7 d. ago Babysitter's horror after trying to prove there was no 'monster' hiding under child's bed

Woman found a man hiding under the bed after the youngster said there was a creature somewhere in her room

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7 d. ago A child told a babysitter there was a ‘monster’ under the bed. When they checked, they found a man hiding

Martin Villalobos Junior, 27, charged with aggravated kidnapping, burglary, battery, child endangerment and other charges

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8 d. ago Kansas babysitter checking for monsters finds man hiding under bed

Police arrest suspect after sitter shocked to encounter man when trying to show child there was nothing under the bedA babysitter in Kansas who was asked by a child to check for monsters under their bed was stunned to discover a man hiding there, police have said.The shocking incident occurred on 24 March at a property just outside the city of Great Bend, when the sitter was seeking to put the children she was looking after to bed. However, one of them was afraid. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Babysitter makes horrifying discovery while searching for monsters under child's bed

A babysitter in Kansas checked under a child's bed for monsters but came face to face with a horrifying discovery.

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1 week ago Atrocities mount daily. Promised aid does not arrive. Why has the west turned its back on Sudan?

As territory is won and lost by opposing military forces, people grasp at scraps of normality. But the country is undergoing the world’s most severe humanitarian catastrophe and global announcements of help have amounted to nothingA friend had gone missing. Nothing unusual in Sudan’s ruinous war, but Hitham Mohund knew it was vital to act quickly. However, in an abandoned home near the Nile River he stopped searching after making a grisly discovery: wedged inside a bathroom were three bodies. Hands tied, eyes staring upwards.“They were shot in the chest,” said the 28-year-old, as he walked towards Maigoma Street, a dusty thoroughfare in north Khartoum, Sudan’s capital. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Couple's chilling excuse after kids forced to stand for hours and sleep on concrete floor

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and her husband Donald Lantz refused to take responsibility for their hideous actions, with one of the children describing her adopted parents as 'monsters'

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4 w. ago The best children's books out this month: Letters to a monster by Patricia Forde, The Appletree Animal Agency by Katya Balen, Hidden Treasure by Jessie Burton

Are your kid's looking for their next obsession? Sally Morris has the best kid's books sorted for them.

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4 w. ago ‘Don't ban smacking – instead teach parents how to manage their anger better’

As doctors call for an end to the ‘Victorian’ punishment of smacking, columnist Darren Lewis worries this won’t stop the monsters who abuse children, but will criminalise reasonable parents

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