After battling diseases in Haiti, this doctor is now fighting for his kidnapped son

He led Haiti’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic after cutting its death rate from waterborne cholera by more than 50%.

Now, Dr. Jean William “Bill” Pape has become a victim of his country’s vicious cycle of gang violence and kidnappings.

Dr. Pape’s son, Douglas, was abducted Nov. 28 near his coffee farm in the mountains of Belot, above Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital.

Nearly two months after he and another man were abducted by four men at gunpoint, the 33-year-old agronomist remains captive.