A Kern County judge has sentenced the father of Genesis Mata for previous cases related to illegal use of guns and drugs.

Ray Mata, Jr., 31, received two years probation and 70 days in jail Monday, with most of that time already credited.

Court records show he pleaded no contest in July to carrying a ghost gun. He also admitted to possessing marijuana for sale.

The sentencing comes as Mata and Graciela Bustomonte, 27, face charges in the torture and murder of Genesis Mata, 8, earlier this month.

The girl’s body of was found August 2 in a bathtub inside a guest room at La Quinta Inn in central Bakersfield.