Homicide detectives and a tactical squad of California sheriff deputies captured and jailed on Friday the parents of a baby boy they claimed was kidnapped, which authorities now allege was a lie.

Jake and Rebecca Haro were arrested on murder charges at their Cabazon home after Rebecca Haro, the mother of seven-month-old Emmanuel Haro, had claimed her son was abducted outside a sporting goods store a week ago in Yucaipa, about 70 miles west of Los Angeles.

San Bernardino Sheriff’s homicide detectives now say the kidnapping never happened and believe the child is dead.

According to a Sheriff’s Department statement released Friday:

During the investigation thus far, numerous interviews have been conducted, search warrants have been served, digital and electronic evidence has been collec

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