Overview
- Jenna Strouble appeared in Will County court Monday, and the judge moved her detention hearing to Tuesday at 9 a.m. as prosecutors asked that she be held until trial.
- Strouble, 30, is charged with nine counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Jacob Lambert, 32, and his parents, Patrick Forde, 55, and Stacy Forde, 54.
- Prosecutors say she picked up Lambert late at night, drove to a secluded area, told him she had a surprise, gave him a 20‑minute back massage, held a gun to his head for several minutes, and then shot him before driving to his parents’ home and shooting both inside the entryway.
- Will County deputies were dispatched at 2:01 a.m. Monday, March 23, after Strouble’s sister reported that Strouble said she had shot three people, and deputies found Lambert in a car near the home and his parents inside the house.
- Police in St. John, Indiana, say Strouble handed them a bag holding a loaded Glock 19 with a suppressor, and investigators report finding two more suppressors, spent shell casings, and ammunition in her bedroom, with prosecutors adding she bought the gun in December at a Crown Point shop.