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ROCKFORD, Ill. – A person was once found fit Thursday to stand trial on charges of killing four people and injuring seven others throughout a sequence of frenzied attacks in an area in Rockford, Illinois.
The pass judgement on had ordered a psychiatric evaluation in April for Christian Soto, 22, who is accused of stabbing, beating or riding over the sufferers in March. He is charged with first-degree homicide and different counts.
Winnebago County Judge Debra Schafer stated Thursday at Soto’s arraignment listening to that she had reviewed a health care provider’s discovering that he was once fit for trial and stated she agreed.
Soto’s legal professional, Glenn Jazwiec, stated his consumer was once waiving a proper studying of the costs and pleading now not accountable. Schafer ordered him to stay detained and set a July 24 standing listening to for Soto, who gave the impression in courtroom by means of video link.
He is charged with 4 counts of first-degree homicide and 7 counts of tried homicide and residential invasion with a perilous weapon. Prosecutors allege he killed Romona Schupbach, 63; Jacob Schupbach, 23; Jay Larson, 49; and Jenna Newcomb, 15, in the March 27 attacks in Rockford, a town of over 140,000 about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Chicago.
Authorities have stated they haven’t decided a purpose.
Winnebago County prosecutor J. Hanley has stated Soto informed police he had smoked marijuana with Jacob Schupbach and believed the medication “were laced with an unknown narcotic” that made him paranoid.
Soto first fatally stabbed Schupbach and his mom, then beat, stabbed and used a truck to run over Larson, who was once operating as a mail provider, government stated. He subsequent wounded 3 other folks within one house and beat Newcomb, her sister and a pal with a baseball bat within any other house, in accordance to government. The attacks took place inside of a question of mins.
Soto was once arrested as he fled any other house the place he had stabbed a lady however have been slowed by means of a driving force who stopped to intrude, government stated.
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