The couple accused of torturing and killing 8-year-old Genesis Mata had their preliminary hearing delayed to October after ...

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 man charged in the murder of 8-year-old Genesis Mata — has a documented criminal history in ...

Public outrage against Kern County’s Child Protective Services has been growing as the tragic death of 8-year-old Genesis ...

A preliminary hearing for Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte, the couple accused of torturing and killing 8-year-old Genesis Mata, has been postponed until ...

The head of Kern’s Department of Human Services is proposing an external review of the county’s child welfare services. Lito Morillo will make the ...

Kern County Department of Human Services has proposed an independent review of Child Welfare Services as part of the death ...

The Kern County Board of Supervisors will consider an independent review of child welfare services which was requested by the ...

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

Over 3,000 people have signed a petition demanding an independent investigation into Kern County Child Protective Services after the death of 8-year-old Genesis Mata.

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