Man who killed Versailles boy in his bedroom in 2015 released early from Kentucky prison

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Ronald Exantus was sentenced to 20 years in 2018 for killing six-year-old Logan Tipton, but on Wednesday, he was released early for good behavior from a Kentucky prison.

Exantus, now 42, 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 in Versailles.

The Tipton family spoke with Lex18 on Wednesday after they learned Exantus had been released.

"You took a human being's life, not just a human being, a 6-year-old boy who had yet to even begun, to begin to live," Dean Tipton told Lex18. "You know, so my thing is, mentally ill or not, you should be ...you take a life. Your life should be at least life in prison without the possibility of parole."

Exantus was arrested after breaking into a home on Douglas Avenue in Versailles on Dec. 7, 2015, walking up the stairs and using a kitchen knife to stab Logan, as he slept.

The boy cried out during the attack and woke his sister, Dakota. She survived being stabbed.

"And I remember waking up across the room, not where I was at, and I looked and he was killing Logan and Logan was screaming," Dakota told Lex18.

Logan's father tackled Exantus and held him down until police arrived.

During the 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.

Logan's mother, Heather Tipton, said the state hasn't shown any consideration for her family's safety.

"Nobody from the state has contacted us to ask us if we thought about needing security, extra protection, anything like that," Heather Tipton told Lex18. "If you're a victim and there's something like a violent criminal that's going to be released that is in connection to you or your case, or whatever, I think you should be offered some sort of security or protection, or at least just a phone call."

Exantus will remain under court supervision until his sentence formally ends in June 2026. The family said they've been told he will serve his mandatory reentry supervision in Florida.

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