Triple-homicide suspect Jenna Strouble, 30, admits shooting ‘friends with benefits’ baby-daddy while giving him car massage, before shooting his mother and stepfather at their suburban Chicago home
Jenna Strouble, 30, from Indiana allegedly traveled to suburban Chicago to shoot ‘friends with benefits’, baby-daddy Jacob Lambert, 32, on on March 22
The mother-of-two, from St John in Lake County, said she she purchased a Glock-19 handgun months prior to the murders ‘solely for this plan’
On the day she lured Lambert into the car by asking him ‘if he wanted to hang out and go for a drive’
She allegedly, confessed to shooting Lambert in the back of the head by tricking him into laying down for a car massage
She then drove to Crete Township, Illinois, where his mother Stacy Forde, 54, and stepdad Patrick Forde, 55 lived
*Arriving at the home she started shooting when they opened the door – Patrick Forde was shot 17 times, Stacy Forde was shot three times
The bodies were discovered on the property by officers responding to a request for a welfare check
Arrested hours later at her parents home in St John, she informed cops of her ‘dislike of Lambert’s parenting style’
She was extradited to Illinois on nine counts of first-degree murder in connection with the triple homicide

Jenna Strouble, [photo], allegedly confessed to the father of her children Jacob Lambert, her ex and now ‘friends with benefits’, in the back of the head by tricking him into laying down for a car massage. She then shot his mother and stepfather dead in their home – prosecutors
A mother-of-two from Indiana has confessed that she traveled to Illinois to executing her ex-boyfriend and father of her two children with whom she maintained intimacy, by tricking him into laying down for a car massage inside his truck, so she could shoot him in the back of the head, prosecutors say.
Jenna Strouble, 30, who is accused of murdering her ‘friends with benefits’ and ‘occasional intimate’ partner Jacob Lambert, 32, on March 22, before driving to his mother and stepmother’s home and fatally shooting them too, allegedly has admitted to the killings.
The triple-homicide was uncovered when police found Lambert, his mother Stacy Forde, 54, and his stepfather Patrick Forde, 55, dead at their home in the Chicago suburb of Crete Township, Illinois.

Police said Jacob Lambert, seen [photo], with the children he shared with Strouble, was shot in the back of the head after his ex lured him for a drive in her car, then tricked him into laying down in the car for a back massage
According to new court documents, Strouble admitted to investigators that she gunned down the family, but ‘didn’t offer much of a motive’ besides a dislike for Lambert’s parenting style.
She allegedly confessed that she purchased a Glock-19 handgun months prior to the murders, ‘solely for this plan’.
As stated in in her confession, on the day she lured Lambert for a drive in his truck, car by asking him ‘if he wanted to hang out and go for a drive.’

Jenna Strouble fled the scene before the bodies were discovered. She was arrested hours later across the state line in St John, Indiana. She’s charged with nine counts of first-degree murder in connection with the triple homicide of Lambert and his parents
They pair drove to Plum Creek Nature Preserve, but after realizing it was closed, she pulled over and told Lambert she ‘had a surprise for him’, court records.
She said she told him she was ‘going to give him a back massage’ and pulled out an electric massage gun, leading Lambert to lay on his back while she straddled him and massaged him for around 20 minutes..
By her alleged admission, Strouble then pulled out the Glock and ‘holding it pointed to the back of his head for about eight minutes while massaging him’, before eventually pulling the trigger.
After the execution style killing her former partner and father of her two young children whom she told investigators she still had the ‘occasional intimate relationship’, Strouble then drove to his parents’ home, cops said.

Police found Lambert’s mother Stacy Forde and his stepfather Patrick Forde, [photo], dead at their home in Crete Township, after responding to request for a welfare check. Lambert’s body was found dead in the driveway. Strouble allegedly admitted she killed the trio

Three members of the Forde household were found shot dead at their home, [photo], in the Chicago suburb of Crete Township, in the early hours of March 23
Court documents say that Strouble then told investigators she walked up to their front door, and as soon as Lambert’s stepfather Patrick Forde opened the door she ‘began shooting.’
Police were called to the home hours after the alleged slayings around 2am on March 23 for a welfare check, where Patrick and Stacy Forde were found with multiple gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.
Patrick Forde was shot 17 times. Stacy Forde was shot three times.
Lambert was also found dead in his car in the driveway of the home, and it is believed Strouble moved his body from his vehicle and dumped it near his mother and stepfather’s bodies at the property.

Jake Lambert, [right], was found dead in his car parked in driveway at the home of his mother Stacy Forde [center], and his stepfather Patrick Forde [left], both also shot dead. The alleged killer, Jenna Strouble, shares two children, with Lambert

Investigators later found Strouble’s vehicle, and images showed the car with a taped window which apparently had been damaged
Investigators later found Strouble’s vehicle, and images showed the car with a taped window which apparently had been damaged.
Strouble fled the scene before the bodies were discovered, and she was arrested hours later at her parents home across the state line in St John, in Indiana’s lake County on multiple murder related charges.

After allegedly admitting to the multiple slayings, police said Strouble ‘didn’t provide much of a motive for the killings other than not liking the way Jake spoke to the children or that she feels his parents are overbearing’

Strouble allegedly said she purchased a Glock-19 handgun months before the murders ‘solely for this plan’, before luring Lambert into her car by asking him ‘if he wanted to hang out and go for a drive’
After allegedly admitting to the multiple slayings, police said Strouble ‘didn’t provide much of a motive for the killings other than not liking the way Jake spoke to the children or that she feels his parents are overbearing.’
‘The preliminary investigation shows this was a targeted incident and during the detectives’ interviews Strouble gave incriminating statements following the homicides,’ the office said.
‘Investigators recovered a firearm and were able to determine it did match the one used in the homicides.’
‘Tragic events like this can be avoided for those wishing to seek help and assistance regarding domestic violence,’ the sheriff’s office said in a statement at the time.

Jenna Strouble, [left], is now facing nine counts of first-degree murder for the alleged killing spree that took the lives of the father of her children Jacob Lambert, [right], his mother and stepdad
Strouble was in the Will County courthouse on Monday scheduled for arraignment on nine counts of first-degree murder. However a continuance was granted for Tuesday because her attorney could not be present.
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