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

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.

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

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

Genesis’ father and stepmother hid their faces from a courtroom full of furious relatives Tuesday afternoon, as they pleaded ...

The 8-year-old girl found dead in a Bakersfield hotel bathtub endured disturbing acts of abuse before dying last week, according to police documents.

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

Genesis Mata was set to start second grade at Pauly Elementary next week. She loved to dance, her grandmother said at a vigil ...

The April report showed CPS is underfunded, understaffed and has a high turnover rate. These factors, the report says, affects workers with high case loads.

Although Bakersfield police said they had no prior reports of abuse involving Genesis, some family members alleged that warnings had been made to Child Protective Services long before the girl died.

A death investigation is underway after a child's body was discovered inside the La Quinta Inn in central Bakersfield.

Jennifer Mata (Source: Facebook) TYLER, TX (KLTV) - A Tyler man accused of shooting and killing his 30-year old wife will be arraigned Thursday. Thirty-year-old Adrian Ray Mata is accused of shooting ...