'Something is not right': Mother's 'inconsistencies' in baby kidnapping story, including black eye 'acquired previous to the incident,' lead search teams to cut ties, officials say

The parents of a 7-month-old lad successful California who was reported missing aft allegedly being kidnapped during a parking batch diaper alteration — sparking a monolithic section hunt — are nary longer cooperating with constabulary aft investigators and searchers recovered "inconsistencies" successful their story, according to officials.

One of the biggest issues: an alleged "eyewitness report" that says the mother lied astir a bruise she claims to person suffered during the kidnapping.

"We are receiving accusation that Emmanuel was not adjacent reported to person been seen astatine the shot crippled the parent alleged they were each at," the Uvalde Foundation for Kids told Law&Crime connected Monday aft suspending its autarkic hunt for Emmanuel Haro owed to the alleged "inconsistencies."

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The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department reports that Emmanuel's mother, Rebecca Haro, allegedly told authorities she had been successful Yucaipa astatine a shot stadium with her children, including Emmanuel, for younker shot activities earlier his disappearance. Haro said she went to a Big 5 Sporting Goods store to bargain a rima defender for different kid erstwhile the alleged kidnapper acceptable upon them and physically attacked her, leaving Haro with a achromatic oculus that tin beryllium seen successful section media interviews.

According to the Uvalde Foundation, a nationalist enactment that helps retired section instrumentality enforcement with autarkic searches for missing children done its "Lost Student Initiative," the radical allegedly received "an eyewitness study that the mother's evident bruise acquired during the onslaught astatine the Big 5 was successful information acquired erstwhile to the incident."

This, "coupled with our erstwhile connection notes," led to the suspension of its hunt operations, per the foundation.

Haro claims Emmanuel was taken connected Thursday, Aug. 14, astatine astir 7:45 p.m., with deputies being dispatched to the Big 5 astatine 34579 Yucaipa Blvd astir this time.

"I got him retired of the car seat, and I laid him down truthful I tin get his diaper ready" Haro told section ABC affiliate KABC successful a associated interrogation with Emmanuel's father, Jake Haro, who has a anterior transgression condemnation for felony kid cruelty.

"I was going to get the diaper and idiosyncratic said, 'Hola,' and I didn't spot nothing," Haro said successful different sit-down with Jake and The CW affiliate KTLA from the parking batch of the Big 5 wherever she claims everything happened.

"I woke up close present connected the floor, and I didn't spot Emmanuel," Haro claimed.

She told KABC, "As soon arsenic I got up, I couldn't find my son. I checked each astir my truck. And I ran into Big 5, and I asked the woman if she saw a babe oregon idiosyncratic with a baby. She said no." Jake added, "He's conscionable a baby. Just springiness our lad back, please."

The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, a nationalist enactment that helps retired section instrumentality enforcement with autarkic searches for missing children, nether its "Lost Student Initiative," told Law&Crime connected Monday that it was moving with constabulary to supply details and immoderate it tin successful respect to what the radical allegedly recovered out. "We are awaiting further connection and confirmation from instrumentality enforcement," the instauration said.

Police officials said Saturday successful a property merchandise that aft further investigation, cops were "unable to regularisation retired foul play" — causing the Haros to not cooperate anymore.

"We cannot successful bully conscience, utilize our squad and resources erstwhile truthful overmuch is missing successful this case," explained Uvalde Foundation laminitis Daniel Chapin successful a statement. "Of peculiar interest to america lies wrong the inconsistencies successful the details and the abrupt determination by the parent to extremity connection with instrumentality enforcement and our team."

Chapin added, "Something is not close successful this full picture."

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Authorities did not respond to Law&Crime's requests for remark Monday, but they did connection immoderate details successful the SBCSD release. Investigators person reportedly searched the Haros' location with cadaver dogs.

"Investigators interviewed aggregate individuals, including Emmanuel's parents Jake and Rebecca Haro," the merchandise said. "During those interviews, Rebecca was confronted with inconsistencies successful her archetypal connection and declined to proceed with the interview. At this constituent successful the investigation, investigators are incapable to regularisation retired foul play successful the disappearance of Emmanuel."

Local tribunal records amusement that Jake Haro was convicted successful June 2023 of felony willful kid cruelty successful transportation to a 2018 apprehension successful Hemet. He was sentenced to 180 days successful jailhouse and 48 months of probation, and is scheduled to look astatine a Sept. 2 proceeding for an alleged probation violation, KABC reports.