Trial date set for Rockford stabbing spree suspect Christian Soto

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, 2024, using knives, a softball bat, and a pickup truck to kill his victims across multiple locations.

Soto told detectives he smoked laced marijuana with his first victim, Jacob Shupbach, 23, in the 2300 block of Holmes Street…

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