Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Terry said the death of 8-year-old Genesis Mata is one of the most horrific cases the ...

Ray Mata Jr. — the father and man charged in the murder of 8-year-old Genesis Mata — has a documented criminal history in Kern County including an open investigation by Child Protective Services. Mata ...

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

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.

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

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

Court documents allege horrific abuse led to the death of an 8-year-old girl at the hands of her father and stepmother.

According to DefensaCentral, the police found Genesis lifeless in a hotel bathtub, with severe burns, blisters, and wounds ...

An 8-year-old girl was allegedly found tortured and killed in a hotel bathtub on Saturday, Aug. 2, in Bakersfield, Calif., according to police Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte have been ...

There was substantial trauma to her body, injuries that were allegedly caused by her father, 31-year-old Ray Mata Jr., and her stepmother, 27-year-old Graciela Bustamonte.