ONTARIO COUNTY, N.Y. — Shirley Morales, the mother of convicted killer Precious Arzuaga, was arrested by police on Friday, according to state police.
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Troopers said Morales’ charges are under a sealed indictment. Police said no additional information about Morales’ charges will be released at this time.
Details on Arzuaga’s sentencing
Arzuaga was sentenced to life in prison in September for the torture and murder of Sam Nordquist.
Arzuaga was sentenced to life in prison on her first-degree murder charge and must register as a sex offender. On her other charges, she was sentenced to:
- 25 years to life for first-degree kidnapping
- Eight and 1/3 years for second-degree conspiracy
- 25 years determinate plus 20 years of post-release supervision for first-degree aggravated sexual abuse
- Two and 1/3 to seven years for first-degree coercion
- One and 1/3 to four years for concealment of a human corpse
- 364 days for each of her two counts of endangering the welfare of a child
Linda Nordquist’s reaction
News10NBC’s Tom Kowalski spoke with Sam’s mother, Linda Nordquist, about Morales’ arrest.
“I have all these emotions. I don’t know what to think. I’m still trying to absorb it and soak it all in. I think that if she did have something to do with Sam’s case, it’s a shame that there’s three generations involved,” she said.
Linda said she doesn’t know if its connected to Sam’s case, adding the Ontario County district attorney called her about the arrest but did not share specific details.
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