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

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

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. 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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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