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

[LadyL]

I believe they were asking is one applied to the injury of the head and the other for the torso injury. IMO they were trying to understand why there was 2 charges for the same thing.

oooh thanks I thought it was like a proverb or something

 

[DixieGal86]

oooh thanks I thought it was like a proverb or something

Yw! I was confused to begin with.

 

[Megnut]

She'll be 50 years old when she's eligible for parole.

May menopause visit her early.

At least he sentence isn't likely to be overturned, which LWOP might have been.

The prosecution and judge afforded her far more mercy than she afforded that defenseless child.

I hope prison can fix her.

JMO

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson


Prosecutor recommends Trinity Poague get a shot a parole, citing the jury didn't find guilty of malice murder and that Trinity was only 18 yrs old


5:23 PM · Dec 5, 2025

 

[Dotta]

Well,
Parole Board will decide about her Fate in the future.
Without anger management control therapy,
I'm not so sure about their decision.

I don't think prison life will help her manage explosive temper and fits of rage without adequate therapy.

Quite the contrary,
taking into account harsh and hostile environment.
She seems to suffer from serious MH issues IMO.

Oh well,
but who knows how prison system will look like in 30 years time?

JMO

 

[DixieGal86]

Well,
Parole Board will decide about her Fate in the future.
Without anger management control therapy,
I'm not so sure about their decision.

I don't think prison life will help her manage explosive temper and fits of rage without adequate therapy.

Quite the contrary,
taking into account harsh and hostile environment.
She seems to suffer from serious MH issues IMO.

Oh well,
but who knows how prison system will look like in 30 years time?

JMO

True, and no telling what kind of obstacles that she will face in prison or what may trigger her anger.

 

[Knox]

@cathyrusson


Prosecutor recommends Trinity Poague get a shot a parole, citing the jury didn't find guilty of malice murder and that Trinity was only 18 yrs old


5:23 PM · Dec 5, 2025

I don't give a flip about her age or giving a second chance. This trial was one of the most unprofessional I've seen ... but grateful she was found guilty.

@DixieGal86 - remember when she was seen running around town, acting like nothing was wrong - telling people she was in school? I think she honestly believed she was going to be found not guilty.

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[acutename]

Anyone else ever felt like this is the judge's first trial? He seems confused and unsure of himself at times. The way he read the verdict and dismissed the jury without asking counsel if they wanted to poll the jury also stood out to me. He also didn't do the colloquy with the defendant about whether she was gonna testify or not, did he?

Anyway, she couldn't have just broken up with the boyfriend?? It's not like the boyfriend was some great catch. Geez. Were there no other eligible college men she could've dated? What a senseless crime. Poor baby. RIP JD.

Edited to add; I'm guessing Ms Pageant Queen has some anger issues unrelated to this relationship/baby and she took it out on JD.

JMO

Apparently she could not break up with the boyfriend and he some how- since 2023!- did not notice that she hated the child. (does not seem to be a lot of time between when the father met her and the baby's birth, BTW). Where did the child go when they were in the dorm room together? Maybe the child did cry all the time when with her because she was not his mom or a caretaker and she came between him and his dad. His mom left him at 3 mos, so a bad situation even before he met TP. Did they say exactly how she injured him? Threw him or kicked him? It really seems crazy that she could not contain her temper; leaving the dorm room (neglect) would have been better than a brutal attack.

 

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[Megnut]

I don't give a flip about her age or giving a second chance. This trial was one of the most unprofessional I've seen ... but grateful she was found guilty.

@DixieGal86 - remember when she was seen running around town, acting like nothing was wrong - telling people she was in school? I think she honestly believed she was going to be found not guilty.

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I just watched this video again.

In the first seconds, she drops her head and cries when the first 'not guilty' comes in (relief? acting? was she expecting 'guilty' and it was performative?)

But here's the kicker. Watch her head swing up when the judge announces 'guilty' on the collective rest of the counts. I do declare -- duper's delight.

Not sure what the delight was. Maybe that 'not guilty' on the first count would give her a chance for parole.

I wonder if anyone else caught that smile.

 

[BrownRice]

I just watched this video again.

In the first seconds, she drops her head and cries when the first 'not guilty' comes in (relief? acting? was she expecting 'guilty' and it was performative?)

But here's the kicker. Watch her head swing up when the judge announces 'guilty' on the collective rest of the counts. I do declare -- duper's delight.

Not sure what the delight was. Maybe that 'not guilty' on the first count would give her a chance for parole.

I wonder if anyone else caught that smile.

Yes, that was definitely an odd thing to watch. She burst into theatrical tears at Not Guilty, but then when he said counts 2-6, she gave him a side eye glance with a tiny smile - for a second only, then glared when she heard Guilty.

Hearing the texts she wrote as well as her dorm mates’ testimony, she clearly hated and resented that child. So sad. That little boy had no normalcy in his brief life. She had control of her destiny here though; she should have told him she wasn’t a babysitter and just gone on to date other guys with no kids. Instead, she took it out on a baby.

This was an odd case to watch, but glad there was justice for this boy.

 

[Dotta]

I didn't see a smile
but a grimace
and also nodding when Judge was saying additional counts.

The initial crying
(of hers and the woman's behind)
disappeared immediately
- as if by magic -
when "Guilty" was announced.

This is shock I guess.
People react to shock unpredictably,
in various individual ways.

JMO

 

[Weki]

This was indeed one of the oddest trials I’ve watched involving a child’s heinous assault/death. Didn’t see many pictures of the baby - not even during closing. No emotionality or victim impact statements from families on either side. No outburst from her family when she was convicted/sentenced.

The judge seemed out of his depth. The prosecutor got all flustered in his sentencing argument. He also referenced Scarface during his rebuttal closing. And in the end he seemed to feel sorry for the defendant as did the judge.

The defendant seemed checked out….dissociated.

This was a completely unprovoked and seemingly hateful assault. She clearly resented the heck out of this poor child. No one forced her to date that man. She was 18 and in college. Tons of college aged boys around. How do you hit a child hard enough to fracture his skull and cause brain fluid to leak out of his nose and mouth? He died within 30-45 minutes. How much hatred and rage do you need to do that? It’s hard to feel sorry for her. I can’t imagine hitting a defenseless child that hard. It wasn’t the first time she had assaulted the child either.

I’m surprised the prosecutor didn’t go harder about her character. She is a cruel person.

JMO

 

[Weki]

Just want to also add that no one who testified seemed to like her. The roommate did a lot of damage. She did not try to sugar coat anything, which is what you’d expect if she liked or felt sorry for the defendant.

Even the defense witnesses damaged the defendant. No sugar coating on cross when asked about how she felt towards JD.

She seems to be a negative, spiteful person imo.

 

[DixieGal86]

I don't give a flip about her age or giving a second chance. This trial was one of the most unprofessional I've seen ... but grateful she was found guilty.

@DixieGal86 - remember when she was seen running around town, acting like nothing was wrong - telling people she was in school? I think she honestly believed she was going to be found not guilty.

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Yes, I do remember that. She went on living her life with some limitations. IMO I believe she thought there was not enough evidence to convict her. Had something been wrong with the baby before the dad left she would have said something. Her attorney attempted to imply it happened before, but there was nothing showing it did.

IMO what solidified it for be was her roommate and the medical examiners testimony.

When the judge said not guilty she thought she was good. Her expression immediately changed when he said guilty.

 

[DixieGal86]

Just want to also add that no one who testified seemed to like her. The roommate did a lot of damage. She did not try to sugar coat anything, which is what you’d expect if she liked or felt sorry for the defendant.

Even the defense witnesses damaged the defendant. No sugar coating on cross when asked about how she felt towards JD.

She seems to be a negative, spiteful person imo.

I agree, IMO thats why the defense rested.

 

[Weki]

I agree, IMO thats why the defense rested.

And even though she has a right not to testify and that is not to be held against her, there is no way jurors on some level didn’t hold that against her privately. Because if any situation calls for a defendant to testify, this has to top the list. Not testifying is tantamount to an admission of guilt. Her attorney was saying the child was injured/hurt/had some medical issue previously or that his dad hurt him so she needed to testify to support that.

JMO

 

[DixieGal86]

And even though she has a right not to testify and that is not to be held against her, there is no way jurors on some level didn’t hold that against her privately. Because if any situation calls for a defendant to testify, this has to top the list. Not testifying is tantamount to an admission of guilt. Her attorney was saying the child was injured/hurt/had some medical issue previously or that his dad hurt him so she needed to testify to support that.

JMO

I agree!

 

[gucci2times]

And even though she has a right not to testify and that is not to be held against her, there is no way jurors on some level didn’t hold that against her privately. Because if any situation calls for a defendant to testify, this has to top the list. Not testifying is tantamount to an admission of guilt. Her attorney was saying the child was injured/hurt/had some medical issue previously or that his dad hurt him so she needed to testify to support that.

JMO

Yes she should have taken the stand

 

[Serononin]

And even though she has a right not to testify and that is not to be held against her, there is no way jurors on some level didn’t hold that against her privately. Because if any situation calls for a defendant to testify, this has to top the list. Not testifying is tantamount to an admission of guilt. Her attorney was saying the child was injured/hurt/had some medical issue previously or that his dad hurt him so she needed to testify to support that.

JMO

I can only assume they decided that her testifying would make her look even worse