The 30-year-old St. John woman charged with murder of three people in Crete Township last month
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, will remain in custody as her case proceeds, a Will County judge ruled Monday.Jenna Strouble is charged with the triple homicide of Jacob Lambert, 32, his mother Stacy Forde, 54, and his stepfather Patrick Forde, 55. Strouble and Lambert had an intermittent relationship and had two children together.
Strouble shot Lambert in the back of the head while giving him a massage in a car, before driving to the home where he lived with his parents and shooting them as well, according to prosecutors.
Strouble’s attorney, David Drwencke, said the case is still in its early days.
“We’re one official date into this,” Drwencke said. “It’s early. Allegations are often very easy.”
Drwencke said early claims made by prosecutors aren’t always borne out by the evidence, which he said the defense hasn’t yet had the chance to examine.
For example, he said, he wants to know exactly what Strouble said to police and under what circumstances those statements were made.
“The reality is that the defense has seen none of it,” Drwencke said. “We’re going to start to see discovery, we’re going to start to see what they have.”
Drwencke said court proceedings are a slow and thorough process, including in cases that might seem straightforward.
“We’re doing our investigation and we’re going to work through the process,” Drwencke said. “If this story or any one caught your eye, it can be a learning experience about how the system really works.”
Strouble’s next court date is set for Friday at the Will County courthouse in Joliet.