LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man released from prison after serving less than half of his 20-year prison sentence for stabbing a 6-year-old to death in his bed in 2015 will remain behind bars after violating the terms of his release.
On Thursday, the Kentucky Parole Board revoked Ronald Exantus' Mandatory Reentry Supervision after conducting a file review, according to a news release from Kentucky's Justice & Public Safety Cabinet.
The 42-year-old was released Oct. 1 on good behavior after serving less than half of his 20-year prison sentence for stabbing 6-year-old Logan Tipton to death in his bedroom 10 years ago in Versailles, Kentucky.
He was arrested a week later in Florida for failing to register as a convicted felon within 48 hours of moving to the state. Police there said Exantus was living in a home adjacent from an elementary school and blocks away from another school, and had not yet registered as a convicted felon, at the time of his release.
After his extradition back to Kentucky, 26 state representatives signed a letter asking the parole board deem him "ineligible for re-release."
The board said Thursday its decision came after Exantus "admitted to violating the conditions of his supervision." Board members determined his failure to comply with the conditions of his supervision "constituted a significant risk to prior victims or the community at large and the offender cannot be appropriately managed in the community."
In its decision, the board wrote Exantus "violating his conditions and ultimately committing a new misdemeanor offense within days of his release further proves that he is not suitable for release."
The Kentucky Department of Corrections was required to release Exantus on Mandatory Reentry Supervision per Kentucky law, despite the parole board voting unanimously to keep him in prison every time it had the opportunity. The board doesn't have the authority to release inmates on MRS, which is a process governed by state law.
Exantus was sentenced in 2018 to 20 years in prison for stabbing 6-year-old Logan Tipton to death in his bedroom after breaking into a home on Douglas Avenue in Versailles on Dec. 7, 2015. He also stabbed Logan's sister, who survived, and assaulted their father.
He was arrested after Logan's father tackled him and held him down until police arrived.
During his six-day trial, the defense argued Exantus was insane at the time of the crime and in a state of psychosis. But both the defense and prosecution admitted that he killed the boy.
Exantus was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, but he was convicted for the brutal assaults on other family members the night he broke into the home.
This story may be updated.
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