Ethan Orton, teen who brutally killed parents in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, sentenced to life in prison

An Iowa teenager who stabbed his father to death and used an ax to kill his mother in 2021 will spend the next few decades in prison before he's eligible for parole. Ethan Orton received a life sentence Monday with a chance of parole in 50 years.

Orton pleaded guilty in February to two counts of first-degree murder in the October 2021 deaths of 42-year-old Casey Orton and 41-year-old Misty Scott Slade at the family's home in Cedar Rapids.

Speaking publicly for the first time since the killings, Orton expressed regret for his actions but said he'd "made peace" with what he'd done, CBS affiliate KGAN-TV reported.