CABAZON, Calif. (KABC) — The parents of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro were arrested Friday on suspicion of murder, just over a week after the baby’s mother reported him kidnapped in Yucaipa, authorities said.
Detectives with the San Bernardino County sheriff’s Homicide Detail and Specialized Enforcement Division took Jake and Rebecca Haro into custody at the family’s home in Cabazon, the agency said. No other details about the arrests were immediately available.
The search for young Emmanuel is ongoing.
The arrests were made during a law enforcement operation at the Riverside County home, authorities said.
On Tuesday, investigators seized a vehicle belonging to the baby’s father.
Emmanuel Haro was reported missing Aug. 14 after his mother, Rebecca Haro, said she was attacked and knocked unconscious in a parking lot near a Big 5 store in Yucaipa. When she regained consciousness, she told investigators her baby was gone and that he had been kidnapped.
After Emmanuel’s disappearance, the boys’ parents came under scrutiny and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said that investigators found “inconsistencies” in the mother’s story.
Nearly a week after a 7-month-old boy was reported missing in Yucaipa, investigators seized a vehicle belonging to the baby’s father.
“Rebecca was confronted with inconsistencies in her initial statement and declined to continue with the interview,” the sheriff’s department said in a news release Saturday.
Sheriff’s officials said investigators interviewed multiple people, including the child’s father, Jake Haro, who pleaded guilty to willful cruelty to a child following a 2018 arrest, according to Riverside County records.
A spokesperson for the sheriff’s department said Jake Haro’s vehicle was seized for evidence amid the investigation. On Thursday, his attorney released a statement saying Haro was cooperating with law enforcement and investigators.
Over the weekend, detectives also searched the parents’ Cabazon home with K-9 units. A fire broke out Tuesday at a house on the same block where the Haros live. Authorities say the fire’s proximity to the Haros’ residence appeared to be a coincidence.
Authorities are continuing their search for Emmanuel and ask anyone with information to contact the sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division at (909) 890-4904.
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