Nearly 100 people gathered for a candlelight vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro on Friday evening, following the arrest of his parents at their Cabazon home earlier in the day.
Flowers, stuffed animals, balloons, books, candles and signs were placed along a fence in front of the property located at 50008 Ramona Street for Emmanuel. Many signs sought justice for the missing baby. “Where is the baby” read one.
The community came together in a prayer circle with blue candles. David Hernandez, a 39-year-old resident of Yucaipa, led the prayer with a bullhorn, adding that he hoped collective prayer would shine light on what happened to Emmanuel.
“I don’t know the family. It just hit close to home for my wife and myself, because we live in Yucaipa,” Hernandez said. “It’s our community, and to hear something like that is not something that we hear every day, right?”
A group of young adults attending the vigil said they were deeply upset about what had occurred in their community. Riah Huey, 20, was outspoken in being a voice for the missing child and filmed the vigil from his phone. “The reason why we are here is to support baby Emmanuel,” Huey said. “What they did to this child is not okay. … They did not give this boy the right life.”
Arelene Sanchez-Turner, from Banning, wipes her eyes at a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Mariah Jones, from Banning, along with her daughter Evelynn Aguilar, 2, place a necklace at a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Local pastor David Hernandez, from Yucaipa, leads those gathered in prayer during a brief vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Teresa Giron, from Banning, hangs a sign at a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Majorie Padilla, from Banning, prepares to hang a sign on a fence at a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Lindsey Davey, from Moreno Valley, holds her daughter Emma Zamorano, 3, as they visit a makeshift memoril following a short vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Kiana Ceja, from Banning, ties balloons to a fence outside the home of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro in Cabazon prior to a vigil for the child on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Arelene Sanchez-Turner, left, along with her sister Majorie Padilla, right, both from Banning, carry signs to hang on a fence at a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Local pastor David Hernandez, from Yucaipa, leads those gathered in prayer during a brief vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Visitors gather around a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Kristin Own, from Beaumont, places a sign and a stuffed bear onto a fence at a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Visitors gather around a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Arelene Sanchez-Turner, from Banning, wipes her eyes at a makeshift memorial prior to a vigil for missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro outside the child’s Cabazon home on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The child’s parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested Friday morning for suspicion of murder. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Hannah Coutre, 22, said she was there to support her community. “It’s chilling, disgusting, sad, very sad,” Coutre said. Maya Gutierrez, 20, said she had been outside the property since 1 p.m. and wanted to be a voice for the baby. “Nobody was his voice,” she added. “He didn’t deserve that at all.” She asked where Emmanuel was, adding it was just sad.
Authorities searching for the missing child said on Saturday that Rebecca Haros, Emmanuel’s mother, is no longer cooperating after investigators found inconsistencies with her story that her infant son was kidnapped outside a store.
After the vigil, some community members set up chairs across the property, unwilling to give up the search for Emmanuel.
“Investigators will continue their search for seventh-month-old Emmanuel Haro,” the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department posted on social media Friday. One of the signs taped up outside the property fence asked for a confession and for Emmanuel to have peace.
