Emmanuel Haro updates: Search for missing 7-month-old baby continues after parents charged on suspicion of murder

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — The mother and father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, who is presumed dead, have both been charged with murder, prosecutors confirmed to ABC Los Angeles affiliate KABC.

Rebecca and Jake Haro are expected to be arraigned in court Tuesday afternoon. According to the Riverside County District Attorney’s office, they are also charged with making a false police report.

Rebecca is currently being held at the Robert Presley Detention Center, while Jake is being held at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility, according to jail records. Both are currently held without bail, the sheriff’s office said.

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This comes as the search continues for the Riverside County baby, who was first reported missing nearly two weeks ago.

More than a dozen vehicles with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department were parked alongside the 60 Freeway, east of Moreno Valley, on Sunday afternoon in a remote, hilly stretch of land known as the Badlands. Investigators searched the steep terrain with cadaver dogs, looking for baby Emmanuel.

The baby’s 32-year-old father, was spotted with deputies at the location on Sunday, dressed in a red jumpsuit. The department noted that Jake was at the scene with investigators, but was not helping in the search.

At the end of the day, the search crews left, and the body of baby Emmanuel was not discovered. Crews had not returned to the location on Monday, but officials say the overall search continues.

“The search has concluded, and Emmanuel was not located,” the sheriff’s department said in a statement. “The investigation to find Emmanuel continues.”

His 41-year-old mother first made a tearful plea for the public to help find baby Emmanuel after she claimed she’d been attacked in a Big 5 parking lot in Yucaipa on Aug. 14. She reported that her baby had been kidnapped.

Not long after the interview, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said the couple had stopped cooperating with their investigators. Some viewers said it was strange that in an interview with KABC, Jake spoke about his son in the past tense.

“He was a healthy baby. He was crawling. He was kicking. He was playing with his toys. He was a 7-month-old, he was our 7-month-old,” Jake told KABC News on Aug. 15.

One week later, both parents were arrested at their Cabazon home. Now, a memorial for the 7-month-old boy grows outside of the home, with people who didn’t even know him stopping by to pay their respects.

The case is being investigated by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department because the missing person’s case originated in Yucaipa, but the case is now in the hands of the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office because investigators believe the alleged murder happened in Riverside County.

Officials have conducted “extensive” searches in the areas of Yucaipa and Cabazon and have also served “several search warrants at the Haro home.” Authorities are also reviewing a “large amount of surveillance video” from the areas of interest.

According to Riverside County records, Jake pleaded guilty to willful cruelty to a child following a 2018 arrest.

Deputies say the Haros are also at the center of other reports of abuse.

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies say they responded to a call of child abuse at a home in the 23000 block of Cottonwood Avenue in Moreno Valley on Thursday afternoon. They confirmed the investigation is related to the Haros.

Deputies said the investigation into the alleged abuse is ongoing. No further details were released.

ABC News contributed to this report.