Five charged with trans man’s murder in New York after ‘repeated acts of torture’

Police in upstate New York say Sam Nordquist, 24, who was from Minnesota, endured weeks of torture

Five people in New York have been charged with subjecting a transgender man from Minnesota to “repeated acts of violence and torture” before murdering him, according to police.

The allegations come after the discovery of human remains believed to be those of Sam Nordquist, 24, in a field near Canandaigua in upstate New York on 13 February.

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