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 as the tragic death of 8-year-old Genesis ...

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 ...

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.