TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that Ronald Exantus, 42, has been extradited to Kentucky following his arrest in Florida for violating parole by failing to register as a convicted felon .

“Today, this child murderer is on his way back to Kentucky—where he belongs,” Uthmeier said. “I want to thank Statewide Prosecutor McVay, State Attorney Gladson, Sheriff Woods, and Department of Corrections Secretary Dixon for their vigilance and decisive action. I encourage all violent criminals to stay far away from Florida.”

In 2015, Exantus stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton in Versailles, Kentucky. A Kentucky jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity but convicted him of two counts of second-degree assault and one count of fourth-degree assault, for which he was s

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