A man accused, along with his wife, of killing his 7-month-old boy, Emmanuel Haro who has been missing for more than a week and is presumed dead, assisted investigators Sunday in Moreno Valley during a search for the child’s remains.

Authorities in both San Bernardino and Riverside counties launched an extensive manhunt on Aug. 14 after Rebecca, and Jake Haro said their little boy was kidnapped from a parking lot of a Yucaipa Big 5 Sporting Goods store after a stranger reportedly knocked Rebecca unconscious, leaving her with a black eye.   

In the days following the alleged kidnapping, new revelations emerged, including that the couple was being uncooperative with investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, that video of Rebecca with a black eye on Aug. 3 may exist, that officials removed the couple’s 2-year-old from their custody and that Jake Haro has a previous felony conviction for willful child cruelty.   

Authorities also said that Jake violated his probation in that case by being a felon in possession of a firearm.

In yet another unsettling detail that emerged during the investigation, the 7-month-old’s uncle on his mother’s side is serving 50 years to life in prison for murdering his girlfriend in their Palm Springs apartment and staging it as a suicide.

• Emmanuel Haro, a missing 7-month-old baby from Yucaipa, is seen in an image provided by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
• Jake Haro, father of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, seen helping investigators search for the boys remains in Moreno Valley Aug. 24, 2025. (RMG News)
• The Haros, Jake, 32, and Rebecca, 41, residents of Cabazon were arrested Aug. 15 in connection with the disappearance and alleged death of Emmanuel Haro, their 7-month-old child. (SBCSD)
• Search and rescue teams, with the help Jake Haro, father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, presumed dead, seen search for the boy’s remains off the 60 Freeway in Moreno Valley Aug. 24, 2025. (RMG News)
• Search and rescue teams, with the help Jake Haro, father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, presumed dead, seen search for the boy’s remains off the 60 Freeway in Moreno Valley Aug. 24, 2025. (RMG News)
• Search and rescue teams, with the help Jake Haro, father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, presumed dead, seen search for the boy’s remains off the 60 Freeway in Moreno Valley Aug. 24, 2025. (RMG News)
• Search and rescue teams, with the help Jake Haro, father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, presumed dead, seen search for the boy’s remains off the 60 Freeway in Moreno Valley Aug. 24, 2025. (RMG News)
• Search and rescue teams, with the help Jake Haro, father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, presumed dead, seen search for the boy’s remains off the 60 Freeway in Moreno Valley Aug. 24, 2025. (RMG News)
• Authorities remove evidence as they investigate Jake and Rebecca’s Cabazon home following the couple’s arrest for murder on Aug. 22, 2025. (KTLA)
• Authorities search through debris as they investigate Jake and Rebecca’s Cabazon home following the couple’s arrest for murder on Aug. 22, 2025. (KTLA)
• Authorities seen investigating Jake and Rebecca’s Cabazon home following the couple’s arrest for murder on Aug. 22, 2025. (San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)
• Jake Haro was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the disappearance of his 7-month-old son, Emmanuel Haro. Authorities surrdounded his Cabazon home on Aug. 22, 2025. (San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)
• Rebecca Haro was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the disappearance of her 7-month-old son, Emmanuel Haro. Authorities surrdounded her Cabazon home on Aug. 22, 2025. (San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)

Less than four days after the alleged kidnapping, investigators turned their attention to the parents, using cadaver dogs during a search of the family’s Cabazon home and seizing Jake’s vehicle, along with cellphones and other electronics to preserve and process any potential evidence.   

Rebecca, 41, and Jake, 32 were arrested Friday morning on suspicion of murder after a widely publicized search for their son. 

Escorted by deputies on Aug. 24, the 32-year-old was seen in a prison jumpsuit assisting crews in the search for his son’s remains near the westbound 60 Freeway and Gilman Springs Road in Moreno Valley. Officials with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department told KTLA that cadaver dogs were also deployed during the operation.

Footage of the search and recovery mission showed dozens of people parked on the side of the 60 Freeway and fanning out into the dry brush along the hillsides and paths in the area as they looked for evidence of baby Emmanuel’s remains.

Sheriff’s officials confirmed to KTLA that as the afternoon’s search wrapped up, the 7-month-old’s remains had been not located.