MOM'S FRANTIC PLEA AFTER BABY EMMANUEL, 7 MONTHS, 'KIDNAPPED' NOW FACING COURT
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 9 May 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Only twelve days after Rebecca Haro reports her son's kidnapping and claims she was knocked out in a parking lot while changing the 15-month-old's diaper, both parents of Emmanuel Haro faced murder charges. Rebecca Haro faces a preliminary hearing May 29. Prosecutors have told the court they’re ready to present their evidence. Emmanuel's mother has plead not guilty and is still being held on $1 million bail.
Father Jake Haro pleaded guilty last year to second‑degree murder and related charges. He’s now serving a sentence of 25 years to life.
Emmanuel’s remains still haven’t been found.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Philip Dubé - Former Court-Appointed Counsel, Los Angeles County Public Defenders: Criminal & Constitutional Law, Forensics & Mental Health Advocacy, X: PhilipCDube, IG: PhilipDube, YouTube: PhilipDube3922
- Dr. John Delatorre - Licensed psychologist and mediator, specializing in forensic psychology, psychological consultant to Project Absents: a non-profit organization that searches for missing persons, resolutionfcs.com, Twitter, IG, and TikTok: @drjohndelatorre
- Steve Fischer - Missing Persons Private Investigator, Search & Rescue Specialist, & Owner of Search Investigations, website: search investigations.org, Facebook: SearchInvestigations, X: @SF_Investigates
- Alli Neal - Co-Founder, Revved Up Kids, fighting to protect kids from sexual abuse and trafficking, revvedupkids.org, instagram, Facebook & Twitter: @RevvedUpKids
- Dr. Eric Eason - Board Certified Forensic Pathologist, consultant, Instagram: @eric_a_eason, Facebook: Eric August Eason, LinkedIn: Eric Eason, MD
- Katy Forrester - Assistant Exclusives Editor at The U.S. Sun, covering true crime and showbiz, website: www.the-sun.com, X: @katyshowbix
- Dave Mack - Crime Stories Investigative Reporter
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.5 | The mother accused in the brutal death of little baby Emmanuel, just seven months old, appears in court. |
| 0:24.2 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:28.9 | Yes, the case against the so-called mom, Rebecca Hutto, moves forward after she is dragged to court in an appearance, she sat with her hair covering her face on her right side, blinking rapidly as she faces charges in the death of her baby boy. |
| 0:52.5 | What happened when baby Emmanuel first went missing? Where is seven-month-old |
| 0:58.8 | baby Emmanuel? Questions swirling. Did the baby disappear nine days before the alleged |
| 1:08.3 | kidnap when mommy was attacked in the parking lot, a sporting good store? |
| 1:14.2 | Was the baby really missing nine days before that? |
| 1:19.2 | Could he be alive? |
| 1:21.8 | We haven't found a body yet. |
| 1:24.7 | Where is baby Emmanuel? |
| 1:26.8 | And why are sources stating this seven-month-old infant child will, quote, |
| 1:32.3 | never be found? It all starts here. Just before 8 p.m. Thursday night, San Bernardino |
| 1:37.6 | sheriffs arrive and begin searching the strip mall and parking lot. K-9 units are dispatched to the scene |
| 1:42.7 | as well. Helicopters overhead. |
| 1:44.9 | San Bernardino Sheriff's Department joined by neighboring Riverside County deputies to aid in a |
| 1:49.6 | comprehensive search that stretches through the night. This was preventable in numerous ways. |
| 1:56.6 | Today, Matt, Crime Stories investigative reporter, Dave, thank you for being with us. |
| 2:00.9 | The mom says that she goes to Big Five as a sporting goods store to get her other son a mouth guard so he can play sports. |
| 2:09.9 | That she gets out of the vehicle to change baby Emmanuel's dipey. |
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