They've been called in to tear up carpeting and scrub down walls at a crime scene, where they work in protective suits and breathe through respirators. On any given day, they could be dealing with ...

Larry Douglas has an unusual job. As president and CEO of Baton Rouge-based XTREME Cleaners, he dispatches staff to clean up what are often gruesome crime scenes once the police are gone. They do ...

Jeremy Cumberford, discusses the meticulous process of crime and trauma scene remediation. Jeremy Cumberford, Owner and President of Crime Scene Cleaners, discusses the meticulous process of crime and ...

Although state and federal regulations govern the disposal of medical waste, only California and Florida require crime-scene business owners to obtain a Trauma Waste Practitioner permit before ...

The morning after her grandson was gunned down just steps from her front door, Addie Dempsey stepped outside and saw the blood still there, dark and unmoving. Raheem Hargust was 36. He had died the ...

You get a call. It’s work. You hurriedly get dressed and get moving. Except it’s 3 a.m. and you’re on your way to a crime scene, hazmat suit in tow. Jobs like these are always delicate, deadlines are ...

There is blood all over the room. It’s on the walls and it has seeped into the cracks in the floor. There are smears of it on the doorknob and bloody handprints on the lampshade, the light switch, and ...

Protocol changes if the crime scene is outdoors, though, such as a car accident on the highway. Cleanup companies aren’t called; that’s where the fire department comes in. “Once the scene is done, we ...