San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials on Friday, Aug. 22, arrested the parents of missing baby Emmanuel Haro on suspicion of murder, more than a week after his mother said the 7-month-old boy was abducted.
They were arrested at their Cabazon home in Riverside County. Sheriff’s investigators said they were still searching for the baby.
On Aug. 14, the baby’s mother reported the infant was kidnapped after she was attacked in Yucapia.
The assault and abduction unfolded about 7:45 p.m. in a commercial neighborhood in the 34000 block of Yucapia Boulevard, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
The mother said in several televised interviews that she was changing the infant’s diaper in the parking lot of a Big 5 store just before the kidnapping.
She told reporters she heard a voice say “hola” before seeing a flash of light, then awakening on the ground with a bruised face to find the baby missing.
Scent-tracking dogs were brought in to assist in the search, but the infant remained missing. On Aug. 16, investigators announced they were considering the possibility that the parents may have harmed him after Emmanuel’s parents were confronted with inconsistencies with the mother’s initial statement. She subsequently declined to continue with the interview, investigators said.
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