Overview

• Jorden Borders, 35, was convicted on 11 counts including attempted murder, child torture, stalking and Medicaid fraud, with Judge Patricia Aanes handing down a 39-year term on August 7.
• Prosecutors detailed how Borders used PICC and central lines to draw her nine-year-old’s blood, artificially inducing dangerously low hemoglobin readings.
• She forced her children to wear boots, casts and neck braces for self-diagnosed ailments and compelled them to vomit or cough to secure prescription treatments.
• All three children testified to brutal beatings with belts, charging cables and spoons, prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures and threats against their lives.
• State records show she swindled Minnesota’s Medicaid program out of about $18,000 by fabricating symptoms and claiming personal care assistant payments.