Overview
- Escambia County Sheriff's Office identified the victims as 9-year-old Vayden Orum and 7-year-old Rayden Smith.
- Investigators say the children were killed inside the Escambia County trailer and one was sexually assaulted before the fire was set.
- The suspect, John Henry Walston Jr., 27, faces two counts of premeditated murder, sexual assault of a child under 12, arson, and animal cruelty.
- Officials say Walston and the children's mother received hospital treatment after the blaze, and she was hurt trying to reach the children.
- Family members told local media the trailer belonged to Walston and the children were staying there at the time.