CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (WHAM) — Two people convicted in the torture and murder of Sam Nordquist received the maximum sentence Tuesday, coming face to face with his family before being sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Precious Arzuaga and Jennifer Quijano are the first defendants to be sentenced in the killing of Nordquist, 24, a transgender man from Oakdale, Minnesota, who traveled to the Finger Lakes region in September 2024 and stayed at Patty’s Lodge in Hopewell.

Authorities said Nordquist was tortured from Jan. 1 to Feb. 2, 2025, before his body was found in a Yates County field Feb. 13, 2025.