Parents of missing California baby arrested in murder investigation
[August 23, 2025]
CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — The parents of a missing 7-month-old boy
were arrested Friday as part of a murder investigation, authorities in
Southern California said.
While the mother reported last week her son Emmanuel was believed to
have been kidnapped, sheriff's authorities said they believe the child
is dead.
“Based on the evidence, investigators determined a kidnapping in Yucaipa
did not occur,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a
statement. “The search to recover his remains is ongoing.” |
San Bernardino County Detective Eduardo Badillo, lefr, speaks on the
phone alongside a Riverside County Sheriff's officer outside the home of
Rebecca and Jake Haro, parents of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, on
Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cabazon, Calif. (Anjali Sharif-Paul/The Orange
County Register via AP) |
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Jake Haro, 32, and Rebecca Haro, 41, were arrested at their home
in the desert community of Cabazon, which is about 20 miles (32
kilometers) from Palm Springs, the agency said.
The arrests came a little over a week after Rebecca Haro
reported to authorities that she was attacked outside a store in
the San Bernardino community of Yucaipa while changing her son's
diaper and was left unconscious. Authorities said Haro told them
that when she awoke, her son was gone.
Haro was later confronted by authorities about inconsistencies
in her account and refused to continue to cooperate, the
sheriff's department said.
Authorities searched the family's home and Jake Haro hired a
lawyer, the department said.
The couple was booked into a jail in Riverside County and is
being held without bail, the department said.
The district attorney's office in Riverside County, where
Cabazon is located, said it is reviewing the case.
It was not immediately known if Rebecca Haro had a lawyer.
A message left for defense attorney Vincent Hughes was not
immediately returned. Hughes represents Jake Haro in another
case and told The Sun he didn't believe the parents were
responsible for the boy going missing.
“Whoever took my son, please return him, we just want him back,”
Jake Haro told KTLA last week.
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