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

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

The Kern County Department of Human Services Child Protective Services Department shared its first statement regarding the ...

The family of 8-year-old Genesis Mata is speaking out following her death, calling for change within Kern County’s child ...

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

Years before he was arrested in the grisly slaying of his 8-year-old daughter, admitted gang member Ray Mata Jr. allegedly ...

The death of 8-year-old Genesis Mata has sparked renewed scrutiny of the child welfare system after reports confirmed the ...

Family and community members gathered outside Kern County Human Services early Friday morning, demanding an investigation ...

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

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

The father and stepmother of an 8-year-old California girl found dead in a hotel bathtub on Saturday appeared in court this ...

A Bakersfield man and a Delano woman were arrested Saturday on suspicion of torturing and murdering an 8-year-old girl and leaving her body in a hotel bathtub.