The Los Angeles Times reported this week that Emmanuel’s father, Jack Haro, was convicted in June 2023 of willful child cruelty for an incident involving another child. He is due in court in September for that case, the outlet said.

Detectives say the baby's mom, who said he had been kidnapped, "was confronted with inconsistencies" in her story.

Rebecca Haro first reported that her 7-month-old son, Emmanuel Haro, had allegedly been kidnapped during the evening hours of August 14 from a Big 5 retail store parking lot in Yucaipa, California. However,