CANANDAIGUA, N.Y — Police arrested two morepersons– a sixth and a seventh — in the repeated torture and eventual death of a Minnesota man at a run-down Finger Lakes motel over several weeks. Arrested about 5:45 p.m. were:
Thomas Eaves, age 21. Of nearby Geneva.
Kimberly Socia, 29. Of Canandaigua.
They were booked at the Ontario County jaol for second-degree murder and depraved indifference. Details of the arrest were not available immediately. Meanwhile, the county prosecutor, James Ritts, said there now is evidence suggesting that Nordquist’s murder was a hate crime. Nordquist, age 24, was transexual — born female but identifying as male.