The seven suspects charged in the murder of Sam Nordquist were indicted Wednesday morning. Ontario County Assistant District Attorney Kelly Wolford made the announcement at a press conference at Troop E headquarters in Canandaigua.
29-year-old Kimberly Socchia, of Canandaigua, 21-year-old Thomas Eaves, of Geneva, 38-year-old Precious Arzguaga, of Canandaigua, 30-year-old Jennifer Quijano, of Geneva, 19-year-old Emily Motyka, of Lima, 30-year-old Patrick Goodwin, of Canandaigua, and 33-year-old Kyle Sage, of Rochester were indicted on charges including first-degree murder, second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, second-degree conspiracy, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
Goodwin, Sage, Arzuaga, and Quijano, are also charged with first-degree aggravated sexual abuse.
It is also alleged that Arzuaga forced a 7-year-old and 12-year-old to partake in some of the acts of torture against Nordquist. For that, she has been charged with two counts of coercion.
Nordquist, 24, traveled from Minnesota to the Finger Lakes last September and was reported missing after his family last heard from him on January 1. Investigators executed a search warrant on February 13 at Patty’s Lodge in Hopewell, where he was believed to have been staying. According to the indictment, the suspects tortured the 24-year-old Minnesota man between January 1 and February 2nd. Nordquist’s body was found February 13 in a field in Benton, Yates County.
The seven suspects are all expected to be arraigned within the next week to 10 days.
The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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