Yucaipa mom's desperate plea after her seven-month-old baby was kidnapped while she was ‘attacked outside store'
Rebecca Haro has made a desperate plea for her son, Emmanuel, to be returned to her after she says she was knocked unconscious and he was snatched from her.
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The terrifying ordeal took place while Rebecca was trying to change her son's diaper in her truck outside a sporting goods store in Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, on Thursday evening.
Officers from the County Sheriff's Department were called to a Big 5 parking lot just before 8 pm, sparking a frantic search for the missing baby.
"I'm begging you please, if you know anything, I'm begging you please bring him back," Emmanuel's mom pleaded while speaking to CBS affiliate KCAL News.
The mother of six recalled how she and her family were at football practice and she took Emmanuel with her to buy a mouthguard for her older son.
It was then that she said she noticed he needed a new diaper and removed him from the car seat in her truck to lay him down on the chair.
That was when she claims she was hit from behind and her son was kidnapped.
"Someone say, 'Hola.' I couldn't even turn, I don't remember nothing," she said.
"On August 14, 2025, at about 7:47 p.m., deputies from the Yucaipa Station responded to the 34000 block of Yucaipa Boulevard regarding a reported missing seven-month-old boy," the Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
"This is an active investigation, and we are seeking the public's help in locating the child.
"He was last seen wearing a black Nike onesie, he weighs about 21 pounds, is approximately 24 inches tall, has brown hair, brown eyes, and is cross-eyed.
"If you have any information, please call 911 or Sheriff's Dispatch at 909-387-8313. No additional information is available at this time."
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