Authorities have released new information involving Jenna Strouble, a 30-year-old Indiana woman accused of killing the father of her children and his parents in an Illinois suburb earlier this month. Strouble is charged with nine counts of first-degree murder stemming from the deaths of 32-year-old Jacob Lambert and his parents, Patrick and Stacy Forde, in Chicago on March 22, 2026, according to FOX 32.
According to newly released court documents, Strouble contacted Lambert on the day of the alleged murder, asking him to "hang out." She later admitted to investigators that she went to the meeting "with an intention" to harm him. Prosecutors allege Strouble drove to Plum Creek Nature Preserve, but pulled over along Burnham Road in Sauk Village upon learning the first location was closed. She then offered to give Lambert a back massage, straddling him as he lay on his stomach for about 20 minutes.
Strouble allegedly told investigators that when Lambert criticized her technique, she retrieved a Glock handgun hidden under the passenger seat and held it to the back of his head for several minutes before shooting him. Immediately after the shooting, Strouble drove to Lambert’s parents’ home in nearby Crete Township and attempted to use his keys to enter. When Patrick Forde opened the door, Strouble allegedly began shooting from the porch, striking him 17 times in the chest and abdomen. As Stacy Forde came downstairs, Strouble allegedly shot her three times in the chest and abdomen.