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No evidence of hate crime in 'torture' killing of transgender man in upstate New York: Investigators
https://abcnews.go.com ^ | February 17, 2025 | Bill Hutchinson

Posted on 02/17/2025 6:11:46 PM PST by Beowulf9

Investigators probing what they described as the torturous killing of a 24-year-old transgender man in upstate New York, allegedly at the hands of five people, say they have found no evidence that the homicide was a hate crime.

The remains of the victim, identified as 24-year-old Sam Nordquist of Minnesota, were discovered on Wednesday in a field in Benton, New York, in Yates County, according to Capt. Kelly Swift, a New York State Police investigator.

Swift said investigators suspect that Nordquist was tortured and killed in neighboring Ontario County and moved "in an attempt to conceal a crime."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; US: New York
KEYWORDS: benton; hatecrime; kellyswift; minnesota; newyork; ny; ontariocounty; samnordquist; torture; transgender; yatescounty
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This was a cruel and heinous crime. Bring back the death penalty.
1 posted on 02/17/2025 6:11:46 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Not likely in the Empire State but yeah.


2 posted on 02/17/2025 6:17:45 PM PST by xp38
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To: Beowulf9

Insufficient information. The female victim was subjected to sexual torture by people, some of whom she knew, for what reason? Something to do with drugs? Money? Plain old psychopathy?


3 posted on 02/17/2025 6:23:52 PM PST by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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It’s NY, could simply be “oh geez we don’t like you today”.
One of the many reasons I dislike living here.


4 posted on 02/17/2025 6:24:59 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Darksheare

To be fair, it could happen in South Carolina or Idaho, too.


5 posted on 02/17/2025 6:25:54 PM PST by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Beowulf9

Was this another one of those ultra violent tranny cults? The real FBI should look into this.


6 posted on 02/17/2025 6:26:59 PM PST by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: Tax-chick

Yep, there are clusters of dirtbags everywhere.


7 posted on 02/17/2025 6:27:45 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Tax-chick

In Columbia SC, 5 corners area probably.
I could easily see it happening there.


8 posted on 02/17/2025 6:28:42 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Beowulf9

No evidence of a hate crime = no white, heterosexuals were involved.


9 posted on 02/17/2025 6:35:37 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: Beowulf9

I’m kind of slow sometimes.
Was it male or female genetically?


10 posted on 02/17/2025 6:36:37 PM PST by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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Looks like it was a woman dressed as a man. RIP. Nobody deserves that. Sounds like an online setup.


11 posted on 02/17/2025 6:42:18 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: Tax-chick

From another article:

“Nordquist traveled to New York in September to meet his online girlfriend and had purchased a round-trip ticket, his sister Kayla said in a GoFundMe campaign for the family to travel to New York after losing contact with Nordquist”.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/02/15/new-york-murder-transgender-man/5221739666091/

I don’t know why this info wasn’t included in this article. Pertinent info.

There are a lot of awful people out there these days.


12 posted on 02/17/2025 6:43:03 PM PST by Beowulf9 ( )
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To: rellic

Female.

Lookimg at that picture of her she sure looks kind of naive. Meeting strangers online is not safe.


13 posted on 02/17/2025 6:44:20 PM PST by Beowulf9 ( )
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From Penn.: “Blue city faces calls for corruption probe in teacher’s ‘suicide’ by 20 stab wounds case”
Sounds like another DEI investigator (Capt. Kelly Swift, a New York State Police investigator.)


14 posted on 02/17/2025 6:53:29 PM PST by antidemoncrat ( )
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To: Tax-chick

The assailants knew the victim. People can behave in a very depraved and sickening way with acquaintances. According to report they were all lgbtq+ etc...and one of the assailants had lived with the victim.
Could it have been a schizo-, drug fueled, rage game?
Did the victim lie or steal from other group members? Reminds me of groupthink toxicity like Jonestown or Heavens Gate groups. Definitely disgusting.


15 posted on 02/17/2025 7:16:06 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder tro find. )
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There’s no such thing as a ‘hate crime’ because there’s no way of knowing what’s in a person’s heart when a crime is committed.

People are tried in a court of law for their actions, not for their thoughts, or more specifically, their emotions.

Hate Crime legislation is left wing corruption of the legal system, giving them the authority to punish ‘thought crimes’, which is wildly and incredibly obviously UNCONSTITUTIONAL. This is 1930s NAZI Germany stuff, punishing people for what they think.

All ‘hate crime’ legislation, verdicts and penalties, including incarceration, should be declared to be unconstitutional by both Congress and SCOTUS.

It is left wing vengeance run amok.


16 posted on 02/17/2025 7:17:06 PM PST by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
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To: Thapsus_epiphany

DAMN STRAIGHT !!!!!


17 posted on 02/17/2025 7:30:57 PM PST by A strike ("We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files ..)
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To: Getready

All LGBetc, so NY authorities decide it is NOT a hate crime? Oy vey :(.


18 posted on 02/17/2025 8:10:54 PM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: Beowulf9

Not my circus not my monkeys.


19 posted on 02/17/2025 8:24:16 PM PST by nwrep
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Could be an older pic....she could be easily suggestible low IQ person....If we think we’re gonna get the inside scoop from the media....forget it. The killers could have tortured and killed her cause they like to hurt weak people.


20 posted on 02/17/2025 8:25:33 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder tro find. )
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