Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced Wednesday, Aug. 27, that a 7-month-old infant whose parents have been charged with his death is believed to have suffered prolonged physical abuse before he died.

“The filing in this case reflects our belief that Baby Emmanuel was the victim of child abuse over time, and that, eventually, because of that abuse, he succumbed to those injuries,” Hestrin said during a news conference at the District Attorney’s Office in Riverside.

Emmanuel’s mother, Rebecca Haro, reported him abducted from a Big 5 Sporting Goods store in Yucaipa on Aug. 14. Investigators now believe the boy is dead, but his remains have not been located.

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