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Whathappenstothebloodafteramurder?
Thequestionhauntedmeforyears,untilIanswereditmyself.
ThefirsttimeIsawadeadbodywaswhenIwas12yearsold.Earlyonemorningweheardthatsomebodyhaddiedonthestreetoutsideourblockofflats.Wewentouttolook.Therewereclearsignsofviolence.Themandidn'
thaveashirt.Iwasstruckbythestreamsofbloodgoingdownthestreet.ButIdidn'
tfeelscared-Iwasjustverycurious.Andthat'
showmyfascinationwithbloodbegan.
Aswellasusbystanderstherewerepoliceofficersandinvestigators.Ikeptwaitingforsomeonetocomeandcleanuptheblood,butno-onecame.Someofthebloodevenrantowardsourbuildingandmymotherwasheditawaywithwater.
Iaskedher:
"
Whocleansthebloodafteramurder?
"
Iaskedhersomanyquestionsthatday.
WhenmyfathercamehomefromworkIaskedhimtoo:
Howdoyoucleanitup?
Ikeptaskingaboutitfordays,untilhesaid,"
Pleasestoptalkingaboutthis.Enough!
ThatwaswhenIdecidedtofindoutformyself.Iwenttothelibraryandtookoutabookonmedicine,butthatwastoogeneral.ThenIfoundabookaboutforensicmedicine.Ireadabouttheprocessofdeathandwhathappenstoacorpse.Ilearnedalot.
Amurderisn'
tthesameasanaccident-inamurderthereisalotofblood.Andbloodcancarrydiseases.Itseemedtomethatifsomeonetakesbodiesfromthestreet,thereshouldalsobeaprofessionalwhocleansuptheblood.
WhenIwasabout17Istartedexperimenting.Iwenttothebutcherandboughtcow'
sliverandbonesandthenathomeIwouldinvestigatehowtocleanuptheblood.
Andthat'
showIbecameaforensiccleaner.
OvertheyearsIhaveinventedmorethan300differentformulastocleanupblood.SomeIhaveperfectedovertheyears.Othershaven'
tchangedsinceIfirstusedthem.
Youneeddifferentmethodsdependingonwhatyouarecleaning-whetherit'
sthecarpetofacar,forinstance,orpersonalobjectslikewatchesorrings.Italsodependsonhowandwhenthepersondied.Forinstance,someonemayhavebeenlyingdeadinthebathroomoftheirhouseforaweek,inahumidenvironment.Inanothersituation,perhapswhereamanhashunghimselfwithhisowntie,youneedtoconsiderotherbodilyfluidssuchassemenorfaeces.
BeforeIcomeIaskwhathappened,andwherethecorpseis.Ialsoneedtoknowifthedeadpersonwasill,andifthereisachanceofcontamination.ThatwayIcanplanahead.
Iamthelastpersontovisitthesceneofthecrime.Icomeafterthepoliceofficershaveleft,andafterthefuneralhastakenplace.Iamthelastpersonassociatedwithwhathappened,andoftenthedeadperson'
sfamilyusemeasabitofatherapist.InthebeginningIusedtogetpersonallyaffected,butnowIlistenpolitelyandthengetonwithmywork.
Iusuallyworkwithmyheadphonesonbecausemusichelpsmeconcentrate.Ialwayslistentothesamethreethings:
TristanundIsoldebyWagner,666NumberoftheBeastbyIronMaidenandParanoidbyBlackSabbath.Theoperarelaxesme,ithelpsmeconcentrateandpreparementally.ButonceIputmyuniformonandstartcleaning,Iwanttolistentoheavymetal.
Myworkcanonlybeginoncetheauthoritieshaveissuedalegalstatementsayingsomeoneoutsidethepoliceinvestigationisallowedonthesceneofthecrime.Withoutthatpieceofpaper,Ican'
tdomyjob.
Afewtimespeoplehavecalledmetodoajob,butwhenIaskedthemforthoselegaldocuments,theydidn'
thavethem.Instead,theyofferedmemoney-goodmoney.WhenItoldthemIcouldn'
tworkwithouttheproperauthorisation,theyquicklyhungup.Theymayhavebeencriminals,orperhapsitwasajoke,Idon'
tknow.
Thepeoplewhohiremearegoingthroughaverypainfulsituation.FromthemomentthedeadbodyisfounduntilIhavefinished,theyhavetolivewiththeblood-onthefloor,onthewalls,inthebathroom.Anditsmells.Sowhenthehouseiscleanandthesmellhasgone,theirmoodchanges.Often,theycrywithrelief-aburdenhasbeenlifted.Theynolongerhavetolivewiththatshockingscene.Itstillhurts,butit'
sonelessburdentocarry.
TheworstcrimeI'
vehadtocleanupwasamultiplehomicideinMexicoCitywherefourpeopledied.TheywerestabbedandthetracesIsawshowedsignsofself-defenceandpanic.Therewasalotofangeranddesperationatthatscene.Ittookusmorethan10hourstocleanit-wehadtohandoverthehouseonthesameday.Myclientwasdevastated,butintheendwegavebackaplacewithoutasingletraceofwhathadhappened.Myworkhadhelpedinsomewayandafterwardsthepersonthankedmeinaveryniceway.Therewasatotallydifferentatmosphere-itfeltlight,asifwhathadhappenedhadhappenedalongtimeago,likeadistantmemory.
IneverthoughtthiswouldbehowIearnmyliving.Ididn'
tevenknowthisprofessionexisteduntilItaughtmyselfhowtodoit.