(NewsNation) — The father of missing 7-month-old baby Emmanuel Haro says he was the "fall guy" regarding a suspended sentence for a separate child abuse case in 2018, allowing him to avoid prison.

Jake Haro, who is currently being held on $1 million bail and has been charged with the murder of baby Emmanuel, along with his wife, Rebecca, told the Orange County Register he did not abuse his now 7-year-old daughter, Promise Faith.

Promise, whom Jake Haro had with his ex-wife, was 10 months old at the time of the abuse.

She suffered numerous injuries, leaving her permanently bedridden.

“I pled guilty because I didn’t have the money to go to trial. … The judge said nobody would believe my side of the story,” Jake Haro told the Register of the case.

Sources have told NewsNation’s Brian Ent

See Full Page