Ringleader in transgender man's murder receives life without parole in Ontario County
Precious Arzuaga, the ringleader in the torture and murder of Sam Nordquist, a transgender man, was sentenced in Ontario County Court to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to murder and related charges; Nordquist was tortured from January 1 to February 2, 2025, before his body was found in a Yates County field on February 13, 2025. Several co-defendants have pleaded guilty and await sentencing, while Nordquist's family addressed the court during Arzuaga's sentencing.