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

The documents indicate Child Protective Services had an active case against Ray Mata because a boy had been missing school, ...

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

Court filings indicate Kern County Child Protective Services had opened an investigation of possible abuse of an 8-year-old before the girl was found dead last weekend in a hotel bathroom from ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The horrific abuse inflicted on an 8-year-old girl found dead in the bathtub of a Bakersfield hotel included pouring scalding hot water on her and crushing her hand, ...

Warning that this article contains graphic material that may be disturbing to some readers.Court documents reveal gruesome details on the death of an eight-year ...

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 ...

An 8-year-old girl was found dead in a locked bathroom at the La Quinta Hotel on Riverside Drive over the weekend, according ...

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

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