OAN Staff Abril Elfi
1:18 PM – Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Multiple reports have stated that Jake Haro, the father of the missing seven-month-old Emmanuel Haro, has allegedly admitted to killing his son and then dumping his body in a trash can.
According to a report by NewsNation’s Brian Entin, investigators used an undercover inmate to provoke Jake Haro into admitting to the crime.
Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin stated that authorities can prove that the child died after a long period of physical abuse at the hands of Jake Haro and his wife, Rebecca Haro.
“We believe baby Emmanuel was subject to abuse over time, and because of that abuse, he succumbed to his injuries,” Hestrin told reporters Wednesday.
“We have a pretty strong indication of where the remains of baby Emmanuel are,” he added.
Last week, Jake and Rebecca Haro were taken into custody by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s homicide detectives at their home in Cabazon, a community in Riverside County near the San Bernardino County border.
Rebecca Haro had initially claimed that Emmanuel Haro was kidnapped outside a Big 5 Sporting Goods store on August 14th, after she was allegedly “assaulted and knocked unconscious” by an unknown man. She told police that when she regained consciousness, her son was gone.
However, investigators cited numerous inconsistencies in her account, prompting authorities to suspect foul play, according to the sheriff’s office.
“Rebecca was confronted with inconsistencies in her initial statement and declined to continue with the interview,” the Sheriff’s Department said last weekend. “At this point in the investigation, investigators are unable to rule out foul play in the disappearance of Emmanuel.”
Both parents pleaded for their son’s safe return in interviews last week. However, many have accused the two of staging a “performative” display for the media, intending to garner public sympathy and appear more innocent.
“If you know anything, please come forward or take him to the cops,” Rebecca Haro told KTLA as she sported a noticeable black eye. “Please come and bring my son back. I’m begging you.”
Nonetheless, the Sheriff’s office confirmed that the couple has since been arrested and charged with murder.
According to Brian Entin’s source, Jake Haro changed the story from jail, telling cops he rolled over on Emmanuel while he slept and suffocated him, burying his body near a freeway.
The office wrote that both suspects were booked in a Riverside County jail without bail. The release also stated that no other arrests have been made, and no other suspects remain.
Jake Haro has a history of legal troubles. In 2023, he served six months behind bars for a willful child cruelty charge, in which Emmanuel’s older half-sister was the victim. According to the Orange County Register, the child, whom Jake had with another woman, suffered broken bones in October 2018 when she was just ten weeks old.
Hestrin also told reporters that “If that judge had done his job … Emmanuel would be alive today,” referring to Jake Haro’s previous charges.
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