An Epidemic Other Than Ebola
It’s that time of year again as people travel across the country to be with their family and friends we see a rise in the spread of Infectious, contagious communicable illness. The CDC (Center for Disease Control) reports that a high level of influenza jumped from only 13 states to 22 states in just one […]
West Virginia Blood Cleanup
About my third week working for ABT I found myself doubting if this was the job for me. Don’t get me wrong, I have had plenty of experience working in emergency situations as an EMT so the site of blood isn’t enough to get to me. I’ve seen plenty of stabbings, car accidents and driven […]
Poor Decision, Tragic Mess
We come to bloody scenes of all sorts. While we clean up blood and body parts at plenty of murder and suicide scenes, accident scenes can be even messier. Many homicide scenes have blood splattered on just about every surface in the room. This happens if the killer uses a shotgun or large caliber handgun […]
MRSA Shows No Mercy
Biohazards should only be handled by trained professionals who have the proper equipment and methods to do a safe cleanup. Infectious diseases like staph, MRSA, and even Ebola can be spread to people who come in contact with materials that touched an infected individual. Because we’re talking about microscopic bacteria and viruses, people can’t see […]
Animal Remains & Hoarding Cleanup
Often when we go out on a job, we find a situation with severe contamination from animals. Usually, it’s multiple dogs and cats that are kept by someone in an unsanitary and hazardous area. We find dead animals along with very thick layers of feces and other nastiness. Cleanup and odor remediation in this kind […]
Hoarding Cleanup In Arlington, VA
People usually think murder scenes are the worst ones we have to deal with, but that’s not necessarily true. A murder scene usually involves a small area. Often, this is only one room. Compare that with drug and hoarder houses where the entire place – every room – is packed with everything imaginable, including nasty […]
Here Comes The Boom
People tend to think we work only in cities doing crime scene cleanup, since that’s where they think more crime takes place. In this business, we do clean up many urban crime scenes, but plenty of them are out in the countryside. The open space and woods make it easier to hide drug operations, for […]
Young Love Turned Tragic
Every time we go to a job, it’s a different situation – even though the reasons for murder and suicide are often the same. Usually someone has some combination of emotions like depression, jealousy, drunkenness, or rage. But it seems like no matter how many murder or suicide scenes we clean up, someone will always […]
Left Alone In North Carolina
We recently did a job at an apartment complex in Charlotte, NC where a man’s decomposing body was just taken away. He kept quietly to himself and had no nearby relatives. No one realized what happened at first because of this. His car was still in the parking lot, and people said they could barely […]
Still Waters Run Deep
Advanced Bio Treatment received a call to our office in Jacksonville, Florida. It wasn’t a typical day nor was it a typical cleanup. The caller was requesting our services for their home that was recently damaged in a serious flood. While they were on vacation a pipe busted in their basement which caused the […]
A Deal To Die For
San Francisco, California was where our next job took us. We received a call from the mother of a man who was shot and killed over a cell phone. That sounds pretty insane but it’s that time of the year where everyone is trying to buy perfect Christmas gifts for their family, which sometimes […]
Heartbreak In California
In Fresno, California we received a frenzied call to our office located near there. The caller was requesting our services in regards to a suicide cleanup. The caller was the mother of the young girl who took her life over the weekend. She asked that we come as soon as possible because she couldn’t bear to […]
North Carolina Shocker
Advanced Bio Treatment received a call from a Manager at a local grocery store in Fayetteville, North Carolina. That city has a high rate for violent crimes, specifically homicides. The Manager called us asking us to clean a homicide that occurred in the store she manages. Apparently the scene was a bloody mess and needed […]
More Than Just Crime Scenes!
Advanced Bio Treatment handles a lot more than just crime, blood, suicides and accidental deaths. We also handle foreclosure cleanups. We don’t usually have these as much as crime scene cleanups but we do have to deal with them quite often. In this particular case a bank called us in Florida in regards to […]
Ft. Lauderdale Double Homicide Cleanup
Advanced Bio Treatment deals with a lot of tragic, disgusting and just downright repulsive scenes on a daily basis. Our job isn’t for everyone and it takes a special kind of person to enjoy our job and handle it with such composure. Advanced Bio Treatment only hires professional, trustworthy and hardworking individuals to get the […]
Rosedale, Maryland Hoarding Nightmare!
A call to our Baltimore office in regards to a cleanup for a hoarding disaster. A man had lost his wife in a traumatic murder years ago and has been attempting to hold on to her memory by hoarding everything that reminds him of her. His family is the one who called us explaining that […]
Blood Cleanup In Atlanta, GA
photo credit: Alan Cleaver via photopin cc It was a normal rainy day in Atlanta, Georgia when we received a call to our local office. It was a man who needed us to clean up an accidental death that occurred in his garage. He owned a fairly large newly built home in the suburbs of […]
City of Brotherly Love
There are at least 331 murders each year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It’s one of the most violent states to live in. This is exactly the situation we found ourselves handling after we received a call to our office located near there. Murder can happen at any given moment. Humans are capable of a lot […]
Tampa Tragedy
Advanced Bio Treatment received a call to our local office in Tampa, Florida. Tampa has a high statistic of property crime which ties into what occurred to this family living in the area. The caller was the husband of the victim who was brutally murdered in her own home during an attempted robbery. It […]
‘Til Death Do Us Part
We received a terrifying call to our office located in Jacksonville, FL. The caller was explaining to us that he owned various properties and land all throughout Florida but what he discovered at his beach home in Jacksonville was quite chilling. The caller began explaining to us the situation more in depth and mentioned that […]
Fast Food, Quick Thinking
A manager at a local fast food chain was working late and closing up the store in Washington DC. This was the tenth night in a row he had to close to store by himself and on this particular night he had a strange feeling. His intuition must’ve been spot on because two men had […]
Coach Makes The Right Moves
In Charleston, South Carolina a local football coach was with his team when the unexpected had occurred. Believe it or not, a football coach is considered a non-traditional first responder. Football coaches and all sports coaches have the proper training if they need to be the first on the scene of medical trauma. In […]
Alabama Man Massacred In Home (Graphic Content)
Three of Alabama cities are amongst some of the most dangerous cities to live in. This was the unsettling situation when we received a call to our local office near Bessemer Alabama. You have a 1 in 47 chance of being a victim of a violent crime in Bessemer so Advanced Bio Treatment understands that […]
Accidental Shooting & Blood Cleanup In Atlanta – GRAPHIC CONTENT
Accidents can happen at any time and can leave behind quite the mess. One thing that we can rely on is that first responders are there when medical emergencies happen. First Responders hold an important role and have to deal with many traumatic events. In this particular job, we received a call from an Atlanta, […]
Homicide Cleanup In Kentucky: Property Manager Earns Cash!
Rental property managers ensure that a home is kept up as well as making sure the renters are trustworthy and reliable. Property managers have to deal with a lot more stress than we would imagine. In this case the property manager had to make some frightening decisions. We received a call early in the morning on […]
Manager Recalls Fatal Accident At Hotel
It was extremely early when we received a distressed call to our office in Panama City Florida. The Manager of the hotel was requesting our services to an accidental death cleanup. The Manager explained that she had been the Hotel’s Manager for over ten years and never dealt with any situation this before, we were […]
Friendly Fight Ends In Homicide
It was a cold and dead Monday at our local office in Nashville Tennessee. Tennessee is ranked in the top ten most violent states in the Nation. This particular call was for a homicide in a rundown, low income, housing neighborhood in downtown Nashville. A couple of local men got into a gunfight that left […]
West Virginia Homicide Cleanup – GRAPHIC CONTENT
We received a call to our office located in West Virginia in regards to a homicide. To be more specific, it was the murder of an elderly man who had become such a burden to his family, they violently ended his life. Homicides happen on a daily basis unfortunately, the motives are for all different […]
Extreme Divorce In Buffalo *GRAPHIC CONTENT*
Your chances of becoming a victim of a violent crime in Buffalo, New York are 1 in 77. We received a call to our local office in Buffalo for just that reason. An innocent woman was a victim to a brutal and violent murder by the hands of her own husband in their own suburb […]
At The Car Wash!
Advanced Bio Treatment has placed our locations across the eastern U.S. so we are able to arrive on scene in three hours or less. We are a professional crime scene cleanup company which only provides the utmost exceptional services. We not only love our trade, but we are good at also. To all Property […]
Carelessness In Riverdale *GRAPHIC CONTENT*
Accidental deaths happen more often than you would imagine. Almost fifty people in our country die each year from either an inanimate object falling on them or being struck by a car. Perhaps your irrational fear of being struck by a falling piano isn’t so irrational anymore. Advanced Bio Treatment understands that accidents and deaths […]
High School Beatdown – Coach Calls ABT
Image [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Charleston, South Carolina a local football coach was with his team when the unexpected happened. Believe it or not a football coach is considered a non-traditional first responder. Football coaches and all sports coaches have the proper training if they need to be the first on scene of a […]
Butcher In Buffalo – GRAPHIC CONTENT
Chances of becoming a victim of a violent crime in Buffalo New York are 1 in 77 The city can’t stay quiet for long, we received a call after an innocent woman was a victim of a brutal and violent murder by the hands of her own husband in their suburban home. It was around noon […]
Murder Over Money – Graphic Content
In the college town of Greensboro, North Carolina, a call was placed to our local office in regards to a homicide cleanup. Apparently some local college kids had too much to drink which lead to a brutal homicide in an apartment complex. Advanced Bio Treatment will arrive on scene in three hours or less if […]
Meth Lab Discovery In Memphis
photo credit: Ruth and Dave via photopin cc In Memphis, Tennessee, we received a call to our local office location. Police had been discovering meth labs left and right that week. We had been exceptionally busy with prior crime scene contracts when we received a job to clean and dispose of a meth lab discovered […]
Turnt Up In Miami
First Responders aren’t always just EMT and Law Enforcement. There are a lot of untraditional first responders who choose to get their license if their employer requests it. In this particular situation a bodyguard is considered a first responder because they are the first to arrive on scene of a medical trauma if they […]
Hoarder In Georgia Removed From His Home
In the small town of Conyers, Georgia we received a call about a hoarder who was removed from his home and placed in a nursing facility. The gentleman’s ex wife called to explain that she needed our services to clean up the horrific mess left behind. They had been divorced for several years, but incapable […]
Restaurant Manager Takes Action In Atlanta, GA
Managers are trained to react and take care of certain situations that can easily arise while at work. On this Particular day we received a call from a local restaurant manager in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a well known restaurant, always busy as a local favorite. Managers attempt to foresee their employees’ actions and behaviors. […]
Oakland Homicide
We received a call from a family in Oakland. They explained to us that their grandfather was murdered in his home over the weekend. The grandfather was an elderly man who lived with them and their three children. Everyone but the grandfather had taken a weekend getaway trip and when they returned is when […]
Undiscovered Bodies
Unattended deaths can be extremely gruesome and emotional for all the parties involved. Especially in this particular case with a murder-suicide unattended for two entire weeks. We received the frantic call from the parents of a young couple. They were explaining to us that they discovered their son’s body and his young wife’s body in […]
Hoarder In Oakland
Hoarding has become in major issue in America, and unfortunately usually from people who suffer from mental illness or post traumatic stress. This particular hoarder was suffering from just that. She lost her husband in Afghanistan fives years prior and has been suffering emotionally since then. She never could accept the fact that he was gone and […]
It’s Murder!
Not everyone has the stomach for this job. We have seen and cleaned up some pretty disturbing scenes. On this particular evening we received a call around 10 PM. The caller was an elderly woman explaining that her husband had just been arrested for a double homicide in San Jose. The bodies weren’t discovered […]
Suicide Aftermath Cleanup In San Francisco
It was a cold and rainy evening when we received the call from a woman who explained that she needed a cleanup at her newly bought home in a nice rich suburb of San Francisco. She explained to us that her adult son who was staying with her suffered from depression since he relocated to […]
Tampa Homicide Cleanup
We received a call about a homicide cleanup that needed to be taken care of promptly. An elderly man was found dead on the stairs in his garage, which appeared to be a shot to death. We were told by his wife that he was found later in the evening when she made her way […]
Gainesville Meth Lab Motel
photo credit: 16 Miles of String via photopin cc In Gainesville we received a call about a meth lab that had been discovered in a motel. A fellow occupant noticed a very strong chemical smell and complained to the management. When no one answered the door the police were contacted because of suspicious activity. Police eventually […]
Homicide In Charlotte
Mondays usually are busy for us. We received a call from a man who wanted us to come and cleanup a homicide that took place at his restaurant in Charlotte. He gave us a little bit of information of what exactly happened. He explained to us that there was a fight between two women which […]
Murder Suicide In Miami
A Russian couple in Miami was found dead in their two story apartment. Their bodies weren’t discovered for five days after the deaths occurred. The neighbor admitted to hearing gunshots that night, but couldn’t place where they came from. The same neighbor heard them fight on many occasions, but didn’t really expect the worst and […]
Husband Heartbroken by Wife’s Suicide
⋅A Husband In Shock⋅ When we got the urgent call to come out to an apparent suicide near Atlanta, we packed up our gear and headed out immediately, preparing for the worst as we had been told the body was discovered days after the death. We arrived within two hours and, as the team […]
Double Homicide
It was a cold and gloomy night when we received the call to our Fayetteville office. It was a lonely and not so busy Sunday evening. The caller was explaining that her mother’s home was broken into and the suspect had killed her mother and father in cold blood over a few hundred dollars. She […]
Removing Death
What a lot of people don’t know is that removing the evidence of a violent death is the family’s responsibility. The police, investigators and coroners don’t take part in that circumstance. They simply come in to investigate record and remove the body. What next? That’s where we come in. The families are left with the […]