Indiana woman pleads not guilty in deadly Will County triple shooting: court documents

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Friday, April 10, 2026
Indiana woman pleads not guilty in deadly Will County triple shooting

CRETE TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WLS) -- The woman accused of killing the father of her children and his parents in Crete Township pleaded not guilty in court Friday, according to court documents.

Jenna Strouble is accused of shooting and killing all three. She's currently being held in Will County Jail.

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Strouble has been charged with first-degree murder in what officials said were the targeted deaths of Jacob Q. Lambert, whom she shared a relationship and children with, and his parents, Stacy and Patrick Forde.

Police said Lambert was found dead in a car in the driveway last month, and his parents were found dead inside the home, on the first floor, near the front door, in the 3400-block of East Norway Trail in Crete Township.

The sheriff's office said Strouble made incriminating statements after the murders, and police recovered a gun that matched the one used in the incident.

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Prosecutors previously accused Strouble of murdering Lambert because she didn't like how he parented their two children.

They said Strouble and Lambert were in his truck, when she offered to give him a massage.

Prosecutors say she then shot him in the head while he was face down.

Prosecutors claim she then drove to his mom and stepdad's home, where she started shooting when they opened the door.

Patrick Forde was shot 17 times. Stacy Forde was shot three times.

Strouble was arrested at her parents' Saint John, Indiana home.

She's next due in court April 20.

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