Woman Dies in a Brooklyn Fire That Is Deemed Suspicious
By AL BAKER and NATE SCHWEBER
Published: May 12, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/nyregion/woman-in-group-of-transgender-performers-dies-in-brooklyn-fire.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/nyregion/woman-in-group-of-transgender-performers-dies-in-brooklyn-fire.html?_r=1)
She was 25 and curvaceous, and she often drew admiring glances in the gritty Brooklyn neighborhood where she was known to invite men for visits to her apartment, her neighbors and the authorities said.
Called Lorena, she brought two men to her apartment, at 43 Furman Avenue in Bushwick, either late Friday night or in the early hours of Saturday, the police said. About 4 a.m., a fire broke out in the apartment. A passer-by ran into the four-story building and began banging on doors, according to Meta Green, a neighbor. In the ensuing chaos, everyone seemed to emerge from the building — except Lorena.
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Good Samaritan saves grandma and her infant grandson in blaze that killed transgendered peformer
Passer-by brought family down fire escape of Brooklyn apartment
By Eric Badia, Corinne Letsch AND Larry Mcshane / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 1:21 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/good-samaritan-saves-grandma-infant-grandson-blaze-killed-transgender-peformer-article-1.1077005 (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/good-samaritan-saves-grandma-infant-grandson-blaze-killed-transgender-peformer-article-1.1077005)
A gutsy passerby rescued a terrified Brooklyn woman and her 8-month-old grandson from a suspicious apartment fire that killed their transgendered neighbor early Saturday.
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A source said the blaze — which killed Evans' 25-year-old neighbor, who went by the stage name Lorena Xtravaganza — was considered suspicious.