Search for baby Emmanuel continues after parents arrested on suspicion of murder

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. -- The twists and turns proceed successful the execution enigma of a babe who was archetypal reported missing astir 2 weeks ago.

The parents of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro were arrested past week connected suspicion of murder.

More than a twelve vehicles with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department were parked alongside the 60 Freeway, eastbound of Moreno Valley, connected Sunday day successful a remote, hilly agelong of onshore known arsenic the Badlands.

Investigators searched the steep terrain with cadaver dogs, looking for babe Emmanuel, who is presumed dead.

Missing Southern California babe Emmanuel Haro.

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Jake Haro, the baby's 32-year-old father, was spotted with deputies astatine the determination connected Sunday, dressed successful a reddish jumpsuit. The section noted that Jake was astatine the country with investigators, but was not helping successful the search.

At the extremity of the day, the hunt crews left, and the assemblage of babe Emmanuel was not discovered. Crews had not returned to the determination connected Monday, but officials accidental the wide hunt continues.

"The hunt has concluded, and Emmanuel was not located," the sheriff's section said successful a statement. "The probe to find Emmanuel continues."

His disappearance has drawn wide attention, not lone successful Southern California, but crossed the nation.

His mother, 41-year-old Rebecca Haro, archetypal made a tearful plea for the nationalist to assistance find babe Emmanuel aft she claimed she'd been attacked successful a Big 5 parking batch successful Yucaipa connected Aug. 14. She reported that her babe had been kidnapped.

"Please springiness him backmost to me, I beg you, please. Just springiness him backmost to me. Please don't harm my son, please, I'm begging you, please. God, please," she said to Eyewitness News connected Aug. 15.

Not agelong aft the interview, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said the mates had stopped cooperating with their investigators. Some viewers said it was unusual that successful our interview, Jake spoke astir his lad successful the past tense.

"He was a steadfast baby. He was crawling. He was kicking. He was playing with his toys. He was a 7-month-old, helium was our 7-month-old," Jake told Eyewitness News connected Aug. 15.

One week later, some parents were arrested astatine their Cabazon home. Now, a memorial for the 7-month-old lad grows extracurricular of the home, with radical who didn't adjacent cognize him stopping by to wage their respects.

In an interrogation with the Southern California News Group implicit the weekend, Rebecca said, "I volition not springiness up. I volition not springiness up connected my baby."

The lawsuit is being investigated by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department due to the fact that the missing person's lawsuit originated successful Yucaipa, but the lawsuit is present successful the hands of the Riverside County District Attorney's Office due to the fact that investigators judge the alleged execution happened successful Riverside County.

Rebecca and Jake person not yet been charged. If they are charged with murder, they could beryllium arraigned successful tribunal connected Tuesday successful Riverside.

Officials person conducted "extensive" searches successful the areas of Yucaipa and Cabazon and person besides served "several hunt warrants astatine the Haro home." Authorities are besides reviewing a "large magnitude of surveillance video" from the areas of interest.

According to Riverside County records, Jake pleaded blameworthy to willful cruelty to a child pursuing a 2018 arrest.

Deputies accidental the Haros are besides astatine the halfway of different reports of abuse.

Riverside County sheriff's deputies accidental they responded to a telephone of kid abuse astatine a location successful the 23000 artifact of Cottonwood Avenue successful Moreno Valley connected Thursday afternoon. They confirmed the probe is related to the Haros.

Deputies said the probe into the alleged maltreatment is ongoing. No further details were released.

Rebecca is presently being held astatine the Robert Presley Detention Center, portion Jake is being held astatine the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility, according to jailhouse records. Both are presently held without bail, the sheriff's bureau said.

ABC News contributed to this report.