Public outrage against Kern County’s Child Protective Services has been growing after the tragic death of 8-year-old Genesis ...

Statements made by Ray Mata and Graciela Bustamonte to police were self-serving and later inconsistent with their own ...

While the community is still grappling with 8-year-old Genesis Mata’s brutal death, 17 News spoke with Genesis’ biological ...

Genesis Mata was a student at Leo G. Pauly Elementary School. We reached out to the Bakersfield City School District to see ...

Ray Mata Jr. — the father and accused murderer of 8-year-old Genesis Mata — has a documented criminal history in Kern County ...

Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte have been charged with first-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child, and torture ...

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The suspects in the murder of an 8-year-old girl in central Bakersfield have been officially charged and made their first ...

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Warning: Distressing content. A couple have been accused of torturing and killing their little girl who was found dead in a ...

Family members and residents say alleged abuse by the girl's father was reported to the county’s Child Protective Services ...

Warning that this article contains graphic material that may be disturbing to some readers.Court documents reveal gruesome ...