Seven people pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a long list of charges in the killing of Sam Nordquist, a Black transgender man who was allegedly held captive and tortured in an upstate New York hotel room for more than a month before succumbing to his torment.

The seven people accused of killing and torturing Minnesota man Sam Nordquist in Ontario County are due in court on Tuesday afternoon.

The individuals accused of the torture and murder of Sam Nordquist are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Ontario County Court.

Seven people are now charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Mr. Nordquist, a transgender man whose killing has drawn national attention.

New York prosecutors on Wednesday laid out new details in the disturbing case and revealed that two children, ages 7 and 12, were coerced into abusing Nordquist.

Seven individuals accused of torturing and murdering Sam Nordquist were arraigned Tuesday in Ontario County Court.

Two children were coerced into torturing Sam Nordquist before his death by one of seven defendants who now face first-degree murder charges, prosecutors said Wednesday, March 5. The Ontario County District Attorney’s Office held a news conference in Canandaigua to announce that a grand jury had indicted seven people on first-degree murder charges in the torture death of Nordquist,