Sam Nordquist was reported missing early this month in Canandaigua before New York State Police confirmed that he had been found dead.
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — Five people have been charged by an Ontario County Grand Jury in connection to the death of a 24-year-old transgender man in Canandaigua.
Sam Nordquist was reported missing Feb. 9 in Canandaigua before New York State Police confirmed that Nordquist has been found dead.
Five people — Precious Arzuaga, 38, and Patrick Goodwin, 30, of Canandaigua; Kyle Sage, 33, of Rochester; Jennifer ‘Brooklyn’ Quijano, 30, of Geneva; and Emily Motyka, 19, of Lima — have been indicted on at least one felony charge. They were arrested Thursday, Feb. 13 after police searched a motel room in Canandaigua, at the last place Nordquist was known to have stayed.
Their court appearance in Hopewell Town Court scheduled for Wednesday at noon is canceled. They will appear in …
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