Relatives of a 6-year-old boy stabbed to death during a 2015 home invasion opened up about the “sickening” early release of the man convicted in the attack.

“Me and my siblings, we are fearful of what’s to come next,” Koral Tipton, the sister of 6-year-old Logan Tipton, told “The Will Cain Show.”

Koral witnessed the brutal slaying of her little brother in 2015 and suffered injuries as the suspect, Ronald Exantus, went on a stabbing spree inside their Kentucky home.

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Exantus, 42, was serving a 20-year sentence for second-degree assault in Logan’s killing when he was released from custody last week, according to online records. Despite confessing, Exantus was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity at trial. The jury found him guilty of the other assaults that took place during the home invasion. 

The Tipton family said they were “confused” by the verdict.

“I still feel helpless,” said Heather Tipton, Logan’s mother. “And now he’s out, walking the streets among us. Like, what do we do?”

“It’s like my testimony did not matter at all, and that is truly just how I feel,” Koral said. “I seen the man in my room killing my brother. And now he is just free? It just doesn’t make sense to me.”

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“My heart was already broken, but it really broke me when they basically told us nobody killed Logan, nobody was going to be held responsible,” Heather added.

Logan Tipton, 6, was killed while sleeping in his Kentucky home. (The Tipton Family)

Exantus traveled from Indiana to Kentucky Dec. 6, 2015, where he entered the Tipton home through an unlocked door. Using a knife from their kitchen, he stabbed Logan with such force that the blade bent out of shape, according to the Daily Mail.

Logan’s mother continues to seek justice nearly a decade later. 

“We need help, I believe, federally,” Heather said. “This needs to be something that’s nationwide.”

The decade-old case is now garnering nationwide attention, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt issuing a statement on X.

Heather reflected on Leavitt’s statement, saying, “Maybe it took him getting out, after 10 years, for people to see what’s going on, that this has happened, and we need to do something about it. Something has to be done.”

Kentucky State Police are now investigating “significant threats” made against members of Kentucky Parole Board members, according to a statement from the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.

“While the Kentucky Parole Board unanimously voted that Ronald Exantus remain in prison, Kentucky law required the Department of Corrections release the inmate on Mandatory Reentry Supervision (KRS 439.3406),” the statement read.

They say the spread of “misleading” information that the board voted for Exantus’ release has prompted these threats, maintaining that the board voted for him to stay behind bars.

“The Parole Board did not release Ronald Exantus on parole. Every time it had the opportunity, the Parole Board recommended Ronald Exantus stay in prison,” the cabinet added in a statement.

Heather said the day Exantus was released has “haunted” her family.

 “We’re not fully healed, but I’m stronger now,” she said.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and top Democrats refused to answer whether they believe embattled Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones should drop out over violent text messages he sent, fantasizing about murdering a Republican opponent.

The Virginia attorney general race, and gubernatorial race along with it, have been rocked by recent revelations that Jones, a former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates, has made several violent remarks, including saying he wanted to shoot then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert.

Though some Democrats, including Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, have condemned Jones’ messages, Sanders, perhaps the top progressive voice in America, ignored Fox News Digital’s question about the texts and simply walked away.

Another prominent progressive, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., also ignored Fox News Digital’s questions about Jones, turning her back on the reporter and stepping into an elevator.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., (left) refused to answer whether Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones (right) should drop out over violent messages he sent. (Joe Maher; Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., provided some answers, saying, “I’ll be honest with you, I don’t recall exactly what he said, but at least the reflections I got, I thought it was horrible, I really do.”

“I don’t know the dynamics of the race, as I’m focused right now on the New Jersey governor’s race. So, I can’t say that I’ve done my due diligence to really understand, but what I will say is what I saw was absolutely horrible,” Kim added.

Kim also said, “I hope that in a time right now where there’s so much concern about political violence. We can say that, yes, we need to make sure we’re holding ourselves up to a high standard, especially those in elected office.”

Asked if he could say whether Jones should drop out of the race after those violent texts, Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., answered, “I can’t. I’ve got to go.”

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Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones was convicted of reckless driving in 2022. ( Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., also had a similar response, saying, “No, I’m getting a briefing right now,” while a staffer said, “You’re more than welcome to reach out to her office though.”

In text messages with another lawmaker, Jones wrote, “Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.”

Jones wrote in a subsequent text, “Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.”

In another text exchange with a colleague, Jones said he hoped Gilbert’s children would die. He doubled down in a series of messages, saying that such grief might be “a good thing” if it advanced his politics.

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Though the text revelations have shocked the public and turned the Virginia elections on their head, many Democrats questioned by Fox News Digital have refused to address the scandal or say whether they believe Jones should be disqualified from the race.

Asked whether Jones should quit his race, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., answered, “I haven’t given it a thought.”

Pressed whether he had read the text messages, which have caused massive political fallout in an already tight Virginia election, Whitehouse said, “I have not.”

Prominent Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., simply responded, “I don’t have time at the moment,” and continued to walk away.

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Then House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff does a TV interview at the Capitol on July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Speaking with Fox News Digital, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the Democratic senators’ silence “staggering, particularly with the spate of political violence we have seen.”

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“In my view, the notion that someone advocating for the murder of children because he disagrees politically with their father is manifestly unsuitable for public office, especially the chief law enforcement officer of Virginia, and I wish there were even one Democrat with the courage to say that publicly,” said Cruz.

NORFOLK, Va. – Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears came out swinging against what she called former Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s dodges on calls for fellow Democrat Jay Jones to drop out of the attorney general contest after texts envisioning the murder of a Republican leader came to light.

Throughout the debate, Spanberger mostly declined to make eye contact with Earle-Sears and ignored her when she was interrupted.

Earle-Sears repeatedly addressed Spanberger directly during both women’s answers but did not receive any direct responses in return.

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Early on, Earle-Sears interrupted Spanberger, asking her to give a direct answer. The Democrat told the moderators she was “aware of these messages” and that they were “absolutely abhorrent.”

“I denounced them when I learned of them and I will denounce them every chance I get,” Spanberger said, as Earle-Sears interjected once more to attempt to press for a straight answer.

“I didn’t hear an answer on [the Jones] question,” co-moderator Deanna Albrittin told Spanberger.

Since Earle-Sears had already called for Jones to drop out, the moderators asked her instead about President Donald Trump’s stated “hate” for political opponents after the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Earle-Sears later turned to Spanberger and admonished her for refusing to give a yes-or-no answer on Jones, asking whether it would take Jones “pulling the trigger” to actually condemn what he had said about then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah.

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The Republican was later asked whether she needs Trump’s endorsement, as he has explicitly endorsed lieutenant governor candidate John Reid but offered more muted comments for Earle-Sears during the span of the race.

Earle-Sears also criticized Spanberger for purportedly waiting several days before condemning a left-wing protester’s racist sign at an Arlington anti-transgender-sports demonstration headlined by the Republican candidate.

The sign said that Earle-Sears should not be able to share water fountains (as a Black woman) if transgender students cannot share bathrooms.

In the latter regard, moderator Tom Schaad asked Spanberger whether transgender girls born male should be able to use female bathrooms and be on co-ed sports teams.

“Nothing is more important to me than their safety and their experience in schools,” Spanberger said, before offering a lengthier answer that also cited her experience as a former federal agent investigating crimes against children.

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“That work, in part, has earned me the endorsement of the Police Benevolent Association,” she said.

Schaad reiterated the question, saying there had been no direct answer, and later attempted to ask whether Spanberger would rescind an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin laying out a bathroom policy along biological lines.

“My opponent will not answer the question because she voted for men nude in girls’ locker rooms,” Earle-Sears later said.

Later, both candidates were asked whether they would continue or undo any specific policies from Youngkin – whom the moderators reported enjoys high approval ratings as he closes out his last three months of his term.

Earle-Sears said she would not disclose private conversations with Youngkin but that she would not undo their progress.

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Spanberger said she would continue Youngkin’s efforts to grow advanced nuclear power in the commonwealth.

After the event, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, Jr., D-Portsmouth, spoke to reporters as a surrogate for Spanberger.

Scott said there is a “double standard” in pressuring Spanberger to call for Jones to drop out, claiming Earle-Sears has not denounced violent rhetoric from Trump.

The speaker, who represents the area just south of the debate site, claimed Earle-Sears did not as vociferously condemn Trump for a remark he made in 2024 when discussing neoconservatism, and former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s aisle-crossing endorsement of Kamala Harris.

“Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK? Let’s see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face,” Trump said as a rebuttal to people in the political establishment who are war “hawks” or support proverbial forever-wars.

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The Trump campaign noted at the time that the president did not call for Cheney to be executed and that the press covered the remark “disgracefully,” while fact-checker PolitiFact deemed the comment illustrative of a “combat zone” situation rather than a call for murder.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Earle-Sears campaign for comment on the debate, including the way the candidates comported themselves on stage.

“If you’re wondering who’s capable of leading Virginia, this was the debate to watch,” Earle-Sears spokesperson Peyton Vogel told Fox News Digital.

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“Abigail Spanberger couldn’t even look Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears in the eye and confirmed she will not stand up to Jay Jones’ threat-laced, murderous rhetoric.”

“If she can’t lead her own ticket, she can’t lead the Commonwealth,” Vogel said.