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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Genesis Ariah Mata, 8, reportedly died on Friday night, but 911 wasn't called until the next day. Her father and stepmother ...

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 ...

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