Ray Mata Jr. was a convicted felon before his arrest Aug. 3, but nothing in his criminal record approaches the enormity of the charges he currently faces.

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

B AKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The horrific abuse inflicted on an 8-year-old girl found dead in the bathtub of a Bakersfield ...

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

A memorial has been set up outside the motel room where Genesis’ body was found and where police believe she was killed.

Ray Mata Jr. — the father and man charged in the murder of 8-year-old Genesis Mata — has a documented criminal history in ...

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

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

The father and stepmother of an 8-year-old girl found dead in a bathtub at a Bakersfield hotel have been charged with murder.

Police were called Saturday afternoon to the La Quinta Inn Motel on 24th street and Buck Owens Boulevard after getting a report of a child unconscious in a bathtub. Her body was found behind a locked ...

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

Two suspects have been arrested on murder and torture charges after an 8-year-old girl was found dead in a hotel bathtub at ...