Indianapolis Man Not Guilty In Boy's Murder, Still Gets 20 Years

An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars even though he was found not guilty for murdering a young boy two years ago in Kentucky, WIBC reports. The news source reports lawyers for Ronald Exantus say although he did break into a Woodford County, Kentucky home in 2016 and stab 6-year-old Logan Tipton to death while the boy was asleep, Exantus' lawyers argued the fatal stabbing was the result of a psychotic breakdown.

The jury recommended the 20-year sentence as they found Exantus guilty but mentally ill on assault charges, WIBC reports.

"I believe this man to be a coward. I believe him to have literally gotten away with murder," WIBC reports Logan's mother Heather Tipton said at the sentencing hearing Wednesday in Lexington. "I do not understand how a defense team can say before the trial 'yes he did kill Logan Tipton' and then be found not guilty."

Exantus is eligible for parole next year.

>> Via WIBC

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