Authorities say Nordquist died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple people.

The petition asks that authorities change the charge to first-degree murder and that violence against the transgender community have harsher consequences.

Tributes continue across the state for Sam Nordquist. The transgender man from Minnesota was tortured and killed in Ontario ...

Seven people have now been charged with murder in the brutal death of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man from ...

Five people were charged with second-degree murder last week in the death of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man whose body was found discarded in a field this month. Authorities say ...

Two more suspects have been charged in the death of Sam Nordquist, a transgender male who authorities say was tortured for ...

Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old missing transgender man, died after enduring prolonged physical and psychological abuse over a ...

Five people have been charged with murder in the death of Sam Nordquist in Canandaigua. Those charged are: Top row, from left ...

Two more people have been charged with murder in the death of a man from Minnesota​ who authorities say was tortured for more ...

The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Canandaigua arrested two additional people connected to the ...

Two more people have been charged with murder in the death of a transgender man who authorities say was tortured for more ...