How Suicide Cleanup is Undertaken

Suicide cleanup is a part of the broad based service of Crime Scene Cleanup which involves crime and trauma decontamination and restoring it to its previous state. It is a a niche market in the cleaning industry and involves cleaning the biologically contaminated scene of ones death like suicide, homicide or accidental death. or a scene of a methamphetamine lab.

Broadly speaking, crime scene cleanup and suicide cleanup is almost same but there are few exeptions to this rule. Suicide cleanup requires some extra physical effort and psychological sensitivity that the technicians should be able to handle.

Following are some examples illustrating this. A suicide generally involves close range of weapon to body and so in-depth decontamination and thorough cleaning is required. The cleaners also have to handle family members who might be present at the scene searching for answers that why their beloved person decided to end his/her life. The technicians need to remove all traces of any evidence of a suicide so that no remains are present for family members and friends that might remind them of the tragedy.

Restoring of a suicide scene also means clean and restore sentimental items that mean the lot to the family of the deceased and requires additional time and effort.

On a visual inspection of any suicide scene you will generally find a lot of blood and bodily fluids, but invisible to the eye, a great amount of biohazard contamination is also bound to be there. The suicide cleanup technicians have to search thoroughly in all areas, even those that can not be seen or accessed easily and remove all traces of them from the scene. Most suicide cleanup services have their staff trained in not only dealing up with decontaminating and cleaning up issues but also about dealing with family and friends with sensitivity and compassion. Since most of such companies work in association with leading insurance companies so they can even help you to bill the insurance company directly thus saving you all the hassles.

A suicide cleanup consists of the following steps.
Firstly the scene should be evaluated. Next all contaminates should be located and decontaminated. A thorough search should me made again to decontaminate any traces of contaminates that might have been left out. All types of bio hazardous agents should be properly disposed of. Any microscopic remains should be treated with chemicals and the environment should be treated for odors. Last but not the least all tools and equipments should be disinfected. But before you attempt to clean a suicide scene on your own it is always better to consult a trained professional first.

Clerk’s death shocks store patrons

Clerk’s death shocks store patrons
Victim identified; no arrests made
By Michael Corcoran, Globe Correspondent | December 28, 2009

Business owners and customers yesterday mourned the death of convenience store clerk Surendra Dangoi, identified as the victim of a weekend shooting in Jamaica Plain.

Dangoi was shot at about 3 p.m. Saturday while working at the Tedeschi Food Shop at Eliot and Centre streets in an apparent robbery, police said. He was later pronounced dead at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Early yesterday, the store, which is across from the Soldiers Monument at the end of a long string of businesses in Jamaica Plain center, was closed for inventory, according to a sign on its door.

A crime-scene cleanup company van was parked outside, and bouquets of flowers lay at the store’s entrance. On the pavement just in front of the store was a purple-and-white message that read “Stop violence, create [peace]’’ with a drawing of a dove.

By early yesterday afternoon, the store reopened. Employees deferred questions to the Tedeschi corporate office, which did not return several phone calls but released a brief statement from its president, Peter Tedeschi.

“We at Tedeschi Food Shops are deeply saddened by the loss of Surendra Dangoi, as the result of this senseless act of violence. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones during this very difficult time,’’ the statement said.

Police have released pictures obtained from the store’s security cameras, depicting a suspect who they said probably fled the scene with the help of a getaway driver. No arrests have been made.

“We are still asking the community to help us locate the suspects,’’ said Officer Joe Zanoli, a spokesman for the Boston Police Department.

Dangoi’s age and address were not released yesterday. It also was not clear how long he had been employed at the convenience store.

Neighbors expressed disbelief at the news of the shooting.

“I go to that store to buy the paper every day, and I always see those boys,’’ said Margaret Leblanc, a resident of Jamaica Plain for 45 years. “It is horrible to hear about this kind of violence happening so close to home. What a world we live in.’’

Harry Dhoci, the co-owner of JP House of Pizza, just a few buildings down from the Tedeschi shop, said the killing is a warning for small businesses to be careful when faced with violence.

“You have to give them the money, not be aggressive, and stay alive. Give them whatever they want,’’ he said. “I have a wife and a kid. That is the real important thing. That is far more important than money.’’

Dhoci said he would not change his security measures, but would continue to preach common sense and caution to his employees.

“I have been here five years and we have never had a problem,’’ he said. “But something like this, it can happen to anyone.’’