A mother struggling to cope after two of her children were 'taken away' from her - while another was critically-ill in hospital hanged herself hours after posting 'I can't do it any more, bye' on Facebook.
Emma Thomas was found dead in her garden weeks after finding out two of her children had been placed in the care of her ex-boyfriend permanently by social services.
Just hours before the 28-year-old was found hanged at her Rochdale home, she posted the Facebook status: 'Am done u wont my kids u got them u wont get any1 that love there kids like i do cant do it any more bye.'
An inquest into Ms Thomas' death heard she had attempted suicide by cutting her wrists and overdosing on pills weeks before she died on March 12.
Tragically, she was found dead by her boyfriend Lee Walsh after he went to check on her following an argument.
Rochdale Coroner's Court heard that Ms Thomas had two children from a previous relationship.
When she separated with their father, she moved from Blackpool to Rochdale with them.
A year later she met Mr Walsh and they had a son, who suffers from a serious liver condition and has spent much of his life in hospital. He was just a year old when his mother died.
Ms Thomas' sister Ellen Price told the court that in November last year, social services put the two older children - aged five and nine - temporarily in the care of Emma's ex-boyfriend in Blackpool while she cared for her sick baby.
'It was heart-wrenching for her,' Ms Price added.
Weeks before her death, Ms Thomas was told her ex-boyfriend would have custody of the two children permanently.
Source: DailyMail
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