 Despite the impending divorce , Farrar initially declined to move out of the family home . He was concerned that Green , who had never been a heavy drinker of alcohol , was suddenly consuming large quantities of it while supervising the children . Though Green continued her routine of ferrying the children to after @-@ school activities , she would spend her evenings drinking at home , sometimes to the point of unconsciousness and nearly always until she lost what inhibitions she had left about her language in front of the children . On one occasion , Farrar was called home from work by the children , who had found their mother unresponsive . Green had disappeared from the home by the time Farrar arrived there , and though he eventually discovered that she had been hiding in the basement while he searched for her , she claimed at the time to have been wandering the town , hoping to be hit by a car . Farrar moved out of the family home in early autumn due to concerns about his personal safety . 
