CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — The dad and mom of a lacking 7-month-old boy had been arrested Friday as a part of a homicide investigation, authorities in Southern California mentioned.
Whereas the mom reported final week her son Emmanuel was believed to have been kidnapped, sheriff’s authorities mentioned they imagine the kid is lifeless.
“Primarily based on the proof, investigators decided a kidnapping in Yucaipa didn’t happen,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division mentioned in an announcement. “The search to recuperate his stays is ongoing.”
Jake Haro, 32, and Rebecca Haro, 41, had been arrested at their house within the desert neighborhood of Cabazon, which is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Palm Springs, the company mentioned.
The arrests got here a bit of over per week after Rebecca Haro reported to authorities that she was attacked exterior a retailer within the San Bernardino neighborhood of Yucaipa whereas altering her son’s diaper and was left unconscious. Authorities mentioned Haro advised them that when she awoke, her son was gone.
Haro was later confronted by authorities about inconsistencies in her account and refused to proceed to cooperate, the sheriff’s division mentioned.
Authorities searched the household’s house and Jake Haro employed a lawyer, the division mentioned.
The couple was booked right into a jail in Riverside County and is being held with out bail, the division mentioned.
The district legal professional’s workplace in Riverside County, the place Cabazon is positioned, mentioned it’s reviewing the case.
It was not instantly recognized if Rebecca Haro had a lawyer.
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A message left for protection legal professional Vincent Hughes was not instantly returned. Hughes represents Jake Haro in one other case and advised The Solar he didn’t imagine the dad and mom had been accountable for the boy going lacking.
“Whoever took my son, please return him, we simply need him again,” Jake Haro advised KTLA final week.