Texas

My name is Ed Evans and I clean alone. My prices are fixed for individuals as well as insurance companies. This means that I will quote a price over the telephone. This means that the quoted price is my price for the total job.

What I will do:

Remove biowaste from furnishings, carpet, surfaces,
Remove most of the soiled room's carpet and padding,
Properly dispose of biowaste and solid waste,
Seal entire soiled room when necessary.

My prices are based upon the following:

I have nine years death scene cleanup experience: homicide, suicide, unattended death, total decomposition, military. I have cleaned hundreds of death scenes alone. I do not have employees. So I have no employee pension plans, no employee medical insurance, no workman's compensation, and no payroll. My costs are for restoring death scenes, which includes my insurance, vehicles, and equipment.

I do not need to charge exorbitant fees to cover my costs during down times. And the only crime scene cleanup companies without "down time" are crony companies, anyway. Really, how could it be otherwise?

My training and education includes the following:

Crime Scene Cleanup (IICRC)
Carpet Cleaning (IICRC)
Decontamination - Nuclear, Biological, Checmical (US Army)
Floor Inspection (IICRC)
Home Inspection - (AHIT)
Mold Inspection and Remediation (NAMP)
Upholstery Cleaning (IICRC)
Water Damage and Restoration (IICRC)
AA, BA, MS,

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How long does it take to clean a crime scene?

The only way to tell how long it will take to clean a crime scene is to take it apart and clean it.
Ninety-nine percent of single-victim crime scenes can be taken apart and cleaned in one day to two days at the most.
Therefore, I can make a fair and reasonable profit when charging less than $3,000.

This is what I know:

All callers are distressed.
Most callers see only the proverbial "tip-of-the-iceberg."
All death scenes are different.
Ninety-nine percent of death scenes share similarities.

Answers to who, what, when, where, and how help to understand the crime scene's potential demolition and cleaning issues. The below death scenes have known damage and potential damage.

A shotgun blast to the head at close range. I know beforehand that the damage is 360 degrees, top-to-bottom (floor and ceiling), and possibly extends beyond the crime scene room. Migration is less of an issue then #2 below. I will seal the entire room.
Unaccompanied death with three week decomposition on a ceramic bathroom floor. I will seal the walls and ceiling.
A running, flailing, violent bleed-out (homicide) that occurred on two floors, in five rooms, on carpet, on ceramic, on a bed, and on furniture. Migration and wicking are possibilities because of the ceramic floor. Furniture and mattress demolition are certainties. (see walking bleed-out )
A recent large male's bleedout beginning on the toilet and ending on a king-size mattress, Hepititis C.
Total decompositon on a toilet within a poorly maintenanced building, wood floor, third floor apartment. Call for a quote. I will offer a fair and reasonable price. I will seal the walls and ceiling.

(Clutter adds work to the above.)

Number 1 above will take two long days. Number 2 will create the least biowaste, unless there is poor grouting. Number 3 will create the most biowaste. Number 4 creates the greatest hazard and may take one long day. Numbers 2 and 4 may require chasing fluids below the toilet. Number 5 is a horrific wild card. Call for a quote.

There may be unforeseen issues possible for the above examples, like migrating fluids, and floors and walls to remove. (see migration). Unforeseens become apparent only when the scene is taken apart.

My prices anticipate unforeseens.

Email me with the offered quote, and I will email my acceptance. This is a contract for legal purposes in any civil court.

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Consumer Alert!

Beware of Crony Companies

The bottom line: Cronyism in crime scene cleanup means that consumers pay thousands more than they need to pay.

Crime Scene Cleanup Cronyism Graphic

Are you being well served by your local government when death scene cleaning is needed?

Are you paying exceedingly high prices for a business owner's connection to government employees?

Some cities, county coroners, county medical examiners, and county administrators refer the public to death scene cleaners.

If one or more cleaning companies are not referred by these local governments, then your local government is creating a quasi-monopoly. Your local govenment is also thwarting competition and the public good.

The referring employee may receive money for handing you the telephone numbers that you received. Or, it may be that the referring employee has a friend or relative that owns the companies that you were referred to call for cleaning help. Possibly, the referring employee owns part or all of the companies that you were referred to for cleaning. Catching this type of cronyism is quite hard, especially when local governments would rather ignore crony employees than create a firewall between them and you.

There are a number of ways that cronyism occurs in local governments. If you suspect that you are being victimized by cronyism, then shop around.

Crony companies cannot survive in an open and free market. Why should they receive government welfare at your expense?

Cronyism is unethical and thwarts free enterprise. (return to My Fees are Fixed

Eddie Evans

Crime Scene Cleanup