Suburban mom accused of killing ex, his parents after ‘hang out’ text, confession revealed in docs: report

Authorities person released caller accusation involving the 30-year-old Indiana pistillate accused of gunning down the begetter of her children and his parents successful an Illinois suburb earlier this month. 

Jenna Strouble is charged with 9 counts of first-degree execution stemming from the deaths of 32-year-old Jacob Lambert and his parents, Patrick and Stacy Forde, successful Chicago connected March 22, according to FOX 32. 

According to recently released tribunal documents, Strouble contacted Lambert connected the time of the alleged execution asking him to "hang out," aboriginal admitting to investigators that she went to the gathering "with an intention" to harm him. 

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Jenna Strouble is charged with 9 counts of first-degree execution stemming from the deaths of 32-year-old Jacob Lambert and his parents, Patrick Stacy Forde, successful Chicago, Illinois connected March 22, 2026, according to FOX 32. (Obtained by FOX 32)

Prosecutors allege Strouble drove to Plum Creek Nature Preserve, but pulled implicit on Burnham Road successful Sauk Village upon learning the archetypal determination was closed and offered to springiness Lambert a backmost massage, FOX 32 reported.

Strouble past straddled Lambert arsenic helium laid connected his tummy and massaged his backmost for astir 20 minutes, tribunal documents revealed, according to the outlet.

Strouble allegedly told investigators that erstwhile Lambert criticized her technique, she retrieved a Glock handgun hidden underneath the rider spot and held it to the backmost of his caput for respective minutes earlier shooting him. 

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32-year-old Jacob Lambert was allegedly changeable and killed wrong a conveyance successful Chicago, Illinois connected March 22, 2026, according to prosecutors.  (Smits Funeral Homes)

Prosecutors said instantly pursuing the shooting, Strouble drove to Lambert’s parents’ location successful adjacent Crete Township and attempted to usage his keys to get wrong earlier his father, Patrick Forde, came to the door, according to FOX 32.

As Patrick Forde opened the door, Strouble allegedly began shooting from the structure arsenic she entered the home, yet striking him 17 times successful the thorax and abdomen. 

As Stacy Forde came downstairs, Strouble allegedly changeable her 3 times successful the thorax and abdomen, FOX 32 reported. 

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Patrick and Stacy Forde were gunned down wrong their location successful Crete Township, Illinois connected March 22, 2026, according to prosecutors. (Facebook/Stacy Oezer Forde)

Upon being asked if she came to Lambert’s parents’ location to decorativeness her plan, Strouble allegedly told investigators, "Yeah, beauteous much."

Immediately aft the alleged murders, Strouble is accused of returning to her location successful St. John, Indiana and calling her sister to admit to what she had done, with Strouble’s sister yet notifying police. 

Deputies reportedly arrived astatine the Fordes' location astir 2 a.m. connected March 23 to find Patrick Forde’s lifeless assemblage successful the eating country and Stacy Forde lying connected the stairs.

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Lambert’s assemblage was located successful a adjacent cul-de-sac successful the rider spot of a 2014 Ford Fusion Titanium, inactive look down with the spot reclined.

As officers arrived astatine Strouble’s St. John location to instrumentality her into custody, prosecutors said Strouble came extracurricular and handed them a loaded Glock 19 fitted with a suppressor, with investigators locating a conveyance registered to Lambert little than a artifact away, FOX 32 reported.

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Court documents revealed Strouble penned a enactment the nighttime earlier the alleged killings providing the names of 3 of her children and asking others to attraction for them, according to the outlet.

Strouble allegedly admitted to purchasing the weapon successful December 2025 and buying the suppressor online for astir $589.

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Prosecutors pointed to Strouble’s complaints astir Lambert’s parenting and tensions with his household arsenic a imaginable motive for the alleged murders, with the brace occasionally maintaining an intimate narration portion co-parenting their 2 young children. 

The parent reportedly admitted to not having a narration with her children and spending small clip with them, adding that she voluntarily handed custody implicit to Lambert and his household and lone precocious had them returned to her.

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Strouble besides allegedly told investigators she considered sidesplitting her ain parents due to the fact that she did not consciousness her children would beryllium harmless nether their care. 

When investigators asked if she killed Lambert’s parents due to the fact that she did not privation them to instrumentality custody of their children, she allegedly replied, "that’s immoderate of the reasons."

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Prosecutors pointed to an incidental successful which Strouble allegedly took her father’s firearm and stashed it nether her bed, aboriginal telling him she thought astir sidesplitting Lambert but did not person a plan, according to FOX 32.

Investigators besides learned of Strouble’s past suicidal tendencies and medicine for depression, including 1 incidental successful which she wanted to termination herself by jumping retired of a model with her children, the outlet reported.

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Strouble is acceptable to look successful tribunal Tuesday, wherever a justice volition marque a determination to support her successful custody until her trial. 

If convicted, Strouble could look beingness successful prison. 

Fox News Digital was incapable to instantly find an lawyer assigned to correspond Strouble.