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Parents Charged With Murder in Baby Emmanuel Case After False Kidnapping Report

Prosecutors cite evidence of prolonged abuse preceding a death before the Aug. 14 report.

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Arcelia Sanchez-Turner, from Banning, wipes her eyes at a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning on suspicion of murder. 
Visitors gather around a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning on suspicion of murder.
An aerial view of a law enforcement operation underway Friday morning, Aug. 22, 2025 at the Cabazon home of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, who has been missing for just over a week. Jake and Rebecca Haro, the parents of Emmanuel Haro, were taken into custody. 

Overview

  • Jake Haro, 32, and Rebecca Haro, 41, are charged with murder and filing a false police report and are each held on $1 million bail, with arraignment set to continue on Sept. 4.
  • Investigators say no kidnapping occurred in Yucaipa and a criminal complaint lists the last known sighting of 7-month-old Emmanuel around Aug. 5.
  • Emmanuel’s remains have not been found; authorities say they have a strong indication of a probable location after searches that included a Moreno Valley field with the father present.
  • District Attorney Michael Hestrin faults a 2023 suspended sentence in Jake Haro’s prior 2018 child-abuse case, noting that the girl from that case is now permanently bedridden with cerebral palsy.
  • Unverified reports of a jailhouse confession have been rejected by the DA, the couple’s other child is in CPS care, and Jake Haro told a newspaper that he and his wife are innocent.