Emmanuel Haro's dad 'admits killing seven-month-old and dumping him in bin'

A dad who pleaded with the public to help find his 'missing' son reportedly confessed to killing the boy and dumping his body in a bin.

Jake Haro, 32, and his wife, Rebecca, 41, were charged withthe murder of their son Emmanuel on Tuesday by attorneys in Riverside County, California, 12 days after they claimed he had beenkidnapped in dramatic circumstances. The couple are also charged with filing a false police report, which is a misdemeanour.

The boy has not been found, and authorities say they now believe he is dead. Now, it has been alleged that Jake Haro confessed the truth to an undercover inmate of what happened to the seven-month-old.

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NewsNation's Brian Entin cited sources that claimed investigators in the case used an undercover inmate in order to obtain the admission from Haro. It comes as the pair have been accused of multiple inconsistencies in their stories.

On August 14, Rebecca claimed that she was assaulted and left unconscious while changing her son’s nappy outside a store in the San Bernardino County community of Yucaipa. She said she awoke to find Emmanuel missing, telling FOX 11: "I woke up on the floor, and my son was gone."

Two days later, the dad appeared on another local television network urging the 'kidnapper' to come forward, and said: "Whoever took our son, please bring him back." But just days after the initial 'abduction', the Haros were arrested and charged with murder as sheriff's deputies cited "inconsistencies" in their stories.

Jake Haro gave cops yet another story from jail, telling them he had rolled over on baby Emmanuel as he slept and suffocated him before burying his body near a freeway, according to Entin's source. In recent days, Jake Haro was spotted with investigators searching a remote field alongside a highway in Moreno Valley.

"We have some ideas in terms of where we're going to look and where we're going to continue to investigate," Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin told reporters. He added that it is now believed baby Emmanuel likely died as a result of abuse inflicted by his parents.

"The filing in this case reflects our belief that baby Emmanuel was abused, a victim of child abuse over time, and that eventually, because of that abuse, he succumbed to those injuries," Hestrin told reporters.

"We have a pretty strong indication of where the remains of baby Emmanuel are", he added, following reports that detectives had reason to believe his body was thrown into a rubbish bin. The couple is being held on $1 million (£740,000) bail each.

Authorities said they found inconsistencies in the mother’s account, and searched the couple’s home in the Riverside County community of Cabazon before arresting the couple on Friday.

Over the weekend, sheriff’s deputies searched for the boy’s remains in a field by a motorway in the presence of Jake Haro, who authorities said provided some cooperation. The boy’s body was not found, and no additional information was provided about the search.

Mr Hestrin argued that Jake Haro should have been sentenced to prison time after he pleaded guilty in open court two years ago to abusing another one of his children in 2018. The girl is said to have suffered rib and skull fractures, a brain haemorrhage and other injuries that caused permanent damage.

He said the prosecution asked the judge to sentence Haro to prison at that time, but instead he was allowed to serve 180 days of work release, plus probation. “It was an outrageous error in judgment by this judge,” Mr Hestrin said.