CANANAIGUA, N.Y. (TCN) — 5 individuals have been arrested and charged with homicide for allegedly subjecting a lacking 24-year-old trans man to ongoing bodily abuse for a number of months and disposing of his physique in a discipline.
In keeping with New York State Police, Sam Nordquist traveled to New York from his residence state of Minnesota in September 2024 and final spoke along with his household in January. They reported him lacking to New York State Police Troop E on Feb. 9 after asking troopers to conduct a welfare test at a lodge the place Nordquist had been staying with among the suspects.
Investigators found Nordquist’s stays in a discipline in one other county and later arrested Treasured Arzuaga, Jennifer Quijano, Kyle Sage, Patrick Goodwin, and Emily Motyka on expenses of second-degree homicide — wicked indifference.
In a press convention, Kelly Swift, captain of the Bureau of Legal Investigation of Troop E, stated investigators executed a search warrant on the lodge and uncovered a “deeply disturbing sample of abuse that in the end resulted in Sam’s tragic dying.”
Swift stated Nordquist “endured extended bodily and psychological abuse by the hands of a number of people” between December and February. She described it as “repeated acts of violence and torture.”
Swift referred to as this case “one of the crucial horrific crimes I’ve ever investigated.”
Ontario County District Legal professional James Ritts additionally spoke on the press convention and stated, “The details and circumstances of this case are past wicked. That is by far the worst murder investigation that our workplace has ever been part of.”
He added, “No human being ought to must endure what Sam endured.”
Swift stated investigators “haven’t dominated out” whether or not Nordquist’s dying was a hate crime.
The 5 suspects are in custody and are being held with out bail.
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