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This picture was from the Times Picayune, July 20,2005, taken by ALEX BRANDON.Renata…

A young woman with short dark hair stands outdoors among trees, arms crossed over her chest, looking down with a somber expression, wearing a white top and small earrings.

This picture was from the Times Picayune, July 20,2005, taken by ALEX BRANDON.Renata Beverly,21 lost her two children Fantayjsa Newman,3,her sister Melviiantay Lee,16 months and their friend,Rayion Berry,2,in a fire Friday at her Gentilly home. The children were asleep in a bedroom of the single-level house at 3240 Peoples Ave when the fire began. Renata had been sleeping in a nearby room, and neither she nor emergency workers were able to reach the girls in time. All three died of smoke inhalation,

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“This picture was from the Times Picayune, July 20,2005, taken by ALEX BRANDON.Renata…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/12586.