Ronald Exantus drove from Indianapolis to Versailles, Kentucky, on Dec. 7, 2015, and entered a home through an unlocked door, investigators told WKYT-TV .

It was before dawn, and authorities told the Associated Press that Exantus grabbed a large kitchen knife he found in the home and went to an upstairs bedroom where 6-year-old Logan Tipton was sleeping.

'I laid in bed. I gave up. I gave up on life. I gave up on my family. I gave up on everybody. I just wanted to die.'

Koral Tipton, Logan’s sister, told WDKY-TV that she "woke up, and I heard Logan screaming, and all I could see was a man, a big man, over top of him, stabbing him.”

Logan’s father, Dean Tipton, also had been sleeping but leaped into action after hearing the hollering.

“He snaps, just snaps, and stands up with me s

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