Chapter Three

Ronnie Remington is the brother of Ralph Remington and a close neighbor of the Hillburns. His mental illness is not specifically known, but both he and his brother are considered mentally deficient by the community. R.C. Rydell has a particular hatred of Ronnie and his brother and constantly pulls jokes on them which he finds funny but are actually cruel and malicious. Ronnie and his brother are harmless neighbors and have very little to do with the majority of the novel until after the trial. Ronnie encounters Hiram as he is on his way to visit Naomi. Ronnie rambles on incessantly but Hiram is able to pick out key information regarding the third person involved in Emmett's kidnapping as Ronnie divulges that Grampa was with Milam and Bryant.