Ronald Exantus, 42, will be released from the Kentucky State Reformatory on July 29, according to Kentucky's online offender database. The release marks the completion of his sentence for stabbing 6-year-old Logan Tipton to death in his bedroom after breaking into a home on Douglas Avenue in Versailles on Dec. 7, 2015, and also stabbing Logan's sister, who survived, and assaulting their father.

Exantus was found guilty but mentally ill in 2018 on assault charges for stabbing members of Tipton's family, but was found not guilty of killing Tipton by reason of insanity, and was subsequently sentenced to 20 years in prison. His impending release comes after he was previously released Oct. 1 on Mandatory Reentry Supervision, then arrested in Florida about a week later for failing to register, leading the parole board to revoke his supervision and return him to custody.

In November, the Kentucky Parole Board issued a serve out, which means the inmate is no longer eligible for parole. Every time it had the opportunity, the Parole Board recommended Ronald Exantus stay in prison. Ronald Exantus must remain incarcerated until his expiration of sentence date which is July 29.

The case prompted significant legislative action. Logan's Law, the signature bill of the 2026 session, rewrites parole eligibility for serious offenders and reworks the insanity defense and was signed by Governor April 2, 2026. Logan's Law bars people found guilty of a Class B felony or who commit a violent felony from being granted mandatory reentry supervision. The new law also does not allow juries to split decisions, meaning they can't find someone not guilty by reason of insanity on one charge and guilty on another.