CROSSLAKE, Minn. (FOX 9) - A Crosslake mother will spend decades behind bars for child torture and fraud in what Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison described as some of the "most heinous and agonizing" crimes he’s seen while in office.

Mother sentenced for child torture

The sentencing:

Jorden Borders, 34, was sentenced Thursday to 468 months (39 years) in prison for the abuse of her children and defrauding Medicaid.

A Crow Wing County Judge handed down the sentence after finding Borders guilty in June on one count of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of child torture, three counts of stalking, and four counts of theft by false representation.

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