NY Murder Ringleader Precious Arzuaga Sentenced for Killing Transgender Man Sam Nordquist

Sam Nordquist traveled 1,000 miles for love. His family made the same journey to confront his killers.

Precious Arzuaga was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the Black trans man. She is alleged to have been the ringleader of the torture that went on for weeks in a New York hotel in 2025.

NY Murder Ringleader Precious Arzuaga Sentenced for Killing Transgender Man Sam Nordquist

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Judge doesn’t hold back as she sentences Nordquist killer to life: ‘Sam was everything you are not’

Canandaigua, N.Y. — Ontario County Court Judge Kristina Karle did not hold back Tuesday during the sentencing of Precious Arzuaga, the ringleader in the torture and murder of Sam Nordquist in the Finger Lakes last year.

Precious Arzuaga Sentenced for Sam Nordquist’s Murder

NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal A central figure in the brutal torture and killing of a transgender man at a motel in upstate New York received the harshest sentence allowed Tuesday, prompting an emotional outburst from people packed inside the courtroom. Precious Arzuaga and her former girlfriend, Jennifer Quijano, were both sentenced to life behind bars with no chance of […]