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() Family members of missing baby Emmanuel Haro reportedly haven’t seen him in a month, a podcast journalist told .
“Because there has not been a family member who has said they have had eyes on him in the last month now, I think that it can be a very broad search,” said Annie Elise, host of the “Serialously” podcast, on “Banfield” Friday.
Jake Haro, 32, and Rebecca Haro, 41, were arrested Friday morning on suspicion of murder, eight days after claiming their 7-month-old son had been kidnapped on Aug. 14. His mother told police he was taken from the parking lot of a Big 5 Sporting Goods store in Yucaipa by a stranger who knocked her unconscious as she was changing his diaper.
Video shows the father being taken into custody after authorities searched the couple’s home. Police also issued warrants for their phones after suspecting foul play, but they haven’t revealed what they found.
“They were dumping out garbage bins, going through the trash, searching that shed that was also adjacent to the property,” Elise said. “And it’s my understanding they also had been removing some floorboards from inside the house that potentially had blood on them.”
“If somebody hasn’t laid eyes on him in weeks, that gave them much longer of a lead time to dispose of evidence of his body to drive somewhere far, so I think this may end up being a tough search, although I’m hopeful that they were reckless enough with their digital footprint that they will be able to find him soon,” Elise said.
A former Susan Smith prosecutor told she suspected foul play. and neighbors reiterated a similar sentiment.