US EditionState Offers Closing Statements in Crow Wing, Minnesota, Child Torture Trial
- On May 28, 2025, the state presented closing statements in the criminal trial of 34-year-old Jorden Nicole Borders in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
- Borders faces allegations of causing prolonged harm to her three children through false medical claims, repeated physical punishment, and sustained psychological mistreatment over several years.
- The children testified to repeated strangulation, threats with weapons, forced medical treatments like unnecessary casts, and blood withdrawals estimated at around 30 times each.
- Dominika Kins, representing the prosecution, stated that Borders fabricated illnesses and inflicted lasting trauma, while Mary Russell described Borders as someone driven by a desire for attention, control, and power.
- The court denied a defense motion for acquittal, and Borders’ actions have left lasting trauma on the children, who were removed from her care in May 2022 and placed in protective custody.
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Duluth News Tribune
State offers closing statements in Crow Wing, Minnesota, child torture trial
BRAINERD — Both the prosecution and defense attorneys rested as the state gave its closing statements Wednesday, May 28, in the criminal trial against 34-year-old Crosslake woman, Jorden Nicole Borders, accused of torturing her three children. On Friday, Borders' defense attorney Mark Hansen filed a motion for a judgment of acquittal after the state rested its case against Borders. When the trial reconvened Wednesday, Crow Wing County District C…
State offers closing statements in child torture trial
BRAINERD — Both the prosecution and defense attorneys rested as the state gave its closing statements Wednesday, May 28, in the criminal trial against 34-year-old Crosslake woman, Jorden Nicole Borders, accused of torturing her three children. On Friday, Borders' defense attorney Mark Hansen filed a motion for a judgment of acquittal after the state rested its case against Borders. When the trial reconvened Wednesday, Crow Wing County District C…
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