 Green was released from the police station in the early morning of October 24 after questioning . With the family home burned down , she had nowhere to stay . Farrar refused to let her stay in his apartment , but gave her some cash , and she rented a room in a local hotel . Ellen Ryan , Green 's divorce lawyer , found her there later in the day in a distraught state . She repeatedly asked Ryan whether her children had died , chanted rhythmically about their deaths , and seemed unable to care for herself . Green was transported to a local hospital for treatment but remained emotionally unstable , suffering from insomnia and appearing to Ryan to be unable to take care of day @-@ to @-@ day life , even after her release from the hospital . 
