Overview

• Jake and Rebecca Haro entered not guilty pleas to murder and filing a false police report as their seven-month-old son remains missing.
• Prosecutors say evidence points to prolonged abuse causing Emmanuel’s death and report a strong indication of where his remains may be, though none have been found.
• Investigators shifted from the mother’s reported parking-lot abduction after finding inconsistencies, leading to the false-report charge.
• Both defendants are held in protective custody on $1 million bail each, with a preliminary hearing set for September 16.
• Multi-agency searches and forensic work continue, including prior field searches near Moreno Valley’s Badlands, as scrutiny grows over the father’s 2023 child-cruelty conviction and probation.