Fact✓Check |Man convicted in 2015 attack on 6-year-old set for release Wednesday
State has ability to seek involuntary hospitalization before Ronald Exantus leaves custody Read the full report at WKYT
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- LEX News“CONFIRMED TODAY: Ronald Exantus, the man once charged in the death of 6-year-old Logan Tipton, will be released from prison Wednesday, Commonwealth’s Attorney Kelli Kearney of the 14th Judicial Circuit confirmed. https://t.co/fzhA9zy9C2”
- WKYT“The Kentucky Department of Corrections is required to release Ronald Exantus on what is called his minimum expiration date. No probation or parole is attached to his release. More in WKYT's latest Fact✓Check ⬇️”
- FOX 56 News (WDKY)“Commonwealth’s Attorney Kelli Kearney told FOX 56 News on Wednesday afternoon that Ronald Exantus, the man convicted in the 2015 death of Logan Tipton, would be released from custody. https://t.co/afKsgMtnDl”
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