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Jorden Borders, 35, of Minnesota, has been sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison for torturing her three children and falsely claiming they were sick to collect Medicaid payments, authorities said

Borders would draw blood from her son, then 9, so doctors would think his hemoglobin levels were low

Borders made another child vomit and pretend to have breathing problems to falsely obtain asthma medication, according to authorities

A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 39 years in prison after being convicted of torturing her three children and falsely claiming they were sick to collect fraudulent Medicaid payments.

On Thursday, Aug. 7, a Crow Wing County judge handed down the lengthy sentence to Jorden Marie Borders, 35, of Crosslake.

On June 4, after a three-week trial,

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