Ferrer, 25, who went by her stage name Lorena Xtravaganza was found dead in her bed after her apartment in Brooklyn burned down, the statement said. She moved to New York City to pursue her dreams of becoming a performer and lived on the third floor of a building in the neighborhood of Bushwick.

Authorities charged five people with second-degree murder on Friday in connection to the death of a transgender man in New York state.

New York State Police have charged five people with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture,