True Crime

Torched by His Tormentor — The Case of Robbie Middleton

An adolescent’s tale of bravery when faced with arson

Engulfing flames caused physical and mental scars on a young boy, the burns trespassing his body in the same way its initiator did. He ran from the woods, the fishing line once formerly bounding him to a tree melting away. Robbie Middleton made it from the edge of the woods to a nearby street where he collapsed right in front of his neighbors and parents. The child had been intentionally set on fire.