Late that afternoon, he walked through the woods behind his home to meet a friend for a sleepover.
But shortly afterward, he was attacked by a monster.
A young aggressor tied Robbie at a tree, poured gasoline on him, and lit him on fire in a horrifying crime in Splendora, Texas, according to ABC.
But thanks to Robbie’s testimony on his dea his deathbed, a boy from Texas could finally get justice after 17 years.
The perpetrator received the maximum sentence allowed — and Robbie’s family was awarded the highest damages ever imposed in the United States.