Authorities say Nordquist died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple people.

The petition asks that authorities change the charge to first-degree murder and that violence against the transgender community have harsher consequences.

Seven people have now been charged with murder in the brutal death of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man from ...

Five people were charged with second-degree murder last week in the death of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man whose body was found discarded in a field this month. Authorities say ...

Five people have been charged with murder in the death of Sam Nordquist in Canandaigua. Those charged are: Top row, from left ...

Two additional suspects have been arrested in the torture and murder of 24-year-old transgender man Sam Nordquist, whose body was found in a field in New York state.

Two more people have been charged with murder in the death of a man from Minnesota​ who authorities say was tortured for more ...

Seven suspects have now been arrested and charged with murder after the body of 24-year-old Sam Nordquist was found last week ...

LGBTQ+ community members across the country are mourning Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old Black trans man from Minnesota who was found dead in New York State last week. Evidence sugge ...

Two more suspects have been charged in the death of Sam Nordquist. State Police said Friday that Kimberly L. Sochia, 29, of Canandaigua, and Thomas G. Eaves, 21, of Geneva, were charged Thursday with ...