PENSACOLA, Fla. (Court TV) — A Florida man is facing several charges after allegedly murdering two children and setting fire to a trailer with them inside.

John Henry Walston is charged with homicide, arson and sex assault. (Escambia County Sheriff’s Office)

John Henry Walston Jr., 27, faces a list of charges including first-degree murder, arson, sexual assault and torturing an animal after the Nov. 7 fire in Pensacola. First responders battled flames at a trailer before going inside to discover the bodies of two children.

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said investigators were able to determine that the children, ages 7 and 9, were killed before the fire was set, and one of them had also been sexually assaulted. Deputies said that Walston escaped from the fire and was found at a h

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