Police find body of transgender man they say was tortured for more than a month

Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old missing transgender man who died after enduring prolonged physical and psychological abuse over a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field, in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to New York State Police - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

New York State Police have charged five people in the murder of a missing transgender man who authorities said died after being tortured for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field.

The victim, Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man originally from Minnesota, was reported missing on Feb. 9. Police said he arrived in New York in September and had lost contact with loved ones.