BABYSITTER CHECKING FOR MONSTERS FINDS MAN UNDER CHILD'S BED

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Babysitter Checking for Monsters Finds Man Hiding Under Child's Bed

By Olivia Evans Mar 27, 2025 2:44 PM| Updated Mar 27, 2025 5:43 PMTags

 

A young child proved to his babysitter that sometimes monsters are indeed hiding under the bed.

 

While watching children at a Grand Bend, Kansas, home March 24, a babysitter made a chilling discovery when she found a man—later identified by the sheriff’s office as Martin Villalobos Jr., 27—hiding under a child’s bed.

 

According to a statement shared by Barton County Sheriff’s Office on Facebook March 26, the young woman found Villalobos after one of the children in her care complained of “monsters” and she “attempted to show the child there was nothing under the bed.”

 

However, the young woman stood corrected.

 

“She came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there,” the statement continued of the babysitter, who was not identified by name. “An altercation ensued with the babysitter and one child was knocked over in the struggle. The suspect then fled the scene before deputies arrived.”

 

However, the sheriff’s office says the babysitter was able to identify the perpetrator as Villalobos, who, per the Barton County Sheriff’s statement, had once lived at the residence, before a protection order from abuse required he “stay away from the property.”

 

Authorities arrived at the home around 10:30 p.m. local time in response to a “reported disturbance call,” according to the sheriff's office statement. While they looked for Villalobos in the area after reporting to the Grand Bend home, they could not initially find him. He was seen by law enforcement the following morning and, though he attempted to flee on foot, per police, he was captured “after a short foot pursuit.”

 

Villalobos was arrested and booked at Barton County jail, where he was charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, child endangerment, felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer and violation of a protection from abuse order, per the sheriff's statement. He is being held on a $500,000 bond.

 

According to a warrant from the Barton County District Court, Villalobos was arrested earlier this month on March 14 for “violation of protection order.” His bond was set at $2,500.

 

E! News has reached out to the Barton County Sheriff’s Office for comment and attempted to locate legal representation for Villalobos.