Overview
- Kentucky officials say Ronald Exantus was released from Department of Corrections custody on Wednesday after he served the sentence imposed by the Woodford Circuit Court and the Parole Board did not grant an early release.
- Exantus broke into a Versailles home on December 7, 2015 and fatally stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton while also assaulting the child’s father and sisters.
- At his 2018 trial Exantus was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity but was convicted on assault counts and given a maximum 20-year term that governs his release.
- Prison rules and in‑custody credits shortened his time behind bars—he received nearly nine years of sentence credit and briefly left custody under mandatory reentry in October 2025 before being rearrested in Florida for failing to register.
- The legislature passed 'Logan’s Law' in April 2026 to tighten parole and insanity-defense procedures, but its nonretroactive text did not affect Exantus’s case, prompting renewed family outrage and calls to change how credits and post-insanity supervision are handled.