While the community is still grappling with 8-year-old Genesis Mata’s brutal death, 17 News spoke with Genesis’ biological ...

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 accused murderer of 8-year-old Genesis Mata — has a documented criminal history in Kern County ...

Genesis Mata was a student at Leo G. Pauly Elementary School. We reached out to the Bakersfield City School District to see ...

Days after Genesis Mata’s death, many 17 News viewers have noticed disturbing similarities to another high-profile California case of child abuse from more than a decade ago.

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

Family members and residents say alleged abuse by the girl's father was reported to the county’s Child Protective Services ...

Harm to a child can occur within seconds, and with little effort. What victims like Genesis Mata deserve most of all is ...

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

According to DefensaCentral, the police found Genesis lifeless in a hotel bathtub, with severe burns, blisters, and wounds ...

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