Ronald Exantus Set for Release | Lexington News

Lexington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 27, 2026 · 1m

Ronald Exantus, convicted in the 2015 murder of six-year-old Logan Tipton, is set to walk free this Wednesday—without parole or probation—after serving time at Kentucky’s State Reformatory. Though found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder, he was convicted as “guilty but mentally ill” for assaulting Logan’s family. His release sparked outrage among the Tipton family, who struggled to explain to their other children why the killer of their brother walked free. Exantus was briefly released early in 2025 under a controversial Kentucky law that treated him as non-violent, but was…