In California, officials have taken possession of a car owned by the father of a 7-month-old boy whose mother reported the child was abducted after she was attacked and rendered unconscious in a parking lot.
On NewsNation’s “Banfield,” the attorney for Jake Haro stated that the father is fully cooperating with the investigation. The same lawyer previously mentioned to another media source that “nobody is searching for” the child, Emmanuel Haro.
Rebecca Haro reported her son missing the previous Thursday. She recounted that they were at a nearby park for another child’s football practice. She mentioned taking the baby to a sporting goods store to buy a mouthguard, and while in the parking lot, she stopped to change his diaper. It was there she claimed an unknown person attacked her, leaving her with a black eye and abducted the baby.
Officials immediately initiated a comprehensive search for the child and an alleged assailant, yet they quickly began to question the authenticity of Haro’s account. By Saturday, detectives revealed that the mother “opted out of further interviews” when they questioned “discrepancies in her original report.”
Though these “discrepancies” are unclear, some news sources have suggested the mother might have had a black eye prior to the supposed abduction and that the baby was possibly not at the park with the family.
Despite the attorney’s remarks that “nobody is searching for” the missing boy, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department has stated that they have performed “extensive searches in Yucaipa and Cabazon, aiming to find Emmanuel and uncover any clues that could help determine his whereabouts and the details of his disappearance.”
Hughes, who represented Jake Haro in his 2021 conviction for a child cruelty incident that took place in 2018, said that the Haros have been cooperative with investigators and that the father’s previous conviction should not be taken into account in this case.
He stressed on “Banfield” that he represents Jake Haro and not Rebecca Haro, saying that the husband had handed over his electronic devices and passwords and is cooperating with authorities.
Hughes confirmed that authorities had seized the family vehicle.
Meanwhile, the national Uvalde Foundation for Kids, which had withdrawn from the search for Emmanuel and dropped its offer of a reward after the parents stopped talking with police, said Monday it was prepared to return to the search after Hughes told them the parents dropped out of search efforts because of unspecified “threats.”
“Join our search and you will be protected,” the foundation said, according to Victor Valley News. “A community seeks answers. You say that you do. Prove it, and our foundation and most assuredly a community will follow. If you have nothing to hide step forward and you will find you have more support than you could ever imagine. Finding Emmanuel should supersede everything else.”
The foundation said it would send volunteer teams to the Haro home if they decide to reengage with the search.
The sheriff’s department asks anyone with information to contact theits Specialized Investigations Division at 909-890-4904.
