Father of missing Southern California baby has past child abuse conviction, court records show

The investigation into the disappearance of a 7-month old baby in Yucaipa continued this week with detectives looking for surveillance footage of the child’s whereabouts amid reports his mother is no longer cooperating and his father has a past conviction for child abuse.

Emmanuel Haro was reported missing Thursday under suspicious circumstances after his mother said she was attacked and knocked unconscious outside a store in Yucaipa, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department .

The boy was last seen wearing a black onesie, authorities said.

The boy’s mother, Rebecca Haro, said she was changing her son’s diaper while standing outside her vehicle near a Big 5 store. Haro told investigators she was attacked by an unknown assailant and knocked unconscious and when she wo