Prosecutors in Georgia say a then-18-year-old beauty queen beat her boyfriend's toddler son to death because she "resented" the boy and wanted to form a family with her own children.

The trial of now-20-year-old Trinity Poague kicked off Tuesday in the Peachtree State with opening statements about the death of 18-month-old Romeo Angeles, who was also known as Jaxton Dru Williams or J.D. Poague is charged with murder , aggravated battery and child cruelty. Prosecutors allege the defendant, then 18, beat the child to death on Jan. 14, 2024, at her dorm room at Georgia Southwestern State University, where she was a student.

J.D. was in good health when his father, Julian Williams, then 23, went to Walmart and picked up a pizza around noon that day. But as he was driving back to the dorm, Po

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