New York State Police Captain Kelly Swift said Nordquist had suffered ‘physical and psychological abuse’ as well as ‘repeated acts of torture and violence’.
Five people have now been charged with murder in New York state, which officials called ‘by far the worst homicide investigation that our office has ever been a part of’.
Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old originally from Minnesota, was allegedly punched, kicked, beaten with sticks, dog toys, ropes, canes and belts before his death, according to court documents.
Nordquist had been reported missing on 9 February after first arriving in New York in September.
Cops then investigated and discovered a ‘deeply disturbing pattern of abuse’ at Patty’s Lodge motel in Upstate New York.
