Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man, was subjected to weeks of torture before his death, police say. Five people have been arrested.

New York State Police have charged five people with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field.

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.

Sam Nordquist was found murdered and likely tortured in upstate New York. Police say the suspects knew one another and were also LGBTQ.

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-

Police in New York have charged five people with the murder of a missing transgender man from Minnesota, who authorities say was tortured before his death in “beyond depraved” circumstances. New York State Police began an investigation to locate Sam Nordquist,

Authorities charged five people with second-degree murder on Friday in connection to the death of a transgender man in New York state.

Five people have been charged in the murder of Sam Nordquist and are accused of torturing the 24-year-old for weeks before dumping his body in a field.

This is one of the most horrific crimes I've ever investigated,” Captain Kelly Swift of the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation said.