This Will Break Your Heart!

Boy tied to tree and burned alive on his eighth birthday names his 'attacker' 13 years later in chilling death-bed video

By Sara Malm

Robbie Middleton was doused in gasoline and set on fire on his eighth birthday in 1998 - He died 13 years later from cancer caused by the burns covering his body.  In a video recorded on his deathbed he accused his alleged attacker Don Collins of raping him two weeks before he was set on fire.  Don Collins, now 27, is to be charged with felony murder

On his eighth birthday he was tied to a tree, doused in petrol and set on fire.  The inferno left Robbie Middleton with third-degree burns to 99 per cent of his body. No-one expected him to survive.  But in a story of staggering courage, Robbie lived. He endured 200 operations and endless therapy to repair the burns.  Tragically, he was to die just weeks short of his 21st birthday from a cancer which doctors blamed on the original injuries.  To Read More....