Father of slain 6-year-old issues ominous threat to son’s killer who was freed early after serving just 8 years
Poor Logan Tipton was stabbed repeatedly in the head during the random Kentucky home invasion in 2015.
A man convicted in the brutal attack that killed 6-year-old Logan Tipton has been released on parole after serving roughly eight years behind bars, prompting outrage from the slain child’s family and a vow of vengeance from his father.
Ronald Exantus, 42, entered the Tipton home in Versailles, Kentucky, on Dec. 7, 2015, and attacked the family while they slept, authorities say. Prosecutors say Exantus concentrated his violence on Logan, repeatedly slashing the boy in the head with a kitchen knife. When Logan’s father, Dean Tipton, confronted the intruder he was stabbed and thrown across the room, family members told WLKY.
Dakota Tipton recounted waking up to a scene of violence and watching her brother being killed. The family has described the attack as savage and sudden.
Exantus, a one-time dialysis nurse, was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity and in 2018 was sentenced on assault charges to a 20-year term. Because of good-behavior and educational credit, he was paroled Oct. 1 after serving about eight years, local reports say. His parole period runs through June 18, 2026, according to the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
The release has left Logan’s parents furious. Dean Tipton told WKYT and Fox56 that he is seething over the decision and warned he would do whatever it takes to protect his remaining children — even saying he would kill Exantus if they ever crossed paths again.
Logan’s mother, Heather Tipton, expressed disbelief and anger that the man who killed her sleeping son is now a free man after serving only a fraction of the sentence she expected. She told Fox56 that it is “infuriating” to see such a short effective prison term for the death of a child.
The family’s reaction underscores the enduring trauma left by the 2015 attack and the tensions that can follow when mentally ill defendants are found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity but still receive prison terms for related charges.
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