We received a call about an unusual situation. A school bus driver in the Virginia Beach area called us in regards to a murder scene they happened to witness. The school bus driver obviously was trained and educated to deal with these types of situations, which is great since no one else was around other […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]