Parents of 7-month-old boy missing for nearly 2 weeks are charged with murder
The parents of a seven-month-old boy who has been missing for nearly two weeks in Southern California have been charged with his murder Jake Haro and his wife Rebecca Haro were each charged with felony murder with malice on Tuesday in the death of their son Emmanuel according to the Riverside County District Attorney s office They were also charged with filing a false police assessment which is a misdemeanor The Haros initially released that their son had been kidnapped on Aug though investigators later determined that did not happen Personnel believe the child is dead though his remains have yet to be recovered as of Tuesday The couple appeared in court on Tuesday with their population defenders but their arraignment was delayed until Sept Each was being held on million bond according to online jail records CALIFORNIA WOMAN LOCATED DEAD IN NATIONAL FOREST HUSBAND SEEN DRAGGING SOMETHING IN LARGE TARPRiverside County prosecutors commented they would not release additional information until a press conference on Wednesday Emmanuel was informed missing on Aug His mother informed investigators that she had been attacked while changing Emmanuel's diaper in the parking lot of a store in the San Bernardino County district of Yucaipa executives noted She claimed that someone declared Hola to her after which everything went blank I woke up on the floor and my son was gone she noted in an interview last week with FOX Los Angeles The couple spoke to news outlets making pleas to the general to help find their son MOTHER'S STORY QUESTIONED BY PERSONNEL AS -MONTH-OLD REMAINS MISSING AFTER ALLEGED KIDNAPPINGOver the weekend investigators noted the couple had stopped cooperating adding that there were inconsistencies in the mother's story Investigators declined to discuss what these inconsistencies were On Friday the Haros were taken into custody on suspicion of murder at their home in Cabazon miles east of Los Angeles Functionaries searched the family's home and over the weekend they 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 disclosed it wouldn't describe Jake Haro's presence during the search as providing assistance but declined to elaborate Jake Haro previously pleaded guilty to child cruelty charges in Riverside County in a separate scenario in Fox Los Angeles communicated At the time of Friday's arrest he was on probation after he was convicted of those charges and jailed in Rebecca Haro communicated Southern California s Press-Enterprise in a jailhouse interview last weekend that her husband wouldn't hurt an infant and that she required to find her son I want to be out looking for my baby she commented I will not give up I will not give up on my baby Fox News Digital s Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to this account
