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

A photo of Sam Nordquist, wearing a hat and T-shirt outside
An undated photo of Sam Nordquist, 24, who died after enduring ‘violence and torture’ in Canandaigua, according to New York state police. Photograph: AP

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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