Trauma services specialize in cleaning and restoration after difficult or hazardous events, such as accidents, violent crimes, or unattended deaths. These circumstances usually involve biohazards like ...

Tragedy can strike unexpectedly. But the aftermath of a traumatic event lingers long after the initial shock. Before leaving emotional scars, these incidents create complex challenges that often ...

The morning after her grandson was gunned down just steps from her front door, Addie Dempsey stepped outside and saw the blood still there, dark and unmoving. Raheem Hargust was 36. He had died the ...

Philadelphia has hired a service to clean up after violent shootings outdoors. The idea is to minimize community trauma when neighbors do the cleaning themselves or firefighters hose away the blood.

After the evidence has been collected and the witnesses interviewed, after the paramedics and police are gone, victims of a crime or death in their home are often left with more than just questions ...

Rich Vettraino’s job didn’t begin as a childhood dream. After all, who’d ever think to become the guy who cleans up blood, body parts and fluids after messy accidents, murders and suicides? “A lot of ...