Robby Bustamante

Chapter 4 - Eyes

Robby Bustamante — aliases: the boy

Robby Bustamante, a thirteen-year-old boy who is blind, deaf, and retarded, is lifted into a van by the East St. Louis Day School for the Blind, a routine part of his life following a history of severe neglect and institutionalization.

Chapter 29 - Eyes

Robby / Robby Bustamante

Robby, a blind and deaf thirteen-year-old boy, is violently beaten to death by his mother's live-in partner after soiling his pants. He is dragged to a rotting outhouse, thrown into the pit, and left to die alone in the dark while his mother abandons the house.