1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Crime al Art hourly update, Breaking crime news Now. I'm 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Sidney Sumner. In a lengthy jailhouse interview, the father of 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: seven month old Emmanuel Harrow denied prosecutor's contention that the 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: boy suffered long term abuse before his presumed death, and 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: said his wife, who reported the infant missing, was innocent. 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: Jake Harrow, thirty two, told a Southern California news Group 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: reporter that he has been completely cooperative with investigators, although 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: he declined to say whether he led them to the 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: Moreno Valley Badlands over the weekend, where he was seen 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: in a jailhouse jumpsuit as crews searched the area. Harrow 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: and forty one year old Rebecca Harrow were charged this 12 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: week with killing little Emmanuel and filing a false police report. 13 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin said that investigators believed 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: that Emmanuel was severely abused over a period of time. 15 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: Hestron added both parents would have been aware of that abuse. 16 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: Harrow insisted that allegation was not true at all, but 17 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: declined to say what role he may have played in 18 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: the little boy's disappearance. Prosecutors and investigators said that there 19 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: has been some level of cooperation from the parents, but 20 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: declined to provide details. Rebecca Harrow reported her son missing 21 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: on August fourteenth, claiming that someone she did not see 22 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: knocked her unconscious while she was changing Emmanuel's diaper and 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: took the boy. In dramatic and emotional interviews after the 24 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: reported disappearance, she begged for help finding her son, but 25 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: investigators soon found inconsistencies in her stories, and a week later, 26 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: the parents were arrested. Formal murder charges were filed this week. 27 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: In his jailhouse interview, Jake Harrow also denied prosecutor's version 28 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: of his previous conviction for child abuse. He claimed that 29 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: he accidentally dropped his newborn daughter on a sink divider 30 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: while bathing her. She didn't look injured, he said, although 31 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: she is now left blind with three percent brain function 32 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: from her severe injuries, which included fresh and healing rib fractures, 33 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: of fractured skull, and a leg fracture. Harro and his 34 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: then wife pleaded guilty, and he was sentenced to one 35 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty days in a work release program with 36 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: a suspended prison sentence, and was ordered to attend a 37 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: child abuse or treatment program. Harro said, somehow they magically 38 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 1: convinced me to take this plea deal. I was sick 39 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: of court. The judge knows I didn't do it. They 40 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: just railroaded me. I was the fall guy. District Attorney 41 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: Hestern said that there was no plea deal. Instead, Harro 42 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: threw himself on the mercy of the court and pled 43 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: guilty in open court to avoid trial. The judge then 44 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: gave him a big break with the sentence over prosecutor's 45 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: strenuous objections. The DA called it an outrageous error in 46 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: judgment for this judge, commenting mister Harrow should have been 47 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: in prison at the time that this crime happened. Harro 48 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: declined to provide any details about the current case, citing 49 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: advice from his lawyer. Haro said, I want to talk 50 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: about it, but I can't. I was told don't do 51 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: no press. Rebecca Harrow, too appears to be ignoring legal advice, 52 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: speaking to a reporter from jail over the weekend and 53 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: sticking solidly to her kidnapping story. Rebecca's husband says she 54 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: is innocent. The media is killing her. She is a 55 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: beautiful woman. She loves her children. The Riverside Sheriff's Department 56 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: has declined to comment about Harrow's interview, saying the investigation 57 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: is very active and Wilby for quite some time. More 58 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: crime and justice news after this, A Florida mother went 59 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: on trial this week for the death of her toddler son. 60 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty one, Erica Dotson and her boyfriend Joshua 61 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: Manns both faced charges in the death of three year 62 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: old Jamison Nance, but a judge severed their cases earlier 63 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: this year. A date has not been set for Man's trial. 64 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: Dotson called nine one one on June eleventh, twenty twenty one, 65 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: saying that Mans had called her at work to say 66 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: the little boy had possibly drowned. By the time she 67 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: got home, Man's was gone and little Jamison was dead 68 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: on the bathroom floor. Man's had fled to Georgia, where 69 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: he was later arrested. An autopsy revealed that the boy 70 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: had not drowned and instead had multiple healing and fresh injuries, 71 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,119 Speaker 1: including a broken rib, brain swelling, and head injuries. Other 72 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: injuries included a broken tooth pushed into his gums, a 73 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: cut on his jaw, a fractured arm, a ruptured esophagus, 74 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: and seven separate stab wounds, some fresh and some healing. 75 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: While Dotson's defense contend she knew nothing about Man's abuse 76 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: of the child, prosecutors say they found multiple messages between 77 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: the couple in the weeks prior to his death discussing 78 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,799 Speaker 1: the injuries and how to cover them up. The State 79 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: Department of Children and Family Services was also aware of 80 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: problems in the household, but apparently did not take any action. 81 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: According to an arrest affidavit, the boy broke his leg 82 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: in an unwitnessed event in twenty nineteen, and then again 83 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, when the adults claimed he had 84 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: fallen off a curb. The second broken leg reported led 85 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: DCF to learn of others so suspicious incidents, including injuries 86 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: to his face. The story was that the family had 87 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,119 Speaker 1: been spending time by the pond and the child fell 88 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: rolled into or near the water and was attacked by 89 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: a duck. The text messages reveal more many concerning Man's 90 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 1: complaints that the boy was not using the toilet, which 91 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: would lead to punishment. Dotson would text her support for 92 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: Man's punishment, even thanking him for always dealing with him. 93 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: For her she frequently referred to the Toddler as a 94 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: jerk or a The boy's biological father, James Nance, was 95 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: among the first witnesses at Dotson's trial. He testified that 96 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: a verbal custody arrangement they had fell apart once Dotson 97 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: began dating Manz, forcing him to take legal action just 98 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: to see his son, but no agreement was ever reached 99 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: before the boy was murdered. For the latest crime and 100 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: justice news, be sure to follow the Crime Alert hourly 101 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. 102 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: I'm Sidney Sumner.