ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A trial date has been set for Christian Soto, 23, the suspect in a brutal stabbing spree attack in Rockford that killed four people and wounded several others in 2024. Soto is accused of going on a 21-minute rampage through a Rockford neighborhood on March 27th,…
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) - It's been nearly a year since Rockford resident Christian Ivan Soto was charged with killing four people and wounding several others on the city's east side. Soto has been in the Winnebago County Jail since March 27, 2024, the day he confessed to going on a…
Soto, now 24, is accused of killing Romona Schupbach, 63; her son, Jacob Schupbach, 23; postal carrier Jay Larson, 49; and 15‑year‑old Jenna Newcomb, during a violent series of attacks that spanned multiple locations on the city’s east side.