About the Podcast

In August 2006, my mother, Myriam Fefer, was murdered inside our home in Lima, Peru. I was seventeen years old.

What followed was more than a murder investigation.

It became a story of wealth, betrayal, competing narratives, courtroom battles, media obsession, and a killer who seemed to enjoy the spotlight. The case dominated headlines in Peru for years and sparked questions that remain controversial to this day.

I wasn't just watching it unfold.

I was living it.

For nearly a decade, I fought for justice. I challenged official narratives, followed every twist in the case, and worked to ensure the convicted killer was extradited to Peru before he could escape justice. Along the way, I found myself pulled into a public story that often felt larger than the crime itself.

Eventually, I walked away.

I left Peru. I built a life. I tried to stop looking back.

But some stories never truly let you go.

 

Why This Podcast Exists

Twenty years after my mother's murder, I am returning to the case that changed my life.

Not because I claim to have all the answers.

Not because I believe one podcast can solve a twenty-year-old mystery.

But because enough time has passed for me to finally look at the story differently.

Drawing on court records, testimony, media archives, and conversations with people connected to the case, "Who Killed My Mother? The Fefer Case" revisits one of Peru's most infamous murder investigations from the perspective of someone who lived through every chapter of it.

This bilingual podcast, available in English and Spanish, combines personal storytelling with documentary reporting to explore not only what happened, but how the search for justice transformed everyone involved.

 

What You Can Expect

Each episode uncovers another layer of the story:

  • The life my mother was building before her murder

  • The events leading up to the crime

  • The investigation and the competing theories that emerged

  • The trials, appeals, and legal battles that followed

  • The people whose lives became entangled in the case

  • The questions that continue to linger twenty years later

Some episodes are deeply personal.

Others follow documents, testimony, and timelines.

Together, they tell the story behind the headlines.

 

A Personal Note

For a long time, I chose silence.

Talking publicly about my mother's death meant reopening wounds I wasn't ready to confront.

This podcast is my way of returning—not as the seventeen-year-old who lived through the tragedy, but as the person I've become since.

Twenty years later, the search for the truth begins again.

Thank you for listening.