The just lately freed maniac who stabbed a 6-year-old boy to dying in a random Kentucky residence invasion in 2015 was rearrested in Florida on Thursday afternoon, officers introduced.
Ronald Exantus — who was launched final week after serving simply eight years for the heinous killing — was booked into Marion County Jail for violation of parole and failing to register as a convicted felon, in line with jail data and the state’s legal professional normal.
“My workplace has been working with State Legal professional Gladson’s workplace in Marion County since we had been alerted that this harmful particular person who murdered a toddler by repeatedly stabbing him within the head was in Florida,” AG James Uthmeier wrote on X Thursday.
failure to register as a convicted felon, officers introduced Thursday. Marion County Jail
“[T]he Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace and fifth Judicial Circuit State Legal professional’s Workplace obtained a warrant for the arrest of Ronald Exantus for failure to register as a convicted felon,” he continued.
“State officers at the moment are working to ship him again to Kentucky.”
Exantus had been serving obligatory reentry supervision in Florida since his launch from a Kentucky jail, in line with WKYT.
The heartless maniac was launched by Kentucky’s Division of Corrections on Oct. 1 — overriding the parole board’s advice that he full his already gentle sentence behind bars, the outlet reported.
and stabbed the boy repeatedly within the head with a kitchen knife. Discover a grave
In 2018, Exantus was sentenced to solely 20 years in jail for the 2015 residence invasion killing of 6-year-old boy Logan Tipton, whom he stabbed repeatedly within the head with a kitchen knife whereas the kid slept in his mattress.
A number of of Logan’s relations had been additionally stabbed through the invasion and witnessed the blood-curdling homicide of the helpless boy.
Legal professionals for Exantus efficiently argued in court docket that he was criminally insane and thus not accountable for the grisly killing. He was as a substitute convicted of assault prices and was sentenced to twenty years behind bars.
Nevertheless, he was outrageously launched after serving solely eight years of that sentence.
The Tipton household expressed worry and rage on the launch of their beloved Logan’s killer. The kid’s father vowed to settle the rating if he ever noticed Exantus once more.
“He informed [my daughter] that he was going to kill each considered one of us. So now I’ve gotta be on additional guard to guard my children as a result of I cannot lose one other one,” dad Dean Tipton informed Fox56.
“I’ve had my talks with God trigger I’m not afraid to let you know all, I informed the court docket — if I ever cross paths with him, I’ll kill the person. I’ll kill him the place he stands,” the dad stated.
