A convicted murderer whose release from prison earlier this year was decried by the young victim's mother has violated the conditions of his release, but will not be returned to prison, authorities say.

Randy Burgess, 29, who now is under intensive community supervision in Ramsey County after serving 14 years for the 1995 stabbing death of a 4-year-old girl, failed to follow his agent's directives, said Shari Burt, a state Department of Corrections spokeswoman.

Asked about specifics of the violation, Burt said only that it "wasn't in any way associated with criminal behavior." Burgess is "doing well with some of his daily activities," she added, and remains under intensive supervised release -- with terms that were "restructured" as a result of a Department of Corrections hearing last week.

The victim's mother, Angela McCormick, said Monday that not putting Burgess back in prison was "just another failure of the justice system."

On July 8, records show, St. Paul police officers assisted the supervising agent in executing a warrant for Burgess' arrest. The police report said Burgess was apprehended in the 600 block of Oakdale Avenue for a "parole violation," and taken to the Ramsey County jail. There, he remained in custody until last Friday's hearing.

In March, Burgess left Lino Lakes prison after serving two-thirds of a 21-year sentence for intentional second-degree murder in the death of Adriana Whiteside. When he stabbed the little girl, leaving her to die on the bathroom floor of her father's St. Paul apartment, Burgess was a 14-year-old runaway with a deeply dysfunctional family life and history of inhalant abuse. He lived in the apartment at the time of the killing and was babysitting when the crime occurred.

McCormick, the victim's mother, lived with her daughter elsewhere, and has recalled knowing nothing about Burgess until after being told the girl was dead. She spoke out against the killer's release in interviews earlier this year.

Under the terms of his original sentence, Burgess is to remain under the corrections department's jurisdiction until March 2016.

Anthony Lonetree • 612-673-4109