Man standing silhouette in room.
A babysitter got into an altercation with a man who was hiding under a child’s bed (Picture: Máté Kiss Photography)
A babysitter checked underneath a bed after a child said there was a ‘monster’ there and made a shocking discovery.
The woman was watching over children at a Kansas home on Monday night.
‘When putting the children to bed, one child complained there was a “monster” under their bed,’ stated the Barton County Sheriff’s Office.
‘When the victim attempted to show the child there was nothing under the bed, she came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there.’
On March 24, 2025 at about 10:30 PM Sheriff?s deputies were dispatched to the 2000 block of Patton Road, just outside the city of Great Bend. The deputies were responding to a reported disturbance call. Upon arrival the deputies contacted the victim who stated she was babysitting children at the residence. When putting the children to bed, one child complained there was a ?monster? under their bed. When the victim attempted to show the child there was nothing under the bed, she came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there. An altercation ensued with the babysitter and one child was knocked over in the struggle. The suspect then fled the scene before deputies arrived. The victim identified the suspect as Martin Villalobos Junior, who once lived at the residence but there was currently a protection from abuse order issued against him to stay away from the property. Deputies searched the area that evening for the suspect but were unable to locate him. The next morning on March 25, 2025, deputies were in the area still looking for the suspect. The suspect was seen in the 2000 block of Patton Road at which point he attempted to flee from law enforcement. After a short foot pursuit, the suspect was captured. Martin Villalobos Junior aged 27, was arrested and transported the Barton County Jail. He was booked on requested charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, child endangerment, felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer and violation of a protection from abuse order he is being held in lieu of a $500,000 bond.
Martin Villalobos Jr has been charged with child endangerment, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer and violation of a protection from abuse order (Picture: Barton County Sheriff’s Office)
The babysitter and the male intruder got into an altercation and a child was’knocked over in the struggle’, according to the sheriff’s office. The man then fled the home.
Deputies responded to the home on the 2000 block of Patton Road near Great Bend around 10.30pm.
The babysitter identified the man as Martin Villalobos Jr, 27. She said he previously lived at the home but was under a protection from abuse order to stay away.
Deputies looked for the suspect that night but were not able to find him. They spotted him the next morning on the same block of the residence and arrested him after a brief foot chase.
Creepy monster hand emerging from under the bed.
The babysitter found a man who previously lived at the home hiding under the bed (Picture: Getty Images)
Villalobos has been charged with child endangerment, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer and violation of a protection from abuse order.
He is being held at Barton County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
It was not immediately known what Villalobos’ relationship was to the child and the babysitter, who has not been named. It was not clear what if any injury the child who was knocked down suffered.
The incident happened nearly a decade after a Nashville woman who filed a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend found him under her bed with his two feet sticking out. She allegedly shot the man, who previously said ‘I will kill you, you stupid c***.’
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