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.

Police said the victim suffered "prolonged physical and psychological abuse at the hands of multiple individuals" before his death.

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.

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,

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.

Authorities charged five people with second-degree murder on Friday in connection to the death of a transgender man in New York state.

On Friday, officials with the New York State Police announced that five people had been charged in the death of Sam Nordquist. Nordquist, a transgender man originally from Minnesota, was first reported missing on Feb.