Nationwide — Ronald Exantus, an African American man who killed 6-year-old Logan Tipton throughout a violent house assault in Kentucky, was launched from jail greater than 10 years early. The White Home has now launched an investigation into why he was freed forward of schedule.
In accordance with WLBT, White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on X that the federal officers are “trying into” Exantus’ early launch. “It’s wholly unacceptable for a kid killer to stroll free after simply a number of years in jail,” she mentioned.
In 2015, Exantus broke into the Tipton household’s house in Versailles, Kentucky. He stabbed Logan, his father, and two of Logan’s sisters as they slept. The youngsters’s older sister, Koral, mentioned she and her siblings witnessed the assault.
“He did it in entrance of me,” Koral mentioned. “He did it in entrance of my siblings. And being an older sister, who has the duty anyway to guard her youthful siblings, it’s simply, he ruined, he messed us up.”
Though Exantus was discovered not responsible by motive of madness for Logan’s demise, he was convicted of assaulting the remainder of the household. He obtained a 20-year sentence, made up of two consecutive 10-year jail phrases. The Kentucky Supreme Court docket upheld his conviction in 2020, and parole was denied a number of instances afterward.
Nonetheless, final month, Exantus was unexpectedly launched 13 years early below Kentucky’s Necessary Reentry Supervision regulation. State officers mentioned the regulation requires some inmates to maneuver to supervised reentry earlier than finishing their full sentence.
The Kentucky Justice Cupboard clarified that the parole board didn’t approve his launch, however that state regulation made it necessary. Exantus is now below probation and parole supervision in Florida till June 2026.
For Logan’s mom, Heather Tipton, the federal assessment gives a small sense of justice. “Lastly,” she mentioned. “Individuals are lastly discovering out about this.”
