A horrific crime has led to the arrest of a Florida man accused of murdering two young children, ages 9 and 7, before intentionally setting the mobile home they were in on fire early Friday morning.
Deputies have charged John Henry Walston Jr., 27, with two counts of premeditated murder, one count of sexual assault on a victim under 12, and one count of arson following the incident at the Grand Oak Mobile Home Park in Escambia County. The victims were identified as 9-year-old Vayden Orum and 7-year-old Rayden Smith.
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons confirmed the children were killed before the fire, which Walston allegedly set as he fled. “[Walston] assaulted one, then killed them both before saving himself,” Sheriff Simmons said in a video statement…