Kashe Sam Nordquist

A watan Fabrairun 2025, an kashe Sam Nordquist, wani mutum mai shekaru 24 daga Red Wing, Minnesota, a Hopewell, New York, bayan an azabtar da shi sama da wata daya. An azabtar da Nordquist tsakanin Disamba 2024 da Fabrairu 2025 kafin a kashe shi, a cewar sanarwar labarai ta 'yan sanda a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, 2025  .

A Hopewell, 'Yan sanda na Jihar New York, suna aiki tare da tilasta bin doka na gida, sun kama mutane biyar, masu shekaru 19 zuwa 38, waɗanda aka tuhume su da kisan kai na biyu tare da rashin kulawa. A ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, an tuhumi wasu mutane biyu da ake zargi, wata mace mai shekaru 29 da wani mutum mai shekaru 21, da wannan laifi.

 Sam Nordquist 
An haifi Nordquist a Red Wing, Minnesota,  kuma ta halarci Red Wing High School.  Ya yi aiki a wani rukuni na mutane nakasassu a Little Canada, Minnesota .  Nordquist ya bayyana a matsayin mai tsattsauran ra'ayi kuma yana kusa da mahaifiyarsa da 'yan uwansa biyu.

Nordquist ya bar Minnesota a ranar 28 ga Satumba, 2024, tare da shirye-shiryen tafiya zuwa Geneva, New York don saduwa da budurwarsa ta kan layi, Precious Arzuaga mai shekaru 38 (an haife shi a ranar 28 ta Mayu, 1986), kuma ya dawo makonni biyu bayan haka. Nordquist ya yanke shawarar, a maimakon haka, ya zauna a New York tare da Arzuaga don yin aiki a kan dangantakarsu.[1] Iyalinsa sun rasa hulɗa da shi bayan Janairu 1, 2025, kuma sun lura cewa a cikin sadarwa har zuwa bacewarsa, ya zama kamar "ba kamar kansa ba". [2] A cewar mahaifiyarsa, iyalin sun nemi a gudanar da bincike mai yawa a cikin watanni da suka kai ga rahoton mutanen da suka ɓace, wanda 'yan sanda na yankin suka ƙi.[3][4] Mahaifiyar Nordquist ta kuma lura da imel daga Ayyukan Jama'a na Ontario County a watan Disamba, wanda ke nuna cewa ya kasa komawa ofisoshin su bayan ya yi musu magana game da bukatar "tsarin tserewa".[5]￼

 Mutuwa 
An bayar da rahoton Nordquist ya ɓace tun watan Disamba na shekara ta 2024. 'Yan sanda na Jihar New York sun yi bincike kan lafiya a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu bayan dangin Nordquist sun gabatar da rahoton mutanen da suka bace tare da' yan sanda na Canandaigua a wannan rana. 'Yan sanda sun bincika wani daki a Patty's Lodge Motel a Hopewell, Ontario County, inda Nordquist da akalla daya daga cikin wadanda ake zargi ke zaune tare kuma sun gano shaidar cin zarafin.

A wani taron manema labarai a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, Kyaftin Kelly Swift na 'yan sanda na Jihar New York ya ba da rahoton cewa shaidu da maganganun shaidu sun nuna cewa Nordquist ya jimre da cin zarafin jiki da tunani daga mutane da yawa kafin mutuwarsa. A cewar rahotanni na 'yan sanda, wadanda ake zargi sun yi wa Nordquist fyade da kafa na tebur da broomstick; sun doke shi da sanduna, kayan wasa na kare, igiyoyi, da bel; sun hana shi abinci mai gina jiki da ruwa mai kyau; sun tilasta masa ya cinye fitsari, datti, da ruwan taba; kuma sun zuba masa bleach kafin ya mutu saboda raunin da ya ji. An bayar da rahoton cin zarafin ya ci gaba daga farkon Disamba 2024 zuwa Fabrairu 2025. 

An gano gawarwakin mutum da ake zaton na Nordquist ne a filin Yates County a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, kimanin kilomita 50 (kilomita 80) kudu maso gabashin Rochester. A cewar 'yan sanda, an motsa jikin Nordquist a cikin ƙoƙari na ɓoye laifin. Swift ta kira karar "ɗaya daga cikin manyan laifuka" da ta bincika a cikin aikinta na tilasta bin doka. An bayar da rahoton ranar mutuwar a ranar 2 ga Fabrairu, 2025.

 Bincike da tuhumar shari'a 
Lauyan Gundumar Ontario ya bayyana cewa babu wata shaida cewa kisan ya kasance laifi ne na ƙiyayya, yana mai bayyana cewa "an san maharansa da juna, an gano su a matsayin LGBTQ +, kuma aƙalla ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ake tuhuma ya zauna tare da Sam a lokacin da ya kai ga laifin nan take. "  A watan Fabrairun 2025, Ofishin Mai Binciken Kiwon Lafiya na Monroe County ya sanar da cewa suna shirin gudanar da Binciken gawa. 

'Yan sanda na Jihar New York sun kama mutane biyar da ake zargi a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu, 2025, da kuma wasu mutane biyu da ake zarga a ranar 20 ga Fabrairun. Wadanda ake zargi guda bakwai sune Precious Arzuaga, 38; Jennifer Quijano, 30; Kyle Sage, 33; Patrick Goodwin, 30; Emily Motyka, 19; Thomas G. Eaves, 21; da Kimberly Sochia, 29, duk daga jihar New York. Ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ake zargi, Patrick Goodwin na Rochester (an haife shi a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1994), an yanke masa hukuncin cin zarafi yara a shekarar 2015 kuma an sake shi daga kurkuku a shekarar 2023. Wani, Kyle Sage na Hopewell (an haife shi a ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 1991), an yanke masa hukunci kan babban sata da rarraba batsa ga wani ƙarami, ya kammala hukuncinsa na kurkuku a watan Mayu 2024. Precious Arzuaga, a baya an yanke mata hukunci kan laifin cin zarafi da sata, kuma a cikin 2016, an tuhume ta da zalunci ga kare, wanda hukumomi suka cire. Don zargin da suke da hannu a kisan Nordquist, an tuhumi wadanda ake zargi da kisan kai na biyu tare da rashin kulawa;  a ranar 5 ga watan Maris, an inganta zargin kisan kai zuwa kisan kai. An kuma tuhumi Arzuaga da tilasta yara biyu, masu shekaru 7 da 12, don shiga cikin azabtarwa.  

An tuhumi wadanda ake tuhuma hudu da cin zarafin jima'i na farko kuma an tuhumi 6 da ɓoye gawar mutum. Dukkanin an tuhume su da kisan kai na farko, satar mutane na farko, makirci na biyu, da kuma sanya wa jin daɗin yaro cikin haɗari, kamar yadda masu gabatar da kara suka bayyana cewa an tilasta wa mai shekaru 7 da shekaru 12 shiga cikin azabtar da Nordquist.  An tuhumi Arzuaga da tilasta wa yara su yi hakan. Mataimakin DA Kelly Wolford ya ce, "Lokacin ƙiyayya zai sa wannan cajin game da jinsi na Sam ko game da tseren Sam, kuma ya fi girma. Don iyakance mu ga aikata laifukan ƙiyayya za ta zama rashin adalci ga Sam. An doke Sam, an yi masa fyade, an yi mata fyade, ya yi masa fursuna. Kuma ba za mu iya fahimtar hakan ba. "