Man who killed 6-year-old found living beside Florida school

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A convicted child killer, Ronald Exantus, was re-arrested in Florida after failing to register as a felon while living beside an elementary school.

The man who stabbed a 6-year-old to death and was released from prison early has been re-arrested in Florida near an elementary school.

Ronald Exantus was convicted in 2015 after stabbing Logan Tipton so hard in the head with a butcher’s knife that the knife bent.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says they arrested Exantus near Sunrise Elementary School for failing to register as a felon, as required by Florida law.

Exantus was discovered living in a home adjacent to the elementary school and blocks from another school. He failed to register as a felon within 48 hours.

“I am proud of the quick response by my deputies and the inter-agency teamwork that helped locate and arrest this disgusting individual,” said Sheriff Woods.

“The fact that he was living right next to an elementary school is even more repulsive. I have no tolerance for this type of dangerous person flaunting our laws and thinking he would hide out in our county.”

He is being held with no bond.

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