Jordana Rogers, the woman charged in the December 2019 slaying of her mother, has been granted a conditional release by Sebastian County Circuit Judge Gunner Delay.
Rogers was acquitted of the murder charge in 2021 due to mental disease or defect. She was ordered into the custody of the Arkansas Department of Health and committed to the Arkansas State Hospital.
On October 7, 2022, the Circuit Judge granted Rogers a conditional release. The order stated that Rogers was “…a moderate risk for future violence…but does not present a current risk or danger to herself or to the person or property of others so long as she complies with her prescribed regime of medical, psychiatric, or psychological care or treatment.”
The order goes on to note that Rogers has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic stimulant use disorder – methamphetamine, and cannabis use disorder.
Rogers will remain in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Human Services and under supervision with the ACT 911 program. Rogers has been accepted into Birch Tree Communities in Mountain View Arkansas, where she will continue supervised treatment in a “less restrictive” environment.
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Judge Delay ordered the conditions of Rogers’ release to be in effect for five years and remain under the Juris of the Sebastian County Circuit Court “until such time the court is satisfied and deems transfer of jurisdiction appropriate.”
