REPORT: Man Convicted Of Fatally Stabbing 6-Year-Old Boy Released From Prison

A 42-year-old Indiana man, Ronald Exantus, convicted of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy in 2015, was released Friday from prison early for alleged good behavior, according to multiple reports.

In 2018, Exantus was sentenced to 20 years for breaking into the home of 6-year-old Logan Tipton, fatally stabbing him, and later attacking his family, WLKY reported. Having served less than half his sentence, Exantus was released on parole, prompting the Tipton family to speak out against the decision.

“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,” Logan’s father, 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.”

In December 2015, Exantus, a dialysis nurse, drove from Indianapolis to Versailles, Ky., and broke into the Tipton family’s home, according to WKYT. Once inside, he used a kitchen knife to fatally stab 6-year-old Logan as he slept and injured the boy’s father and two sisters.

Logan’s screams woke his sister Dakota, who was