Mother of missing California 7-month-old baby has convicted killer in family

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif. (KTLA) – As unsettling new details continue to emerge in the case of a missing 7-month-old boy from California, Nexstar’s KTLA has confirmed the baby’s mother has a convicted murderer in the family.

Authorities in both San Bernardino and Riverside counties launched an extensive search on Aug. 14 after Rebecca and Jake Haro said their little boy was kidnapped from a parking lot of a Yucaipa Big 5 Sporting Goods store after a stranger reportedly knocked Rebecca unconscious, leaving her with a black eye.

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An AMBER Alert was never issued because there were no suspect or vehicle descriptions, and despite the sheriff’s departments deploying helicopters and K-9 teams in the search for Emmanuel, neither the child nor a suspect was located.

In the days following the alleged kidnapping, new revelations emerged, including that the couple was being uncooperative with investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, that video of Rebecca with a black eye on Aug. 3 may exist, that officials removed the couple’s 2-year-old from their custody and that Jake Haro has a previous felony conviction for willful child cruelty.

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Investigators have since turned their attention to the parents, using cadaver dogs during a search of the family’s Cabazon home and seizing Jake’s vehicle, along with cellphones and other electronics to preserve and process any potential evidence.

It has now emerged that Rebecca’s brother, James Beushausen, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in their Palm Springs apartment and staging it as a suicide, according to a source with knowledge of the family…

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