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Jake Haro is sentenced to 25 years in California state prison for the murder of his seven-month-old son Emmanuel, one of the children of the family. Originally claimed to have been kidnapped in AugustLaunching a massive search for the missing person.
Haro, 32, broke down in tears at the Riverside County Courthouse on Monday when the judge handed down the sentence for “…senseless attack and murder”which took Emmanuel’s life.
“Although no punishment can confirm the innocence and loss of life at the hands of Mr. HaroThe judge said, for a man who had to protect these precious and defenseless children from evil and harm, the sentence given here is the maximum that the court can do to ensure that justice is done as much as possible.
Emmanuel’s maternal grandmother, Marie Beaushausen, told the court that the child’s death “has destroyed my entire family.” She faulted the justice system for giving Haro a “second chance” after her 2023 conviction for intentional cruelty against her child from a previous marriage, which resulted in a sentence of 180 days in the sheriff’s work-release program.
“He had a second chance,” Beushausen said. “My daughter didn’t get a chance with him. His kids didn’t get a second chance. I think the judge who let him go should be sitting here with him.”
lose convicted of second-degree murder Last month.
Emmanuel’s remains have not been found.
Rebecca HaroEmmanuel’s mother has pleaded not guilty to murder and is scheduled for a settlement conference in January 2026.
In the beginning, Haros Claims that Rebecca was attacked and Emmanuel were kidnapped on Aug. 14 in the parking lot of a sporting goods store in San Bernardino County.
As police searched for Emmanuel and interviewed his parents, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department “Inconsistencies” were found in Rebecca’s account. Of disappearing.
A lawyer for the family blamed the discrepancies on the stress of Emmanuel’s disappearance.
Police later searched the Haro home and reviewed surveillance footage from the surrounding areas, and social workers removed a 2-year-old child from the couple’s home.
Both parents were arrested later that month initially pleaded not guilty,
In prison, Jake Haro allegedly told a prison informant that he killed the child and put his body in the trash At the family’s Southern California homeaccording to a News Nation received the report.
In addition to a prison sentence of 25 years to life, Haro is facing up to 6 years in prison on the child abuse charge, 8 months in prison on the gun possession charge and 180 days for filing a false police report.
Haro also owes a $10,000 restitution fine.