Experienced Child Abuser : Why the System Freed Jake Haro Before Baby Emmanuel’s Death

Experienced Child Abuser: Why the System Freed Jake Haro
Before Baby Emmanuel’s Death
The disappearance and presumed murder of 7-month-old
Emmanuel Haro has shocked California—and the entire
country. What began as a frantic report of a kidnapping in a Big
5 parking lot quickly unraveled into something much darker: a
staged story, a dead infant, and two parents now sitting in jail
charged with first-degree murder.

On today’s episode, we break down the chilling timeline of what
happened to baby Emmanuel, why investigators never believed the
parents’ story, and how prosecutors say the infant suffered
months of abuse before his death.

But this case isn’t just about two parents facing murder charges.
It’s about the system that allowed it to happen.
Emmanuel’s father, Jake Haro, wasn’t a man with
a clean slate. He was a convicted child abuser,
already guilty of nearly killing another baby in 2018—a crime
that left his daughter permanently disabled. Despite that, a
judge let him walk with probation. No prison. No long-term
oversight. And when Jake later violated probation with a firearm
offense, the case still dragged on, leaving him free to live in a
home with children.

Officials are now openly calling this tragedy
preventable. Prosecutors and sheriffs alike are
criticizing the judge’s decision, saying Emmanuel’s death should
never have been possible. District Attorney Mike Hestrin didn’t
mince words: “If that judge had done his job, Emmanuel would be
alive today.”

This is more than a true crime story. It’s a devastating reminder
of how broken our protective systems can be.
It’s about what happens when red flags are ignored, when
probation fails, when courts give second chances to people who
should never have them.

Join us as we unpack every detail—the fake kidnapping, the
father’s disturbing past, the mother’s silence, the timeline of
missed warnings, and the outcry that continues as the search for
Emmanuel’s remains goes on.

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