![]() He said doing a bit of research online will teach you all you need to know. “You can clean it up and put it in the garbage can. ![]() “As an individual, you can do basically whatever you want,” Bachurin said. We have a degree of separation, but it’s another thing if it’s somebody you knew or a friend.”īut if you really can’t afford it and it’s your only choice, he said it can be done. If you do it on your own, you do not have to follow any regulations. “People sometimes try to clean this up themselves, which is just way too traumatic,” he told us. What if you want to clean it up on your own? Items collected from a scene have to be incinerated and go along with state and federal regulations. Suits, masks, and disposal costs all have to be covered. “A shotgun suicide, or say, a week to 10-day unattended death or what we call a decomposition clean, will typically be much more than say, a handgun homicide, or something like that,” he said, adding that cost is typically driven by two things: labor and personal protective equipment. The severity of the scene is going to drive the cost up, Baruchin noted. Cleanup can be quite costly, and can range from roughly $2,500 to $25,000. But if you live in an apartment, it’s not covered at all. “It’s our job to go in there and make this place safe for occupancy and to the best extent that we can like it never happened.”Īny damage to a home caused by a homicide or suicide should be covered by homeowner’s insurance. “For a shotgun suicide, for example, it’s basically a 360-degree spatter pattern of blood, tissue, brains, teeth, all the horrible stuff you can imagine,” Baruchin told us. Depending on the method of death, the size of the area that requires cleanup varies. ![]() He said his team would need to remove anything that's directly affected by biohazard. “We’ve had cases where it goes through the floor and to the apartment below.” “Sometimes bodily fluids can compromise the grooves in the hardwood floor,” he said. It’s not uncommon for the team to have to throw away mattresses and rip out hardwood floors. The severity of the damage often depends on the situation. “We have to access the scene, see what building materials are affected, what contents are affected, what the actual severity of the situation is,” he explained. Baruchin used his expertise to answer every question you may have about crime scene clean up.Īfter a death, Baruchin said his team will first meet with the surviving family members. Island Trauma Services, which consists of a team of about 10 people, has been cleaning up crime scenes, murders, unintended deaths, suicides, and medical trauma for the last seven years. “A lot of people have come to us and said, ‘I thought the police cleaned this up.’ That’s not the case,” Doug Baruchin, owner of Island Trauma Services (a crime cleanup business that serves the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut), told. Some of Kris’s hobbies when he isn’t helping others include boating, golf, hunting, and working on projects at his home.After the tragedy of a violent crime or suicide, there are many mundane logistics that loved ones have to deal with: Police reports, funeral plans, and arrangements for the body.īut the unexpected end of life can also come with another unexpected burden - crime cleanup and cleanup costs. Kris is an active member of Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church. Kris has a wife-Melissa, son-Brett, and two step-daughters- Abby and Avery who keeps him busy with sporting events, social events, travel, etc. Restoring homes to a safe and livable condition really drives him to be successful in running his office. It is Kris’s passion to help others, and that is why he really enjoys his responsibilities as a Bio-One owner. Kris also served roughly 10 years as a volunteer firefighter with the Antioch Fire department in Kershaw County. He worked in the manufacturing field for 20+ years and ended up as the Director of Operations for Accuride Corporation. Kris graduated from Central Caroline Technical College with a degree in Machine Tool Technology. Kris grew up in Camden, SC, where he still resides. Kris Elliott is the owner of Bio-One of South Carolina.
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