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A woman facing charges for the murder of her children’s father and his parents made her initial court appearance on Monday in Crete Township, Illinois.
Jenna Strouble stands accused of fatally shooting the three victims.
Though Strouble attended the court session, the hearing was postponed due to her attorney’s involvement in another case at the same time.
The courtroom was filled with Strouble’s family members and the grieving relatives of Jacob Lambert, along with his parents, Stacy and Patrick Forde, all of whom appeared visibly upset.
Strouble faces charges of first-degree murder, with authorities stating that the killings of Lambert, her former partner and father of her children, and his parents were deliberate acts.
Police said Lambert was found dead in a car in the driveway last Monday, 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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In court Monday, prosecutors 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 last Sunday night, 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 step-dad’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.
Strouble did waive extradition last week in Lake County, Indiana.
She was initially expected to appear in the Will County Courthouse Tuesday at 9 a.m., but her court date has been pushed back, officials said on Monday evening.
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