Cabazon man convicted of killing infant son sentenced

Jake Haro cries in court after pleading guilty to all charges including second-degree murder of his -month-old son Emmanuel at the Riverside Hall of Justice in Riverside Calif on Thursday Oct Will Lester The Orange County Register via AP Pool A Southern California father who pleaded guilty to killing his missing -month-old son was sentenced Monday to more than years in prison Jake Haro was sentenced after he pleaded guilty last month to the second-degree murder of his son Emmanuel the Riverside County District Attorney s office reported in a report A monthslong review has failed to locate the child s remains Haro and his wife Rebecca had shared the baby was kidnapped outside a store in Southern California in August saying Rebecca Haro was attacked and left unconscious while changing the boy s diaper The circumstance drew widespread attention as leadership and members of the citizens fanned out to search for the boy The couple were arrested a little more than a week later at their home in the desert locality of Cabazon particular miles west of Palm Springs after Rebecca Haro was confronted about inconsistencies in their account Riverside County Superior Court Judge Gary Polk sentenced Haro to seven years and two months in prison for a probation violation and other charges then years to life for assault on a child under age according to the Press-Enterprise The sentences will run consecutively Haro was also ordered to pay in restitution Rebecca Haro has pleaded not guilty and is being held on million bail She is due to appear in court in January Riverside County prosecutors sought for Jake Haro to be sentenced to years to life in prison for killing Emmanuel and for assaulting another child in Haro pleaded guilty to child endangerment for causing severe and lasting injuries to his then- -month-old daughter and was given a -year suspended prison term that prosecutors revealed should now be applied Jake Haro murdered seven-month-old Emmanuel but in reality he comes before this court having taken the lives of two young children If there are lower forms of evil in this world I am not aware of them Brandon Smith assistant district attorney in Riverside County wrote in court filings A message seeking comment was sent to Jake Haro s attorney Allison Lowe