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[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 51 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Villalobos once lived on the property, the sheriff's office said. There was a current protection order issued against him to stay away from the property.

Feels like they glossed over some extremely important information there.

[–] Amanduh@lemm.ee 31 points 2 months ago

Better title is "man not allowed at house found at house he's not allowed at"

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He is charged with aggravated kidnapping. Possibly why there's a protection order against him? Definitely a lot of information missing.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Yea, the article doesn't even mention anything which could be considered kidnapping in my understanding. It really makes it sound like a domestic dispute to me, but it wouldn't be as sensational an article if they said it was the child's father. But, we can't possibly know from what was included.

From checking other sources, it seems that it was the police who refused to elaborate further regarding his relationship with the victims.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Note to others: the title is not clickbait. It’s exactly as weird as it sounds. What the fuck.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

What the fuck.

Literally what I said when I saw this was not satire

[–] some_dude@lemm.ee 31 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That kid is scarred. For. Life.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

So is the babysitter. I'm a 36 year old man. I would be scarred for life also.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

So I'm 34

No joke

I put the box spring right on the floor. My kid can't worry. I can't worry.

Because if there was a dude under the bed or even a creepy crawly I would probably scream like a little girl.

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Kid: There's a monster under my bed.

Lady: There isn't.

Kid: Check please.

Lady: Ok.... screams in terror

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

I would totally do that even if there was nothing there.

Related: You should not hire me as a babysitter.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Slightly ameliorated by being Told You So Champion 🏆 of 2025.

[–] BierSoggyBeard@feddit.online 8 points 2 months ago

I had about 5 minutes where I was convinced this was an Onion article...

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

This is like a spooky urban legend, but it really happened