Father, Stepmother Charged After 8-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Hotel Bathtub

California Dad & Stepmom Reportedly Charged After 8YO Daughter Is Found Dead In Hotel Bathtub With Crushed Hand & Blisters

Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamante, a California dad and stepmom, have reportedly been charged. This, after Mata Jr.’s 8-year-old daughter, Genesis Ariah Mata, was found deceased in a hotel bathtub with a crushed hand and blisters.RELATED: Say, WHAT?! Florida Man Reportedly Indicted After Allegedly Admitting To Punching 1-Year-Old Girl To DeathMore Details On Genesis Ariah Mata Reportedly Being Found Deceased In Hotel Bathtub With Crushed Hand…

Father, stepmother charged after 8-year-old girl found dead in hotel bathtub

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

Court documents describe what led to the death of 8-year-old Genesis Mata

**Warning, the details in this story my be disturbing to some readers.**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.Documents obtained by 23ABC said over two days the step-mother, Graciela Bustamante and the father, Ray Mata, worked together to pour scolding hot water on Genesis and crushed her hands.Mata admitted to punching Genesis in the a…

Dad, Stepmom Charged in Torture Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl

The father and stepmother of an 8-year-old California girl found dead in a hotel bathtub on Saturday appeared in court this week to enter not guilty pleas in the girl’s death. Genesis Ariah Mata was found dead in a room at a La Quinta Inn in Bakersfield Saturday evening, KBAK reported. A probable cause statement says that Graciela Bustamonte, 27, and Ray Mata Jr., 31, were “working in tandem” over two days to torture the child, pouring scalding …