Don’t Say You Can’t Be Surprised…
I was just telling someone the other day that nothing shocks me anymore. After working for two years with ABT I think I have seen it all. I found out though almost as soon as I said that I had seen it all and nothing shocks me, I saw more and I was shocked! Hoarders are […]
Nothing Like Southern Hospitality!
The last time I was in Georgia I got pulled over for speeding twice in the same county . So the last thing I ever wanted to do was go back go Georgia. It seems the good ole boys in some towns have two sets of rules: one for themselves and one for everyone else. Nevertheless […]
Long Island Murder Suicide
Long Island Murder Suicide No one seems to know what happened the night John D. shot his wife and then himself but several people that stopped by while we were cleaning made comments about how they knew something was wrong but never knew it was this bad. Apparently John D. was a schizophrenic and had […]
That’s Nasty!
Extra Nasty What could be worse than a hoarder who saves every paperclip, piece of paper or any junk that might be saved for some future yet unknown use? This one was worse than normal because there was blood in the house also, and no solid explanation as to why! This job was extra nasty! […]
Gas-Tro Trouble in Memphis
Gas-Tro Trouble in Memphis Okay, I don’t mind telling you there has been more than one time I have been completely grossed out on this job. This one would be in the top 10 worst cleanup jobs of all time. This 71 year old man was found dead in the restroom after suffering an explosion […]
Bad Choice In Chicago
Chicago Mom’s Bad Choice The horrific scene above is only a part of what we found in the Chicago apartment. Jill D. was frequently out of town for her work which meant she would have to leave her four year old son with a caretaker occasionally. Jill D. had been dating a man for about […]
Dying to make friends…
We were called to this Johnson City, TN home for a crime scene cleanup. As you can see from the above picture the blood soaked into the carpet and layers of padding below. Jane D. was living alone here as she had just relocated here for a new job. Her parents were by the house […]
A Nasty Way to Die
A Nasty Way to Die As you can see from the picture the maggots had started to infest the bloody, leftover remains of a human scene we cleaned up this weekend in Cincinnati. The story was this guy worked at a job where he was exposed to a lot of chemicals and at times pretty […]
You Can’t Take it With You…
You Can’t Take it With You The stories go on and on everyday here at ABT so we are asked to share them with our readers give you a little taste of what we do. This one was both interesting and sad. For the sake of his privacy we will call him Jim D. He […]
Full Moon Fools
Full Moon Fools It’s a pretty common notion among first responders, hospital emergency rooms, and even phone operators that Full Moons bring out the weirdos. They’re doesn’t seem to be any scientific reasoning behind that but ask anyone and they will tell you folks act strange (or should I say stranger) during a full moon. […]
Tough job, but someone has to do it!
People ask me all the time why I do this job, how I stand doing it, etc. etc. I suppose there is no way to really understand that this job has become a necessary evil not unlike the EMT or something. Sure they have a different aspect than we do but its all becoming necessary, […]
Senseless crimes are on the rise…
As the picture shows this cleanup was intense. Blood soaked through the carpets and spattered all over the walls throughout the house. This rampage attack ended in a murder suicide once again proving senseless crimes are on the rise. Baltimore, Maryland’s crime rate has been written about quite a bit in the papers […]
Scene Clean Up In Nashville Office
We were called in to clean up a scene in an office in Nashville, TN . John D. was an investor and stock broker. He was apparently caught up in some deal gone wrong that he didn’t want to be implicated in from what we are being told. He was alone in the office late […]
Livor Mortis with a glass of Chianti and Fava Beans anyone?
One thing I have learned after doing this job for the past year and a half is that death is inevitable, how you die, where you die and when you die are questions we don’t know the answers to until the time we die. And I don’t care what anyone tells you, you don’t ever […]
Hired Hitman In KY
We Go All Over The Country Doing Clean Up Jobs I suppose I should be thankful there is some assurance I won’t be running out of work anytime soon. We are heading up to Ashland, Kentucky for a crime scene cleanup they are saying was a killing by a hitman. You know it used to […]
Corkscrewed In Clearwater, FL
Wine and Cheese The stories get better and better all the time if you like odd ways to end a life, that is! There are some nice people we meet along the way. Don’t get me wrong they aren’t all horrible. The people who lived here must have had a pretty good life and it […]
Hoarder Story In Georgia
Hoarding Beyond Belief! One part of this job sometimes I don’t mind is going to new cities. I had never been to Atlanta before or any of Georgia for that matter. Born and raised in Florida, didn’t really have the need to go there before now. This place is full from top to bottom with boxes […]
Mass Murder In Toledo
Its Been A Long Week We have a few more jobs lined up so we will be on the road again when we finish up here in Toledo. I started working for Advanced Bio Treatment about two years ago. The training was very thorough but even with that there was nothing that could prepare me […]
Heroin Kills In Cali
Suicide Of A Heroin Addict It all started with a painkiller. J. Doe had suffered a knee injury and surgery didn’t see to get rid of the pain. Doctors prescribed Oxycotin and countless other pain pills which did knock the pain but after awhile she was used to it and needed something stronger. At a […]
Gang Violence Cleanup In NYC
Gangs Of New York In New York people are often thought of as being snobbish and unfriendly to outsiders. I don’t know if that’s necessarily true. I suppose if you live in a big city you always have to be on your guard since you can never be too sure of anyone these days. Especially […]
Self Defense In GA
“Too Much Tequila Last Night” The four female friends from Charlotte, NC met once a month or so to get together, bitch, complain, drink, have dinner and laugh together. This was a tradition they started not too long after graduation from high school as their lives changed and they went their separate ways this was […]
Killing Heels In Wilmington, Delaware
Homicide By Heels When you hear the term “Domestic Violence” you usually think about men beating and abusing women. Typically, we don’t envision women abusing men. Maybe men are embarrassed to tell anyone that their old lady beat the crap out of them. Maybe they had it coming? Who knows, does anyone deserve it really? […]
Bloody Stabbing In FL
Not The Day To Be Alone This happened in a private garage at a resort community on the beach in a southern resort town. For the purpose of this blog I don’t want to reveal the name of the establishment that would in any way reflect on them. Most condos like this are individually owned […]
Meth Lab Cleanup In FL
Today’s A Doozey So I got up this morning saying “I love my job, I love my job, I love my job” over and over in the shower. I looked at myself in the mirror when I got out and had to laugh. I remember doing this very thing at my last job. So, that […]
Major Hoarding In Kentucky
Thank You Hoarders! I was just telling my wife that I hoped the next job we get called to isn’t a murder or a suicide. Its been one of those weeks where I’m just blown away by what I’ve seen. I like to think I have a cast iron stomach but I am still working […]
Raging Violence In Alabama
Teens on Rampage I could go on and on about this last job we did in Alabama. Two teenage boys, age 16 and 17, broke into the home of an elderly couple who lived in a quiet little farm house out in the country. No one knows what these two were thinking, obviously they weren’t! […]
Bloodbath in Baltimore
What Went Wrong? There were a million unanswered questions for this family as they dealt with the devastation so they were glad to see us when we arrived for the cleanup. We helped clear one less problem for them to deal with. They weren’t in a hurry to leave but you could tell that they […]
Death To Lover In Georgia
I Love You Until The Day You Die Friends of hers warned her over and over that he was creepy. They said he always knew where she was, somehow getting his hands on her phone to check up on her and he set GPS tracking. Men who “love” like that are control freaks, jealous […]
Self Defense In Miami
Timing Is Everything The saying goes that timing is everything. From who you meet, to when you meet them and how it all ends up. Everything has something to do with timing. Do you believe in fate or is everything a coincidence? I don’t know, I’m struggling with that little bit today. Wrong place, wrong […]
Battery In Orlando
Dorm Room Drama What happens when you throw six drunk college guys, a quarter pound of marijuana (so we’re told) and a bunch of money riding on a ball game? A disaster. Apparently, there is extensive damage to the furnishings: the computer and monitor are knocked over, there are busted glass windows, blood spatter, somehow, […]
Love In New York
Crimes of the Heart Sadly, this Valentine Day celebration did not go as planned. The newly divorced mother of two teens was excited about her new boyfriend according to her neighbors in the nearby apartment. They were saddened and shocked; they came by several times during the cleanup job offering us cold drinks. New York is […]
Another Bloody Nightmare In KY
Every Picture Tells A Story I thought long and hard about what I learned in training from ABT. This job isn’t for everyone. This job is going to have good days when its easy and bad days when you won’t like it. Wow, how true that has proven to be. I would have to say […]
Just Another Sad Song In Georgia
Georgia On My Mind This is not just “an old sweet song” or memory of “Georgia on my mind,” wish it was. Wish I could say I walked in here, cleaned up the mess and never gave it another thought. Wish I could say I had “peaceful dreams I see” of “just an old sweet […]
A Life Ends In Delaware
Dealing With Suicide Scene Cleanup Sad, but true, we are cleaning another young adult suicide. Today’s world is so ugly and heart-breaking; my condolences go to this young man’s family and friends in this time of mourning. I don’t always like sharing these stories or showing pictures, some think it is disrespectful. I have to […]
A Bloody, Personal Injury
We Are In Alabama Today Cleanups do not have to be from the brutally murdered or a bloody suicide. Sometimes people accidentally injure themselves so bad that professionals needs to clean it up. Especially scenes that involve a lot of blood or personal injuries that occurred in a office or hotel setting, such as this […]
Abducted In Canton, Ohio
A Promising Ending I’m so excited Jerry sent me on this cleanup today! He remembers interviewing me long ago and discussing my interests, solving mysteries and law enforcement, which is why he chose me for this job! Anyways, this was a case of an abduction from a vehicle. Not a lot of blood, but tons of […]
MRSA Death In Georgia
We Do More Than Just Blood Cleanup! Some think all we do is scrub and disinfect bloody scenes, but this is not the case! Just recently we had a job to clean up a gastrointestinal bleed and MRSA (staff) infection. OK, so it was a little bit of a bloody mess, but we also disinfected […]
Cleanup Business Behind The Scenes
Why In The World I Do This Job My honest answer is because as a child I was scraped, cut, and bleeding all the time so I got used to the site of it. I also grew up fascinated with the childhood games of cops and robbers and I was always the good guy helping […]
A Fun Day Ends In NYC
Baseball, Popcorn, and… Murder? What the victim did not know was someone intruded into his home while he was away having a fun time with his buddies. Broken glass, shattered ceramics, drawers hanging open, and papers scattered everywhere. To make matters worse, the perpetrator didn’t leave, he stayed hiding inside the house. The perp apparently […]
A Love Dies In Florida
Toxic Love Kills The couple were in their late teens and known for having a very troubled relationship full of bitter arguments, drug induced violence, but a passionate romantic time together. Most people would say that was a love hate relationship. Toxic. Most would think this is not a healthy relationship, yet they seemed stuck […]
Unattended In Charlotte
The Long and Lonely Road The stages of life are simple; we are born, we live as a child for several years, then as a teen and an adult and eventually we age and pass away. Hopefully, it is a natural peaceful death. If not, know you can rely on Advanced Bio-Treatment to be here […]
Tragic Murder In Georgia
Too Young To Kill 16 year old John D. will be tried as an adult for killing his father in his sleep. The two apparently had been having problems getting along for months. It appeared that John D. had planned this out. This was clearly not a case of heat of anger or crime of […]
A Tragedy In Tennessee
Heartbreaking Cruelty Warning. This is a graphic and unthinkable depiction of an actual event, some specifics that would identify the perpetrator have been altered. John D. has been suspected of beating his six year old child to death. That is enough to make you sick but the story doesn’t end there and unfortunately gets much […]
Cleanups In New York
First Degree Murder After Deliberation The verdict came in a few months after this cleanup in New York was complete. In most states, first-degree murder is defined as an unlawful killing that is both willful and premeditated, meaning that it was committed after planning or “lying in wait” for the victim. The need for deliberation and […]
Bloody Confessions In Baltimore
A Cheater Caught and Killed We were called to head back up north to an area just south of Baltimore, MD. These folks have had a weary winter, its been snow and ice here for several weeks. It’s pretty but I’m sure they are getting tired of it. Parts of the city were without power […]
What’s Inside Atlanta
You Never Would Have Guessed! Foul odors of cat urine and feces permeated the home in the southern Georgia suburbs of Atlanta. You would never know from the rest of the neighborhood how nasty the inside of this house was. Its hard to understand what makes someone think having 15 cats in a house or […]
Bludgeoned In Tennessee
We hear a lot about high crime rates in bigger cities It seems that crime rates are high in remote areas of the country. Corbin, KY, for example has a crime rating of 12, with 100 being the safest. This rating averages about 43 crimes per one thousand residents. I looked it up once because […]
Found Dead In Auburn
The Most Horrific Sight You Can Imagine Picture coming home from work and finding your husband’s body. Knowing that he shot himself in the head makes it that much worse. This Auburn GA man shot himself in the head and as you can see the blood spatters were everywhere in the room, all the way […]
Passing Alone In Calhoun
The Word Says It Is “Appointed To Man Once To Die” Each of us know that we will someday die, we do not know when, how or where that will be. The latest cleanup involved a man who died alone in his Calhoun, GA apartment and was not found for nearly two weeks. One of […]
Knoxville, TN Couple Found Dead By Neighbor
These situations are never easy to witness The neighbor started to suspect something was wrong when she didn’t see them for a few days. From what she said the husband had lost his job earlier in the year and the couple had been threatened with eviction. She knew this because she worked in the office part […]