(EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains graphic descriptions of child abuse. Reader discretion is advised.)

23ABC obtained the probable cause declarations and offense report which allege that a father and step-mother tortured and murdered and 8-year-old child in an hotel in northwest Bakersfield.

The probable cause declaration alleges that Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamante worked in tandem over a two day period "pouring scalding hot water" over Genesis Mata burning her body. The offense report indicates she had, "massive blistering and extensive burns on her face, head, genital, stomach, arms, and legs," and fingernails on one of her hands had been separated at the skin.

Mata's body was found by police in a bathtub of a La Quinta hotel the family had been living in after a welfare check

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