A Kentucky father has spoken out after the man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing death of his six-year-old son was released from prison, calling the outcome "a slap on the wrist." Ronald Exantus was freed from Kentucky Department of Corrections custody on 29 July after completing a sentence for assaulting Logan Tipton's father and two sisters, who survived the 2019 attack in which the boy was fatally stabbed while asleep. The case has reignited criticism of how the justice system handles offenders deemed legally insane, with the family arguing that years of legal proceedings ultimately failed to deliver accountability for the killing.

Exantus was not convicted of murder over the boy's death because he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, meaning he instead served time solely for the separate assault charges relating to the surviving family members. His release after completing that assault sentence, rather than facing continued confinement over the killing, has left the family feeling the punishment did not match the severity of the crime. The case has drawn wider attention as an example of the tension between insanity defences and victims' families' expectations of justice.