The Kern County Department of Human Services Child Protective Services Department shared its first statement regarding the ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Warning: Distressing content. A couple have been accused of torturing and killing their little girl who was found dead in a ...

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.

Family and community members gathered outside Kern County Human Services early Friday morning, demanding an investigation ...