Jake Haro, father of a 7-month-old whom he and wife Rebecca Haro falsely reported as kidnapped before being charged in his disappearance, pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering “Baby Haro,” as the child came to be known.

Jake Haro, 32, of Cabazon, Calif., entered guilty pleas to one count each of second-degree murder , child endangerment, and filing a false police report, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. The baby’s remains still have not been found.

Emmanuel Haro was last seen around Aug. 5 , People reported. Investigators believe he died from the effects of “a lifetime of abuse” sometime between then and Aug. 14, when his mother called police claiming her baby had been kidnapped. Rebecca Haro, 41, told police someone had snuck up and knocked her

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