Jake Haro, who along with his wife was in the national spotlight after their 7-month-old child went missing in the summer, unexpectedly pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 16, in the Riverside Hall of Justice to second-degree murder of baby Emmanuel.

Jake Haro, the father of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, cries in court after pleading guilty Thursday morning, Oct 16, 2025, to all charges, including second-degree murder, at the Riverside Hall of Justice. Haro who along with his wife, Rebecca Haro was in the national spotlight after their 7-month-old child went missing in the summer. (Pool photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Rebecca Haro had claimed that Emmanuel was kidnapped by a man who she said knocked her unconscious in the parking lot of a Big 5 in Yucaipa on Au

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