MUS-2026-0400
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MUS-2026-0400
Homicide
- Incident
- 2012
- Indexed
- Oct 22, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- NYPD
- Location
- Brooklyn NY
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Lorena Escalera, 25, a transgender performer with the House of Xtravaganza, was found dead after a fire in her Bushwick apartment in May 2012. Her death was ruled a homicide by suffocation; no one was ever charged. She has a Wikipedia page and was memorialized in Transgender Day of Remembrance coverage.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2012
Lorena Escalera, 25, is found dead after a fire in her Bushwick apartment in May; her death is ruled a homicide by suffocation.
- 2026
No one has ever been charged. The case remains unsolved.
Key people
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25, born Lorena Escalera, transgender performer with the House of Xtravaganza. Found dead after a fire in her Bushwick apartment in May 2012; death ruled a homicide by suffocation.
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