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 Minnesota.

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

The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Canandaigua arrested two additional people connected to the ...

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 ...

Their arrests bring the total number of suspects in the case to seven. Earlier this week, a grand jury indicted five other individuals—Kyle Sage, 33; Patrick Goodwin, 30; Emily Motyka, 19; Precious ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – New York State Police have taken into custody two more individuals in connection to Sam Nordquist’s ...