Homicide Cleanup
Homicide cleanup of blood, tissue and contaminated materials after investigators leave.
See homicide cleanupGet blood, body fluids, fingerprint powder and odor removed from a home, apartment, rental or business in Pasadena once police release the property. Most crime scene cleanups take one to three days.
Forensic cleaning, trauma scene cleanup and crime scene cleanup all describe the same work: removing tissue, blood, contaminated materials and body fluids following a violent crime. The property can safely be used again after odor treatment and disinfection.
The investigation comes before any cleaning. Detectives, police and the medical examiner or coroner remove the deceased and collect evidence, but cleanup is not part of their role. After release, responsibility for the scene passes to the family, landlord or property owner.
Every trace of blood is treated as infectious by a forensic clean up crew. These workers are also known as forensic or crime scene cleaners. They follow its path, take out materials that cannot be disinfected, treat and clean all surfaces, then transport hazardous material according to medical waste rules. This complete work is a type of biohazard remediation.

Phone support is available day and night, while crews use unmarked vehicles to protect your privacy nearby.
Crews separate your keepsakes, documents and photos, and ask you before discarding any of them.
Before work begins, you learn the process and cost factors so your family can choose what is right.
You can take the work scope, disposal documents and photographs to landlords or insurance companies and move forward.
Crime scene cleaning services are needed any time a violent event leaves blood or body fluids behind. Common situations include:
Tissue and blood may affect furniture, walls and flooring across multiple rooms.
Broken glass with blood, damaged doors and fingerprint powder throughout the home.
Where someone fell, carpet and subfloor may be soaked while blood spatter reaches ceilings and walls.
Work areas remain isolated while commercial crime scene cleanup takes place in stores, warehouses and offices.
Your health, final cost and insurance claim can all be affected by what happens in the first hours. While waiting for cleanup technicians:
Call (888) 440-9227According to published cost guides, a residential crime scene cleanup most often costs from $1,500 through $7,500. Crime scene cleanup companies commonly price the full job, not each hour. Limited surface blood may mean a lower cost, while subfloor contamination or several affected rooms can push the bill past $10,000. Final pricing follows an on-site assessment.
These national ranges are taken from published cost guides, rather than a property visit. You learn what your property will cost after the on-site assessment and before any work begins.
Ask about cost: (888) 440-9227Check the homeowners or renters policy that applies to the property. It may include crime scene cleanup when an event is classified as accidental and sudden, and you may owe a deductible.
Victims of violent crime can ask the Louisiana Crime Victims Reparations Board, supported by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, about crime scene cleanup. The program lists it among eligible expenses. Insurance is usually checked first.
Coverage after a violent crime depends on the terms of your homeowners or renters policy. Keep your claim number after reporting the event without delay.
For common spaces or rented units, crime scene cleanup is generally arranged and paid for by the owner.
Discuss biohazard cleanup coverage, your ability to pick a cleanup company, and the adjuster's required photos or records.
Although no two crime scenes are alike, each remediation process uses one safe sequence. The crime scene cleanup process moves in that order from an initial walk-through through the final inspection.
Technicians inspect and photograph the scene alongside you or your representative, then get agreement on the scope before beginning.
Plastic barriers and negative air isolate the affected area while technicians use complete personal protective equipment.
Any saturated carpet, drywall, furniture, padding or mattress is cut out and secured in sealed medical waste bags.
Technicians clean every surface before using hospital-grade disinfectant registered by the EPA for its required contact time.
HVAC vents are examined, and air scrubbers, ozone or hydroxyl generators are used to treat the source of smells.
Tracking documents accompany closed containers to a medical waste facility that is permitted to receive them.
ATP testing can be used to check surfaces, while photographs and records support your insurance claim.
After cleanup, replacement drywall and flooring may be installed by your contractor or the insurance company's vendor.
Phone any hour. You speak with a crime scene cleanup specialist who outlines the process and schedules a start time with you.
Blood and bodily fluids may pose serious health risks. Visible contamination is usually only part of what is present.
Hepatitis C, HIV and hepatitis B may exist in blood. The CDC reports that hepatitis B can survive on surfaces for at least seven days, even when the blood looks dry.
Cleaning the place where a loved one was hurt is a heavy burden. That emotional burden is why many families use professional crime scene cleaners.
Blood can enter grout, flow beneath baseboards and pass through carpet to padding and subfloor. Surface cleaning leaves it there, where odor and bacteria come back.
Can you clean it yourself? A few drops of fresh blood on a hard, non-porous surface can be cleaned with gloves and an EPA-registered disinfectant. Call for professional cleanup if the amount has no visible boundary or has entered carpet, textiles, drywall or wood.
The rule is simple: if a material can be fully disinfected, it is cleaned. If blood soaked into it, it is removed.

Most crime scene cleanup work requires one to three days at the property. A small scene that happened recently may take one day, but a heavy scene requiring structural removal can last two to five days.
| Scene | Typical time on site |
|---|---|
| Light scene, one area | Often one to two days |
| Standard scene affecting one to two rooms | Often one to three days |
| Several affected rooms or a subfloor removal | Often two to five days |
The source must be removed before the odor can be addressed. Spraying fragrance on tissue or blood masks the smell for just a few days.
After the contaminated materials are gone, the cleanup team can use HEPA air scrubbers to capture particles, hydroxyl generators that are safe to run while people are present, and ozone treatment in empty rooms for stubborn odor. Thermal fogging reaches odor in fabrics and wall cavities, and HVAC ductwork is checked so smell does not travel to other rooms.
The full crime scene cleanup guide covers what is cleaned or removed, odor and air quality work, and the rules that apply in Louisiana and East Baton Rouge Parish.
Read the full crime scene cleanup guide
Planning for access, containment and cleanup can depend on local population, housing and entry conditions.
For an injury during discovery, The General is the nearest listed hospital at approximately 4.3 miles away.
Crews coming in from Oak Forest, Park Forest or North Red Oaks should keep vehicles and equipment staged close to the affected property for privacy.
In Pasadena, identifying the correct building entrance can reduce unnecessary movement through shared spaces during a sensitive cleanup.
Ask on the call about cleanup options for neighboring communities and ZIP codes.
Homicide cleanup of blood, tissue and contaminated materials after investigators leave.
See homicide cleanup
Private, careful suicide cleanup so families do not have to face the scene.
See suicide cleanup
Trauma scene cleanup after accidents, injuries and violent events.
See trauma scene cleanup
Carpet, solid floors, walls and furnishings receive blood cleanup that includes safe disposal.
See blood cleanup
When a death remains undiscovered for days, cleanup addresses decomposition and controls odors.
See unattended death cleanup
Air scrubbers, hydroxyl and ozone treatment support death odor removal at its source.
See death odor removal
Deep cleaning, respectful sorting and removal are all part of hoarding cleanup.
See hoarding cleanup
Disinfection and drying follow sewage cleanup of Category 3 black water from raw sewage.
See raw sewage cleanupSome viruses, such as hepatitis B, can survive in dried blood on surfaces for days. Approach dried blood just as you would fresh blood.
Initial access and agreement on the scope require someone to be present. Once that is complete, families often leave while technicians perform the cleanup.
The service may be described as trauma cleanup, forensic clean up, biohazard remediation, forensic cleaning or crime scene cleanup. The people who do it are called crime scene cleaners or forensic cleaners.
Affirmative. Removing fingerprint powder and chemical residue belongs in the forensic cleaning process. Dry removal is followed by a suitable cleaner for each surface to prevent powder stains.
Published guides put most residential crime scene cleanups between $1,500 and $7,500. Small surface work can cost less, but large scenes or several affected rooms may rise beyond $10,000.
Cleaning crime scenes uses a cleaning process that contains the space, removes saturated material, cleans and disinfects surfaces, treats odor and disposes of medical waste.
You can request respectful, discreet crime scene cleanup 24 hours a day, and crews use unmarked vehicles.