A Minnesota woman has been handed a decades-long prison sentence for one of the state’s most disturbing cases of child abuse and Medicaid fraud.
Jorden Borders, 35, was convicted in June on all 11 criminal charges, which included one count of attempted murder, three counts of child torture, three counts of stalking, and four counts of theft by false representation, according to the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office.
On Thursday, Crow Wing County Judge Patricia Aanes sentenced Borders to 468 months in state prison, just under 40 years.
“Borders’ crimes are some of the most heinous and agonizing I have seen in my time as Attorney General,” Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement. “I am praying for her children’s recovery from the suffering and trauma they endured.”
Court records reveal that Borders orchestrated a prolonged and calculated campaign of abuse against her children, spanning five years. According to the Attorney General’s Office, she engaged in medical child abuse, fabricating and inducing illnesses to mislead healthcare providers.
Her actions included forcibly withdrawing blood from her nine-year-old child before doctor visits, using syringes, PICC lines, and central lines to create dangerously low hemoglobin levels.
“Borders then presented the child at doctor’s visits and hospitals, where he was observed as having dangerously low hemoglobin levels,” the press release stated.
The abuse came to light in May 2022, when hospital staff grew alarmed over unexplained hemoglobin drops. Following a search warrant at her home in Crosslake, Minnesota, Borders was arrested in November 2022.
During a forensic interview, all three children described witnessing Borders repeatedly draw blood from their sibling, dispose of it, and order them to remain silent.
One child recalled: “She kept doing it and said don’t tell anyone.”… “This made my body feel sick-sleepy.”
The fabricated medical issues extended to forcing her children to wear unnecessary casts, boots, and neck braces, falsely diagnosing them with brittle bone disease. One child was kept in a cast for over two years.
Another was ordered to fake vomiting and asthma symptoms to obtain prescriptions. Borders also made a child wear unprescribed hearing amplifiers, which caused a painful boil.
The abuse was not limited to medical harm. Borders’ children testified that she beat them with charging cords, belts, and spoons, one child bled from the injuries. She also forced them to stand outside in freezing weather without clothing, withheld food, and threatened to kill them.
The emotional abuse was equally severe, leaving long-term psychological scars.
In addition to abuse charges, Borders was convicted of defrauding Minnesota’s Medicaid program out of $18,000 by falsifying symptoms for one child and falsely claiming to be the child’s personal care assistant.
Her conviction stands as one of the most extreme cases of child abuse and healthcare fraud in Minnesota’s history, with prosecutors vowing to ensure the victims receive the support they need to recover.
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