The family of Joys Estefani Qqueccaño, a disappeared woman in Peru

Family of Joys Estefani Qqueccaño

Illary Ccana (4) and Chaska Ccana (6), daughters of Joys Estefani Qqueccaño Huamani (24) who disappeared on the night of 9 October © Florence Goupil

Family of Joys Estefani Qqueccaño

Joys Estefani Qqueccaño Huamani's stepmother, Christina Mamani (52). After Joys Estefani disappeared on 9 October, she and her husband began looking for her independently of the authorities and despite being threatened by the relatives of her ex-partner Arturo Ccana Condori (32) © Florence Goupil

Family of Joys Estefani Qqueccaño

René Qqueccaño (44) is Joys Estefani Qqueccaño's father. At the entrance of his home, his relative Nalda Qqueccaño (43) is received by the children, including Joys Estefani's two daughters © Florence Goupil

Family of Joys Estefani Qqueccaño

Nalda Qqueccaño (43) holds up her cell phone showing a photo of the violence that her niece Joys Estefani Qqueccaño Huamani suffered at the hands of ex-partner Arturo Ccana Condori on 28 September, eleven days before Joys Estefani disappeared © Florence Goupil

Family of Joys Estefani Qqueccaño

A preacher of the Evangelical Association of the Israelite Mission of the New Universal Covenant Church answers the questions of Joys Estefani Qqueccaño Huamani's relatives. The church is attended by the family of Arturo Ccana Condori, Joys Estefani's ex-partner previously charged of committing violence against her © Florence Goupil

Family of Joys Estefani Qqueccaño

From inside a car Nilo Qqueccaño (42) observes Arturo Ccana's younger brother playing very close to the house where Joys Estefani was last seen. The Ccana family's house can be seen on the left © Florence Goupil

25 november 2020,

by Editorial staff

Joys Estefani Qqueccaño Huamani, 24, disappeared from her rural community in Peru on 9 October. Her family began looking for her independently of the authorities and despite the resistance of relatives of Joys Estefani’s ex-partner Arturo Ccana Condori, 32, charged with committing violence against her on 28 September, eleven days before Joys Estefani disappeared.

Photos by Florence Goupil