It took more than 16 years for justice to be served against a man who set an 8-year-old boy on fire after sexually abusing him.
Don Collins, 29, was convicted of capital murder in Texas on Monday, the Houston Chronicle reports. His victim, Robbie Middleton, died three years ago of a rare cancer suffered by burn victims, allowing prosecutors to go forward with the murder charge.
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Collins isn’t eligible for the death penalty because he was a minor at the time of the attack. He faces up to 40 years in prison.
