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They are also charged with filing a false police report, which
is a misdemeanor.
The boy hasn’t been found, and authorities said they believe he
is dead.
The Haros were scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, but
their arraignment was delayed until Sept. 4. Each is being held
on $1 million bail, online court records show.
A message was left for Brian Cosgrove, who was listed as the
defense attorney in the case records.
Riverside County prosecutors said they would not release
additional information until a press conference on Wednesday.
Last week, the couple urged the public to help find their son.
They were arrested Friday, a little more than a week after
Rebecca Haro told authorities she was changing her son's diaper
outside a store in the San Bernardino County community of
Yucaipa when she was assaulted and left unconscious. She told
deputies that when she awoke, her son was gone.
Authorities said in a statement that they later confronted
Rebecca Haro about inconsistencies in her account and that she
refused to cooperate. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's
Department declined to discuss what these inconsistencies were.
Authorities searched the family's home in the Riverside County
community of Cabazon. Over the weekend, they also searched for
the boy’s body near a freeway while his father, wearing a jail
jumpsuit, was present. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's
Department said it wouldn't describe Jake Haro's presence during
the search as “providing assistance,” but it declined to provide
additional information
Jake Haro was convicted of child cruelty in 2023 and was
required to enroll in a child abuse treatment program, court
records show. His attorney in that case, Vincent Hughes, told
the Sun newspaper last week that he didn’t believe the Haros
were responsible for their son's disappearance.
Hughes didn't immediately respond to Tuesday’s messages from The
Associated Press seeking comment.
Rebecca Haro told the Press-Enterprise in a jailhouse interview
last weekend that her husband wouldn’t hurt an infant, and that
she wanted to find her son.
“I want to be out looking for my baby,” she said.
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