Jacob Schupbach, Jenna Newcomb and More - Who were the Rockford Stabbing Victims?

Jacob Schupbach, Jenna Newcomb, Ramona Schupbach and Jay Larson have been identified as the victims killed by Christian Soto.

Christian Ivan Soto, 22, went on a rampage through the streets of Rockford, Illinois after apparently smoking marijuana laced with narcotics.

During his stabbing and crime spree, he killed four people and wounded another five.

The victims were identified Thursday as 63-year-old Ramona Schubach, 23-year-old Jacob Schubach, 49-year-old Jay Larson and 15-year-old Jenna Newcomb.

In this article, we present what we know about these victims whose lives were cut short too soon.

Who was Jacob Schupbach Rockford Il?

Jacob Schubach, 23, was a resident of Rockford, Illinois who was stabbed and killed by Christian Soto, who he was apparently friends with.

According to Winnebago County State’s Attorney, J. Hanley, Jacob Schupach and Christian Soto were friends and Soto had visited the former and smoked weed together.

His crime spree started after the drugs took hold and Soto reportedly told officers he believed the marijuana made him paranoid.

He started his crimes by stabbing to death Jacob and Ramona Schupbach in their homes.

Witnesses described chasing Schubach outside with a black object, said Hanley.

The suspect then tried running over Jacob Schubach with a vehicle, but was unsuccessful.

Schubach ran inside but was followed by Soto.

christian soto rockford il — Christian Ivan Soto

Soto reportedly told police he went over to Jacob Schubach’s home to smoke marijuana but that it was laced with an unknown narcotic that made him paranoid.

Soto admitted to police he stabbed Ramona and Jacob Schubach to death and confessed to killing Larson, who has been identified as a postal carrier

He also told investigators he beat three girls inside a separate home, but more on that later.

Jay Larson Rockford

Aside his murders of Ramona and Jacob Shucpbach, Soto also attacked and killed 49-year-old Jay Larson.

Ruth Mendoza, United States Postal Inspector in Charge of the Chicago Division, confirmed Larson, a letter carrier of 25 years, was among the dead.

Witnesses told police that they saw Soto beating and stabbing Larson.

Soto was seen grabbing a knife from the vehicle he was driving, and stabbing Larson multiple times throughout his body.

He then ran over Larson, twice, with a vehicle before he fled.

“This tragedy occurred while Jay was doing his job, while many were at that exact time,” said Mendoza during Thursday’s news conference.

“Jay was doing what he loved, serving his community delivering mail to customers as he did for 25 years.”

Jenna Newcomb

The 4th victim murdered by Christian Ivan Soto was Jenna Newcomb, a 15-year-old who was watching movies with her sister and a friend when the suspect broke into their home.

Jenna’s friend, who was only identified by her initials, had spent the night, and the girls were watching a movie in the basement on Wednesday afternoon, Winnebago County Prosecutor J. Hanley said.

Jenna’s sister was in the kitchen fixing something to eat around 1:30 p.m. when Soto entered the home through an unlocked back door off the garage.

Soto, who was covered in blood, grabbed one of Jenna’s softball bats, Hanley said.

Jenna’s sister, who also was not identified, ran to the basement to warn the girls.

Soto followed, cornered them in the room, and began hitting the girls with the bat, Hanley said.

Jenna collapsed and lost consciousness – she never recovered.

Luckily, the other two ladies survived when Soto stopped his attack to go get a gun.

Jenna’s friend at that point called the police and nearby officers who were already looking for Soto stepped into help.

Jenna’s sister and friend suffered lacerations and bruises, and the sister also was being treated for a fracture.

“It’s spring break, girls watching a movie. I can’t even comprehend that,” said Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara.

Jenna has been identified as a proud student athlete at East High School.

Her teammates Bailey Carlson and Madison Owens say her personality off the field was one of love and laughter.

“She couldn’t be ever mean to you,” Carlson said. “She was always such a nice person.”

“I’ve never seen her angry once,” Owens added.

“She was always wanting to do silly pictures and running around, and after homecoming we ended up going to Schnucks to get ice cream and the little robot came around, and she said ‘she’s staring at your butt!'” Carlson said trying to hold back laughter.

“She put everything into softball and basketball. Those were her sports,” he added.

Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara says her final minutes on this earth were brave and heroic.

“Jenna’s mom wants the community to know that Jenna died saving her sister and a friend,” McNamara said.

Newcomb, postal worker Jay Larson and the pair Ramona and Jacob Schupbach were all victims of the Rockford crime spree perpetrated by Christian Ivan Soto.

Soto faces charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and home invasion charges.

Rockford Il

Rockford is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States.

It is located in the far northern part of the state on the banks of the Rock River.

Rockford is the fifth-most populous city in Illinois as well as the most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area and the 171st-most populous in the U.S.

In the 2020 census, Rockford had a population of 148,655 anchoring the Rockford metropolitan area with a population of 348,360.

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

It borders Great Lakes to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south.

Its largest metropolitan areas are Chicago and the Metro East region of Greater St. Louis. Other metropolitan areas include Peoria and Rockford, as well as Springfield, its capital, and Champaign-Urbana, home to the main campus of the state’s flagship university.

Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product, the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-largest land area.

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