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Prosecutors Lay Out Case in Crete Triple Killing With Detention Ruling Pending

Prosecutors argue detailed planning backed by forensic testing.

Overview

  • Prosecutors seeking to hold Jenna Strouble without bail saw Monday's hearing reset to Tuesday, when a judge will decide if she stays in jail.
  • Court filings say she picked up Jacob Lambert late Sunday, had him lie face down for a back massage in her car, then shot him in the head with a Glock.
  • Investigators say she then drove to his parents’ Crete Township home, tried his keys, and opened fire when Patrick Forde answered the door, killing him and Stacy Forde.
  • Deputies were sent to the house around 2 a.m. March 23 after her sister reported a confession, and officers later arrested Strouble in St. John, where she handed over a loaded Glock 19 with a suppressor.
  • A regional crime lab matched 13 shell casings to that gun, and prosecutors cite a note naming caregivers for her children and prior mental-health police calls as signs of planning and risk.