Riverside, California —

The call came to police on the night of August 14 and described every parent’s worst nightmare.

Rebecca Haro told police she was changing her 7-month-old baby Emmanuel’s diaper at her vehicle outside a sporting goods store in Yucaipa, California, when she was suddenly assaulted and knocked unconscious by an unknown man. When she woke up, her baby was gone, she told police, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department .

The reported kidnapping in Yucaipa, about 20 miles east of San Bernardino, spurred law enforcement to dedicate “all available resources” to try to find the infant. Media reporting on the story led to an outpouring of concern from the public, who gathered with parents Rebecca and Jake Haro in the following days to join the search.

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