Parents of Emmanuel Haro charged with murder, false police report

The parents of 7‑month‑old Emmanuel Haro were formally charged Tuesday with murder and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report, Riverside County prosecutors said, more than a week after the couple reported the infant missing from a Yucaipa shopping‑center parking lot. Jake and Rebecca Haro, both arrested at their Cabazon home on Aug. 22, are being held on $1 million bail as investigators search for Emmanuel's remains.

Authorities say Rebecca Haro reported Aug. 14 that she had been assaulted while changing the child’s diaper outside a Big 5 Sporting Goods store and awoke to find Emmanuel gone. Investigators later said they found inconsistencies in her account and concluded the reported kidnapping did not occur. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has said it believes Emmanuel is deceased and that searches to recover his remains are ongoing; as of Tuesday the child’s body had not been located.

Prosecutors and sheriff’s investigators described a sweeping inquiry that included search warrants, seizure of the father’s vehicle and electronic devices, review of surveillance footage and multiple interviews. Detectives conducted a cadaver‑dog search on Aug. 24...