An 8-year-old girl’s body was found dead and beaten in a hotel bathtub on Saturday, August 2. Now, California police have arrested a couple with the murder of the man’s daughter.

According to PEOPLE, police charged 31-year-old Ray Mata Jr. and 27-year-old Graciela Bustamonte with first-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child, and torture. Court documents reveal that 8-year-old Genesis Ariah Mata’s body was at a La Quinta Inn in Bakersfield, per KBTX.

Couple Arrested For Abusing And Killing 8-Year-Old Girl In Hotel Bathtub

The young girl’s body tragically suffered from a myriad of injuries. According to a probable cause document, the couple poured “scalding hot water” onto Genesis.

Not only did she suffer from severe burns, but severely damaged hands. Allegedly, they crushed the girl’

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