CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — The seven people accused of killing and torturing Minnesota man Sam Nordquist have all pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them in connection to his death in court on Tuesday.

Precious Arzuaga cried as the judge read her charges, including first degree murder. She was the only defendant wearing the orange jail jumpsuit.

Defendant Thomas Eaves blew a kiss to someone as he was leaving the courtroom.

All the suspects, Precious Arzuaga, Jennifer Quijano, Kyle Sage, Patrick Goodwin, Thomas Eaves, Kimberly Socchia and Emily Motyka appeared in Ontario County Court for arraignment Tuesday after they were indicted on multiple charges including first-degree murder. They’re facing life in prison without bail or parole if found guilty.

All suspects have also been charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping, conspiracy, endangering the welfare of a child, and concealment of a human corpse.

Four of those suspects, Arzuaga, Quijano, Sage and Goodwin have been charged with aggravated sexual abuse.

Arzuaga has also been additionally charged with coercion after prosecutors said she forced two children, 7 and 12, to take part in the torture. The court has issued an order of protection against all suspects for the two children involved.

Prosecutors say they tortured Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man, for over a month inside Patty’s Lodge Motel and disposed of his body in a field in Yates County. Prosecutors say he was physically, sexually and psychologically abused.

According to Nordquist’s family, he traveled to the Finger Lakes region in September to meet Arzuaga, his girlfriend whom he connected with online. The family reported him missing on Feb. 9 after losing contact with him and investigators found his body three days later.

Ontario County’s assistant district attorney says Nordquist’s murder was not a hate crime, saying “a hate crime would make this charge about Sam’s gender or about Sam’s race and it’s so much bigger.”

“The indictment is only what the grand jury heard. They didn’t hear anything else. We weren’t offered the opportunity to testify,” Thomas Eaves’ lawyer said. “So now we have to figure out what evidence they have that may implicate any of the clients, in particular, my client.”

All the defendants are going back to jail. The defense did not ask for bail.

It’s not clear if there will be one trial, or seven separate trials.

All the suspects will be due back in court April 9, with a tentative trial start date of Sept. 2.

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