Suicide and homicide can hit home with tragic circumstances. Losing a family member to a violent crime, accidental death, or self-inflicted harm is never easy. Even after the authorities have gathered evidence and cleared the site to clean up the emotional toll can still weigh heavily on your shoulders.

The process of grief and restoring your way of life needs to be a top priority to maintain your own mental health. It can help to know that you are not alone in a time like this and that just like how there are professional services to help you deal with the emotional impact of the loss, there are also professional services like Affordable Remediation, who can help clean up the physical aftermath.

We have extensive experience dealing with homicide, suicide, and other forms of crime scene cleanup. Our technicians practice the utmost professionalism and will always be sensitive to your needs. We use industry best practices, state-of-the-art equipment, and professional-grade cleaning products to remediate and restore all affected areas.

The extent and strategy we use for the cleanup process may vary depending on the cause of death.

Even something less traumatic like poisoning or suffocation, where the body remains largely unaffected can still be a very traumatic thing to behold. Especially if the person was a friend or a family member. The time of death can also have its own gruesome consequences.

In the case of an unattended death, the decomposition can also have a major impact on the scene. In the case of a stabbing or death by gunshot, biological contamination can also be a major factor as blood and other bodily fluids can affect the area.

From a legal standpoint, the state is not required to clean up the scene of a suicide, homicide, accidental death, or another crime scene. This responsibility falls directly on the shoulders of the property owner. Clean-up can only begin after law enforcement If you happen to own the property where the death occurred you might think about cleaning it yourself.

This is usually not a good idea. Most of the cleaning products and equipment available at the consumer level simply aren’t effective for the thorough removal of blood and other biological substances. At the same time, you likely don’t have access to the necessary personal protection equipment or the training to affect a complete cleanup and sanitation of the area. Not to mention the emotional impact of trying to clean up the death of a loved one.

The technicians at Affordable Remediation are professionally trained, equipped, experienced, and psychologically prepared to handles all the details of cleaning up a site after homicide, accidental death, or suicide. This lets you focus on your emotional health and the grief process, resting assured that the site is in the most capable of hands.

Affordable Remediation can also help with many of the other details associated with homicide, suicide, or accidental death. This includes providing you with proper documentation for insurance claims. We can also help you understand your financial options, including things like applying for State Crime Victim Reimbursement Programs.

We have years of experience dealing with a wide range of suicide, homicide, and accidental death scenes.

Our broad range of services includes:

Once the local authorities have removed the body of the victim and given permission to start the cleanup process, our technicians will go to work. We start with a thorough assessment of the scene to determine the extent of the problem, identify all effective areas, and evaluate the measures needed to completely restore the affected area. This is all translated into an effective cleaning, sanitation, and deodorizing remediation strategy.

We use industry best practices and commercial grade personal protection equipment including:

We start by removing any physical biohazards, tissues, and existing fluids as well as affected materials in the area like carpeting or upholstery. All contaminated materials will then be disposed of according to standards established by organizations like OSHA, the EPA, or the Centers for Disease Control. As needed our technicians will use hydroxyls or ozone to ensure all trace odors have been eliminated.

Once all contaminated materials have been removed and biohazards are eliminated, we start the sanitation phase. This calls for using commercial-grade cleaning products and equipment to completely eliminate the presence of any potential on-site pathogens.

Deodorizing also plays a critical role in cleaning up the scene or death. Oftentimes there is a “Stench of Death” lingering in the air. This might be related to the decomposition of the body, bacterial gases release from the abdomen, or the loss of bowel control at the time of death.

Affordable Remediation’s technicians have access to commercial-grade deodorizing agents that have been approved by the EPA. They have the training, and experience to deploy them to effectively eliminate all unpleasant odors.