Family Mourns as Man Convicted of Stabbing 6 Yr-Old-Son Released From Prison | Crime Alert 3PM 10.03.25

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I'm Nicole Parton.

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A family from Kentucky is expressing their anguish over the
release of the man who was convicted of fatally stabbing
their son. In twenty fifteen, Ronald Exantus traveled from Indianapolis
to Versilles, where he carried out a string of stabbings,
resulting in the death of a six year old little boy,
Logan Tipton, and injuring his father and two sisters. Dean Tipton,

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Logan's father, recounted the horrifying experience. He said, I was
standing over him and he just threw me across the
room like I was nothing, and went after my daughter.

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He stood up with me on top of him, just
stood up and threw me ten fifteen feet across the
room and went after her. And when I got to
the top of the stairs, he attacked me. They come
at me with the knife.

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The Tipton family did not know Exantus, who gained entry
to their home through an unlocked door that fatal night.
Dean describes December seventh, twenty fifteen, as a date that
forever altered their family's life, recalling how he was awakened
by his children's cries, only to discover they were being
attacked by a man. The tragedy deepened with Logan's death,

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leaving his father feeling hopeless and without purpose. He said,
I would lie in bed, having given up on life,
my family and everyone.

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I just wanted to die. He admitted.

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

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The family has struggled to heal in the years since,
trying to grapple with the deep emotional scars. Now they
face renewed pain upon learning that the man convicted of
killing their son will no longer be in prison. Everyone
deserves a chance to see justice served, but that's not happening,
lamented Phyllis Tipton, Logan's grandmother. The Tiptons were informed that

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Exantas will be on parole for six months in Florida
on his release and then walk away as a freeman.
Little Logan's father said, I've had my conversations with God,
but I told the court, if I ever see him again,
I will kill that man. More crime and justice news
after this.

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Now to Alabama where a bus driver from Edgefield County,
Janice Waldorf, sixty two, is facing multiple charges, including child endangerment,
after being suspected of driving while impaired. On September twenty five,
while transporting second graders from Meriweather Elementary back from a
field trip, Waldorf was pulled over by law enforcement at

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the intersection of Interstate twenty and Edgefield Road for a
sobriety check. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety reported
that although Waldorf did not register a blood alcohol level
recorded at zero point zero zero zero tes Treville the
presence of central nervous system depressant, officers discovered she had

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seventeen bottles of prescription medication in her possession, despite her
claims that she wasn't taking any. Waldorf mentioned experiencing symptoms
such as drowsiness, as well as a medical condition trigger finger,
and said she had carpal tunnel. Upon examination, it was
revealed that six of her prescription bottles were expired, while

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the remaining eleven were current. As a result of the incident,
Waldorf has been charged with driving under the influence and
child endangerment. She has been employed as a school bus
driver since July twenty three. She is currently on administrative
leave while an investigation is carried out. The Saint Louis
Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in

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locating a missing man. He hasn't been seen for two weeks.
According to the Missing Person Advisory, sixty year old John
Reeves was last seen on September eighteen near the John
Cochrane Va Medical Reeves, who has a serious mental health issue,
has not been able to take his medication. Police say

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they describe Reeves as five six weighing one hundred and
thirty five pounds. He was last seen wearing a red
T shirt, a gray jacket, gray jogger pants, and gray sneakers.
Anyone with information is asked to immediately contact the Saint
Louis Police Department at three one four four four four
five three zero one. For the latest crime injustice news.

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