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

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

A 31-year-old father and a 27-year-old stepmother in California are accused of torturing their 8-year-old daughter to death, ...

The horrific abuse inflicted on an 8-year-old girl found dead in the bathtub of a Bakersfield hotel included pouring scalding ...

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.

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.

A Bakersfield man and a Delano woman were arrested Saturday on suspicion of torturing and murdering an 8-year-old girl and leaving her body in a hotel bathtub.