(NewsNation) — As the search for the body of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro continues, sources have told NewsNation’s Brian Entin that Jake Haro, the boy's father, spoke to an informant while in jail as part of a Perkins operation.

A Perkins operation is when an undercover officer or informant poses as an inmate to get information from someone incarcerated.

Sources told Entin that as the result of the Perkins operation, Haro acknowledged he killed baby Emmanuel and put his body in the trash.

At a news conference Wednesday, District Attorney Michael Hestrin said reporting about a “confession” was not true. But it’s unclear what Hestrin considers a legal confession.

Sources also told Entin that Haro initially told investigators he rolled over in bed, causing baby Emmanuel’s death, and that he

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