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[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 15 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

What the fuck.

Literally what I said when I saw this was not satire

[–] some_dude@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That kid is scarred. For. Life.

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

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

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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] BierSoggyBeard@feddit.online 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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