His family needs help with expenses for travel, food and motels and other living expenses out of state while they attempt to bring him home.

In February 2025, Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota, was killed after being tortured for over a month.

All 5 of his attackers have been charged with second degree murder.

Nordquist was born in Red Wing, Minnesota and had attended Red Wing High School. He worked at a group home for disabled people in Little Canada. Nordquist identified as biracial and was close with his mother and two siblings.