after the call to 911 the cops and the
courrier have gone things must be put
back in order even when things will
never ever be the same it’s gruesome
work but someone’s got to do it when a
life ends in the worst possible way in
the vicinity of Maryland or Washington
DC it’s often a cue for Louise Burkhart
to start work
Louise excels at a job few want and even
fewer could stand to do I go out to
scenes of homicide suicide decomposed
ravines or any kind of biological
incident and clean up and restore it to
the situation that it was prior to the
incident occurring the first thing we do
obviously is we observe the situation
because every situation is totally
different today we’re dealing with a
suicide Laura sorry to meet you like
this that’s okay
keeping the lady that we’re dealing with
her husband committed suicide and they
had three children basically what I’m
gonna do is go in look at everything
after I see exactly what we have to deal
with and we’ll go ahead and start
working okay thank you very much
now Louise must grapple with the horrors
that lie beyond the bedroom door she
focuses on the process yeah take me go
ahead with that one check it all in and
what I’m going to do is fill the other
sheets that we can wrap it on that they
must look closely what seems to be a
tiny stain
maybe masking a hidden mass of residue
what it does is it wicks store when it
can be larger underneath than it is from
the clamp surface if we can’t properly
clean something obviously we have to
remove it dispose of this medical waste
sometimes the crew must remove threats
to help other times they try to shield
survivors from even more heartbreak we
take high-powered lights and check and
recheck and recheck to make sure that we
have everything so that when the family
comes in they don’t have to deal with
something unexpected we’re looking for
there was any overspray of blood any
tissue um
teeth only could be anything look at
that there’s times where you found body
actual body parts whether it be a nose
or somebody they shot themselves it’s
there I it’s right there for the purpose
you came to school you have to search
everything and have in the area to make
sure that there isn’t anything left
behind Louise has been cleaning up after
death for 11 years it’s a profitable
business lately her son Mack has been
helping his mom in the field to support
herself and her children Louise started
out working on contract with the local
medical examiner’s office transporting
bodies we started having people ask us
when it was a homicide or a suicide wall
could you clean this up and to be honest
with you I didn’t think I could however
I turn
and at one point I said yeah won’t I
give it a shot and we tried it but we
still thought it would just be a little
sigh it was a little sideline kind of
thing did not expect that there was much
of a need but the market for post-mortem
cleanup crews grew with surprising speed
the new niche dovetailed with a sideline
of Louise’s I had another business a
regular maid service and I have to say
that if you’re going to be cleaning for
a living this is definitely more
satisfying and being a maid amid her
heavy schedule with its inherent sadness
Louise tries to stay upbeat the best
part of my job is having people say what
a difference we made people really have
gratitude for what you do they after
they’re in those situations that realize
what it would be like if they had to do
it and they’re really grateful
you
courrier have gone things must be put
back in order even when things will
never ever be the same it’s gruesome
work but someone’s got to do it when a
life ends in the worst possible way in
the vicinity of Maryland or Washington
DC it’s often a cue for Louise Burkhart
to start work
Louise excels at a job few want and even
fewer could stand to do I go out to
scenes of homicide suicide decomposed
ravines or any kind of biological
incident and clean up and restore it to
the situation that it was prior to the
incident occurring the first thing we do
obviously is we observe the situation
because every situation is totally
different today we’re dealing with a
suicide Laura sorry to meet you like
this that’s okay
keeping the lady that we’re dealing with
her husband committed suicide and they
had three children basically what I’m
gonna do is go in look at everything
after I see exactly what we have to deal
with and we’ll go ahead and start
working okay thank you very much
now Louise must grapple with the horrors
that lie beyond the bedroom door she
focuses on the process yeah take me go
ahead with that one check it all in and
what I’m going to do is fill the other
sheets that we can wrap it on that they
must look closely what seems to be a
tiny stain
maybe masking a hidden mass of residue
what it does is it wicks store when it
can be larger underneath than it is from
the clamp surface if we can’t properly
clean something obviously we have to
remove it dispose of this medical waste
sometimes the crew must remove threats
to help other times they try to shield
survivors from even more heartbreak we
take high-powered lights and check and
recheck and recheck to make sure that we
have everything so that when the family
comes in they don’t have to deal with
something unexpected we’re looking for
there was any overspray of blood any
tissue um
teeth only could be anything look at
that there’s times where you found body
actual body parts whether it be a nose
or somebody they shot themselves it’s
there I it’s right there for the purpose
you came to school you have to search
everything and have in the area to make
sure that there isn’t anything left
behind Louise has been cleaning up after
death for 11 years it’s a profitable
business lately her son Mack has been
helping his mom in the field to support
herself and her children Louise started
out working on contract with the local
medical examiner’s office transporting
bodies we started having people ask us
when it was a homicide or a suicide wall
could you clean this up and to be honest
with you I didn’t think I could however
I turn
and at one point I said yeah won’t I
give it a shot and we tried it but we
still thought it would just be a little
sigh it was a little sideline kind of
thing did not expect that there was much
of a need but the market for post-mortem
cleanup crews grew with surprising speed
the new niche dovetailed with a sideline
of Louise’s I had another business a
regular maid service and I have to say
that if you’re going to be cleaning for
a living this is definitely more
satisfying and being a maid amid her
heavy schedule with its inherent sadness
Louise tries to stay upbeat the best
part of my job is having people say what
a difference we made people really have
gratitude for what you do they after
they’re in those situations that realize
what it would be like if they had to do
it and they’re really grateful
you
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