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 ...

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

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

Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte are accused of torturing and ultimately killing Mata's 8-year-old daughter in California ...

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

The father and stepmother of an 8-year-old girl found dead in a bathtub at a Bakersfield hotel have been charged with murder.

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 after authorities discovered Genesis Ariah Mata dead in a hotel bathtub on ...

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

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. Authorities say 8-year-old ...

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.