"In my 20-year law enforcement career, this is one of the most horrific crimes I’ve ever investigated," a New York state police captain said.

Canandaigua, N.Y. — Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man who was reported missing in February, was tortured repeatedly for over a month before he was killed, according to state police. Five people have been charged with his murder, police spokesperson Lynnea Crane said Friday.

New York State Police charged five people Friday with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more

Five people are accused of months of torture that killed a missing transgender man whose body was found in a field in New York. The post ‘Beyond depraved’: 5 accused of torturing missing man for more than a month before dumping body in field first appeared on Law & Crime.

Authorities call Sam Nordquist's death in Ontario County "deeply unsettling," say five people were charged with second-degree murder

Five people have been charged with second degree murder over the death of Sam Nordquist, 24, who police say was tortured for more than a month in a case that investigators described as “beyond depraved.

Five people have been arrested in New York and charged in connection with the disappearance and murder of a 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota, whom police say was tortured and abused for weeks before his death.

The body of Sam Nordquist, 24, was found in a field after he had been reported missing. The district attorney in Ontario County, N.Y., called the circumstances surrounding the death “beyond depraved.”

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 i