was a teenager in and the era that my kids grew up in.

 

[sasha17]

Thanks, @killarney rose. I'd also like to know about her parents.

One of the reasons I was asking about the type system is that, from I'm familiar with, the pay to win type pageants appeal to people who want to get into these things but don't have the funds, experience or other resources etc. Very often they don't lead to what the participant is hoping for because they just look good on paper but weren't an actual contest won on talent, skill or head-to-head competition. I look at these as pretty scammy. I was just trying to get a grasp on what kind she was in to put in perspective for myself. It sounds like she was in a very local community pageant.

I certainly am not an expert on the topic of current day pageants, but I once knew a bit about them from the era I was a teenager in and the era that my kids grew up in.

Speaking of her parents, I find it interesting they don't seem to be in the court room supporting her. There is a girl who appears to be in her 20s (wearing an Indiana sweatshirt today in the video) who is alone today (maybe a friend or sibling?) and that girl had a younger man with her yesterday, but no one else who could be family. No one who looks like Trinity's parents or grandparents. The rest of the people seated in the other rows of the court room look like reporters, professionals of some sort or another, etc.

When Trinity was in court in October, she had a woman with her with curly hair. Maybe that was a relative? This woman isn't in the court room now.

 

[arielilane]

It's always interesting to see how different judges' rulings can be. How many times have we heard judges say there will be no speaking objections? In the Trinity Poague trial, the judge just allowed a speaking objection argument to go on for 2 1/2 minutes in front of the jury.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996328673222488394

 

[gucci2times]

Oof those text messages to the roommate about hating JD and wanting to punch him are the nail in her coffin!!!

 

[arielilane]

Ex-Beauty Queen on Trial of Murder of Boyfriend's Toddler on College Campus

Trinity Poague is accused of beating her boyfriend's 18-month-old son to death in 2024.

people.com

Dec. 3

 

[DixieGal86]

Oof those text messages to the roommate about hating JD and wanting to punch him are the nail in her coffin!!!

Those were very detrimental IMO.

 

[DixieGal86]

Also with what the medical examiner said about the extent of his injuries and him showing effects within minutes does not help TP case IMO.

 

[Kemug]

He looks like a dear little boy.

 

[DixieGal86]

He looks like a dear little boy.

I agree. It is so sad, and I can't help but to wonder how the baby's aunt is doing. It seems like she had the baby majority of the time.

 

[sasha17]

The woman with the curly hair who was with Trinity at the October hearing is in the court room today, seated a few rows behind the defense table. I wonder if that's her mother?

Today's video link:

 

[DixieGal86]

The woman with the curly hair who was with Trinity at the October hearing is in the court room today, seated a few rows behind the defense table. I wonder if that's her mother?

Today's video link:

I think that is her step mom. If I am not mistaken, I believe her bio mom passed away.

 

[arielilane]

DAILY TRIAL UPDATES​

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DAY 2 – 12/3/25​

• LIVESTREAM: GA v. Trinity Madison Poague – Day 2 | Pageant Queen Child Murder Trial
• The state briefly recalled J.D.’s father, Julian “Jay” Williams, so jurors could see the jacket he wore as he rushed his son to the hospital. Williams identified a stain on the sleeve as his son’s vomit and said he has never washed the jacket because “it’s the last thing I got to remember of him.”
• Emergency room doctor Michael Busman told jurors 18-month-old J.D. arrived at the Sumter ER pulseless and not breathing, with signs of a skull fracture and a liver laceration on imaging. Busman said head trauma and bleeding in the brain killed the child, not any “odd problem” or other underlying condition.
  • WATCH: Doctor: Toddler ‘Completely Unresponsive’ at Emergency Room
  • Busman testified that with a skull fracture and brain bleed of that size, major symptoms would appear within minutes, not the next day. He said it was “highly unlikely” J.D. could have been injured the night before and still be acting normally on Sunday morning.
  • Busman also described chart notes that captured initial accounts provided by Poague and Williams to hospital staff. One entry attributed to Poague said J.D. was “not acting right” and that she might have shaken him a little to get a response. A later nursing note recorded Poague saying J.D. had been eating chips and drinking Mountain Dew, started “not acting right,” got weak and would not respond even when she squeezed his cheeks and tapped his face. A separate note reflected Williams telling staff the child had fallen about five minutes before arrival.
• ER doctor Jill Olek took over care from Busman and told jurors the baby “died as a result of massive head trauma.” Olek said there was a “zero percent” chance CPR caused the liver tear, noting the injury was on the right lobe, away from where compressions are performed. Olek opined that the injury’s severity fit high-force blunt trauma, not a short fall.
• GBI medical examiner Dr. Anthony Clark described a complex fracture at the base of J.D.’s skull, bleeding on the brain, and a crushed right lobe of the liver and adrenal gland. He told jurors those injuries required very high, focused force and said the head trauma, in his opinion, would have killed J.D. within “seconds to minutes” after the impact. Clark said the overall injury pattern was not consistent with a simple household fall from a bed or chair.
• Suitemate Parris Purmort told jurors she saw J.D. in the shared common area around 10 p.m. Saturday. Purmort said he was awake and acting normal for him, and she did not see obvious bruising on his face or any other signs of injury.
  • Through Purmort, the state introduced earlier messages where Poague vented about J.D. and the strain of the relationship, including an August 2023 message where Poague said she felt anger toward J.D., “like I want to punch him, lmfao omg that sounds so bad.” Purmort also recalled Poague saying in person that she sometimes got so angry she wished she could “run him over” with her car. Purmort said she didn’t take those statements seriously, figuring Poague was just venting during a volatile relationship.
  • Purmort then walked jurors through messages from the weekend of the incident that showed Poague frustrated about being left with J.D. and resenting the way the toddler affected her relationship with Williams. After J.D. was rushed to the hospital, Poague texted Purmort, “I didn’t do it Parris, I would never lay my hands on any kid.”

GA v. Trinity Poague: Pageant Queen Child Murder Trial

UPDATE: Trinity Poague is facing life in prison if convicted of killing her boyfriend's toddler son, who was found unresponsive in her college dorm room.

www.courttv.com

Dec. 4

 

[DixieGal86]

I think that is her step mom. If I am not mistaken, I believe her bio mom passed away.

I was wrong, I believe her father and step mom sitting together on the opposite end...I could be wrong again...lol

 

[CHEL]

I wonder who the prosecution is contemplating calling.

 

[DixieGal86]

I wonder who the prosecution is contemplating calling.

Me too!

 

[arielilane]

BREAKING: State rests in GA v. Trinity Poague. Defense is now moving for a directed verdict.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=66n5VFR_Wxs

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996623022879608900

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996626737925698005

 

[arielilane]

Posted one hour ago

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996627992798548273

 

[sasha17]

It seems awkward that the lead prosecutor admitted that Dr. Bussman, the doctor who treated the baby in the ER, is also his (the prosecutor's) own personal doctor.