CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Cedar Rapids teen sentenced to life in prison for killing his parents is seeking resentencing based on new court documents that allege his mother sexually abused him for years.

Ethan Orton pleaded guilty in February 2023 to two counts of first-degree murder in the October 2021 killing of his parents at their home in the 300 block of Carnaby Drive NE. Police say they found Orton sitting outside of the home covered in blood.

In new court documents, Orton alleges his mother sexually abused him from ages nine to 17. Orton also alleges his parents threatened to kick him out when he turned 18 in an email days after he “declined his mother’s demand for him to have sex with her.”

According to court documents, Orton claims that his mother would walk in on him taking

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