Five people have been arrested in New York and charged in connection with the disappearance and murder of a 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota, who police say was tortured and abused for weeks before his death.

The remains of Sam Nordquist, 24, a transgender man, were found after he had been reported missing. The district attorney in Ontario County, N.Y., called the circumstances surrounding the death “beyond depraved.

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (WROC) — Patrick Goodwin, 30, of Canandaigua was on the sex offender registry when police say he and four others tortured and killed Sam Nordquist, 24, of Minnesota, at Patty’s Lodge in Hopewell this year. On Friday, local law enforcement announced the arrest of those five people and charged them with second-degree murder. […]

Investigators say they've not yet found evidence that the torture and killing of a transgender man whose body was discarded in an upstate New York field was a hate crime

One law enforcement official described the case as “one of the most horrific crimes” she has ever investigated in her 20-year law enforcement career.

WHAM Five people have been arrested and charged with murder after the body of a missing transgender man was discovered dumped in an upstate New York field. The remains of the victim, identified as 24-