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 individuals who later discarded his body in a field.

The remains of Sam Nordquist, 24, a transgender man, were found after he had been reported missing. The district attorney in Ontario County, N.Y., called the circumstances surrounding the death “beyond depraved.

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (WROC) — Patrick Goodwin, 30, of Canandaigua was on the sex offender registry when police say he and four others tortured and killed Sam Nordquist, 24, of Minnesota, at Patty’s Lodge in Hopewell this year. On Friday, local law enforcement announced the arrest of those five people and charged them with second-degree murder. […]