Rachel Roper opened the front door - and her world fell apart. Minutes later, she found herself telling her kids their dad was 'never coming back'.
They screamed for their father. He was dead, the victim of a hit-and-run killer driver. The tragic chain of events that would later be revealed horrified Gareth Roper's family.
The dad-of-six was mowed down after police left him three miles from his home. READ MORE: Click here for today's top Manchester Evening News stories READ MORE: Man killed dad-of-six 45 minutes after police had arrested him at home Police had earlier visited Mr Roper's home and taken him away after his wife reported him 'acting somewhat strangely'.
Mr Roper was de-arrested nine minutes later and left barefoot outside the Iceland store in Platt Bridge - three miles from his home - without money or a mobile phone.
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