The victim, Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man originally from Minnesota, was reported missing on Feb. 9. Police said he arrived in New York in September and had lost contact with loved ones.
Major Kevin Sucher, commander of the state police troop that includes the Finger Lakes region, said the facts and circumstances of the case were “beyond depraved” and “by far the worst” homicide investigation the office has ever been part of.
“No human being should have to endure what Sam endured,” he said, during televised news conference. Police did not share many details of the case, noting it remained under active investigation.
This is a local story for me. Only one media outlet mentioned that he was trans. This was a hate crime.
I’ve been following this story for a bit (am trans). Can confirm, every news outlet has been burying the lede to make it seem like it wasn’t targeted.
This is fucking horrific, and more of this is what is coming.
This is why they pushed this issue so hard. They want people to feel no remorse at torturing and killing someone who was doing nothing that materially affected their lives. Sam Nordquist existing as who he was did not hurt these people.
We’re in for dark times, friends.
Say his name: Sam Nordquist. Do not forget him.
While I don’t disagree let’s not forget that hate crimes are unfortunately not unheard of regardless as to who is running the country.
You’re not wrong, but someone who is activity taking away the rights of LGBTQIA+, migrants, women, and more is very much encouraging hate crimes and that will add to them.
Just a heads up, the killer is literally a convicted pedophile who raped a 7-year old and a 9-year old
What do you mean by the killer? 5 people have been charged for his death including someone convicted of selling pornography to a minor (and 4th degree grand larceny) and Sam’s online girlfriend who he was visiting.
I’m really only bringing this up because the way I interpreted your comment is that it’s putting Goodwin is more responsible for Sam’s death. If the accusations I’ve seen are true, probably none of them deserve to be free ever again imo.
If all you’re doing is pointing out how big of a piece of shit Goodwin is, I agree entirely and would just like to add 2 more giant pieces of shit and I’d imagine if 3 or Out of the 5 are that shitty I’m skeptical at best of the other 2
If there is some reason to point more of the blame at 1 individual I’d be interested to hear it
This is why I support the death penalty. It should almost never be used, but for cases as extreme as this. The evidence also has to be rock-solid.
Unfortunately, it’s been used far too liberally and on a racial basis in the past, so a lot of people are against it.
I simply don’t think some criminals deserve to live out the rest of their lives, in a maximum security prison or otherwise.
The death penalty does not work. Not as a deterrent, not as closure for the families, not even to reduce costs. Even if you think there are acts so vile that someone forfeits their right to life, there are many reasons against the death penalty. For example, what does rock-solid evidence mean? There have been cases with good evidence, multiple witnessed and a full confession, that later turned out to be wrong convictions. What percentage of innocents among the convicted is acceptable?
Here’s a great video by Shaun that goes through the arguments better than I could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30_hfuZoQ8
I’d be willing to allow public hangings again for crimes such as this.
Tortured how?
You might wonder why people are down voting, so I’ll clarify. Usually horrific details about sensitive topics are only shared with the police, courts, and family initially. They will come out at trial eventually. The primary reason is to not force it in the face of survivors as well as to protect the dignity of the deceased.
Appreciate the clarification. My curiosity certainly isn’t more important than surviving loved ones. Theirs no acceptable torture obviously, I was trying to figure out, at least generally, the context to go with the cops statement. I can’t imagine the kinds of things a homicide detective sees throughout their career, not really anyway. I’m guessing my question probably came off insensitive etc. I just spoke my curiosity after reading the article and searching online a bit to find an answer and came back and asked without thinking about it.
Local news staffer here, usually we’re not given any of the circumstances in case like this, but even if we find out the “how” we don’t report it. It’s the same with suicides and murder/suicides… if we have to (celebrity, politicians, person’s of note) we report that it happened once and that’s it.
It is definitely to shield victims and families but it’s also to prevent copycats.
I was curious about the details as well. Don’t feel bad
Regardless what happens we can put up a fight. Arm yourselves. Show them what happens when they pick a fight with us.
Get proper training along with the armament. Arming yourself only goes so far if your skills are so weak that you are disarmed and the weapon is turned against you. In that situation, having the arms makes you more vulnerable since you don’t know how to properly use them.
In most situations being armed makes you more vulnerable.
Also do not get one if you have ever thought of harming yourself.
Please look into other ways to arm/protect yourself if possible.
Great advice, I’m in this group. I have had thoughts of self-harm at points in my life, and as such I have preferred to not have weapons.
I instead purchased a cop-style flashlight that is bright enough to make it difficult for someone to see me clearly if I am pointing it directly at them, even from a distance.
So that’s my personal suggestion here. High powered flashlight. If I recall correctly I got the idea from Joe Pera Talks With You in an episode where his doomsday prepper girlfriend is discussing self-protection skills. I always liked that her character was a total opposite spin on the usual doomsday prepper, she was actually pretty smart about things and she had a tragic backstory as to why she was so sure she needed to prep.
Entire news story aside, does the picture look a little AI generated? The background is pretty weird and the necklace kinda ends.
