At roughly 10:30 p.m. Monday, a babysitter in a home near Great Bend, Kansas, was putting children to bed when one of them told her a monster was under the bed. Hoping to reassure the child, the babysitter looked under the bed and came face-to-face with someone.
Martin Villalobos, Jr., 27, who had previously lived at the home but had been issued a protection from abuse order banning him from the property, was hiding underneath. When he was discovered, he reportedly had an altercation with the babysitter and knocked over a child before fleeing the house, according to the Barton County Sheriff’s Office.
The Barton County Sheriff’s Office released this statement:
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.
Villalobos was found the next morning by law enforcement and attempted to flee, but was captured, arrested, and taken to jail, where he was booked for aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, child endangerment, felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer, and violation of a protection from abuse order.
“I’m glad everyone’s safe but that poor babysitter will probably never babysit again and those children will never believe there’s not a monster under the bed. A literal living nightmare,” one online commenter wrote.
Villalobos, who has pending charges of criminal threat and domestic battery as well as violating a protection order, is being held on a $500,000 bond.
