Laura Spaulding talks about why she started Spaulding Decon and how it was her calling #shorts

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[lalalafevers]

I had to clean my dads “remains” after he’d been found deceased & 2 weeks decomposed in July 2001 in an uncooled house. They wouldn’t tell me what or who could help me. They refused to show me pictures of the crime scene for fear it would haunt me……but insisted I had to clean it up. PTSD anybody?! The smell will NEVER leave my mind.

[codyj]

4 years ago I found my mother in law. Was one of the most horrible things of my life. Thanks to a company like yours it made the process so much easier. Your business is a God send

[godivagal]

You do such a wonderful service for people who are having the worst time of their lives. You do it with kindness, dignity and respect. Thank you for your service previously as an officer, and now as a person who truly cares about others.

[GooshawnXD]

After my dad's suicide I always assumed the corener or the police had cleaned up. It was blood on snow, thats not hard to make go away to help a grieving family going through trauma.
No, my husband did it. I can't even fathom that a person could walk away and leave such a scene behind.
There were at least a dozen cops standing and watching my family scream and cry for an hour. None bothered to push some snow around and hide the blood for us. They literally handed my dad's glasses to my husband with blood on them.
My heart breaks for every loved one that has to go through this loss, and to know what is left for them to deal with after their world crumbles apart? Appalling

[Sassy_Alaskan]

After my Ex stabbed him self and then came after me there was blood everywhere. The police that saved me didn't want my little boy to come home to a scene like that and they took the time to remove the blood soaked snow, and the majority of the blood from the apartment. I will always be grateful for that.

Edit: My boyfriend (Jim) had been up drinking for days and got sloppy drunk. I finally called his friends so they could come get him and have him sleep it off. So they came and got him, afterwards I just took my son and we went upstairs to my neighbors house to vent and smoke. We were on the balcony when I heard Jim's voice. He was coming back. He literally jumped out of the truck at the first stoplight and walked home. So, I left my son upstairs and went down to confront him. I was fed up and I met him at the door and told him it was over. This was the last straw. He said "can I just come in to grab my stuff, then I'll go" and I stepped aside and he came in and instead of turning right to the bedroom he went left into the kitchen and grabbed the closest knife. I don't remember what was said, my eyes were on that knife. Next thing I knew he had his arm on the table, palm side up and plunged that knife into his arm, but it slipping and only took a chunk outta the side of his arm. Then he cocked back and brought that knife down and skewered himself to our table. It was a cheap card table so that knife went through his arm and came out the bottom of the table. I knew I had about 2 seconds so I grabbed my cell phone and booked it outside. I called 911 and am on the phone with the 911 operator when my boyfriend comes outside and starts to follow me up the street. He's pouring blood and he's wobbling, the he falls in the middle of the road, in the snow and my first instinct was to go see if he was okay. The operator yelled at me that it might be a trap. So while he's down I run back into the apartment, locked the front door, went to the bathroom, locked that door. Then I heard the front door getting kicked in so I shut the lights off, get into the tub to hide. I could hear my son upstairs playing with the neighbor girl. I remember thinking "thank God I was smart enough to leave him upstairs. At least he won't see his mother getting killed not even 3 feet above me" If I could reach through the floor I would've grabbed him that's how close he was. Just some wood, insulation, drywall. Just on the otherside was my baby.
This whole time I had the operator on the phone whispering information to her. I could hear Jim rummaging through the house yelling for me. I could hear him going from room to room. Then my phone dropped the call. There is no way to describe the absolute terror I felt when I lost that call. He was checking the bathroom when I heard those amazing sirens. A few moments later I got a phone call, saying the most beautiful words in the English language "Nicole, we have him in custody"
That's when I truly lost it. Every emotion came out in full force. I just crumbled. When my head finally cleared and I took a look around and I couldn't believe how much blood was everywhere. Not really a lot but it was just everywhere. Before leaving the officers shoveled that snow and helped in the apartment.
I don't know if he ever intended to use that knife on me. I didn't stick around to find out. So yeah, that's my story.

[mermaid]

My ex was traumatized after his best friend/roommate had shot himself and after the police left he realized they left the bloody mess and as he's crying he asked an officer about who's going to clean it up and the officer bluntly tells him "you will be!". For hours he was on his hands and knees crying while vomiting as he's cleaning up his best friends brain chunks off the carpet and walls. This was in VA Beach and at that time there wasn't a crime scene cleaning service he could call. It really messed him up emotionally too

[iwasadeum]

This is probably the saddest part of death... the cleanup. I would bet the vast majority of people expect that when the body is carted away, that same crew of people that previously flooded their home will come back later and clean up. Unfortunately, that burden is left to the family.

IMO, all responders should be required, by law, to carry a brochure or card that contains all post-mortem cleanup businesses in the local vicinity. ALL companies listed - none of this, "Pay money to get on the list."

Families deserve to have ample resources to deal with cleanup.

[gdaddy]

A cop I knew kept recommending an alarm company to people who've had break ins ... He owned the company ... He got fired and he lost his business licenses.

[buggiebuild]

As a lover of true crime content, and I survived shows, it is so, so true, you don’t know who cleans up after, essentially, who comes and saves the day for the family that is left behind, whether it be murder or natural death, or a hoard etc. i’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, being a doctor/surgeon isn’t always the most important job in the world, most of the time, it’s the behind-the-scenes, it’s the cleaners, the trash collectors, where would we be without them /ur co.👍🏻👍🏻so thank you for your gross but awesome jobs.😂✌🏻💕

[AlexThee]

It's absolutely astonishing and deplorable that people are expected to clean up the mess of their loved ones while going through something so traumatic and life changing. That should never happen. it's actually sickening. So many things in the world don't make sense.

[okdarius]

This is a job I personally never in a lifetime would do, and for that, you have my utmost respect and admiration. Thank you!

[Judy.LoveandLightAlways]

Laura and Team at Spaulding Decon are Earth Angel's.

[sarahchan-reeves]

Totally agree with her. But at the start, the officers couldn't even say "Google it". They had to say, ask the grief services/victims services when they call you. Which is even sadder for them

[sistakia]

No wonder cops become disgruntled. There's just not enough money in the world for me to constantly see the evil humans do to one another.

[claymenefee]

I learned about crime scene cleaners only a few years ago. And I got to tell you, even if they do this for money, these people are heroes.

[totianah.]

Thank God for people like her who can handle that job. Much respect!

[tiasky]

Was it legal for them to make you choose?? Mind blowing.

[annedavis]

You are true bringers of light.
Thank you.

[SnapszDuhh]

Damn. If I didn’t have such a weak stomach I would definitely start this as a business. Ugh. Thank you for doing it so the families have a little peace after such a sad ordeal.

[Sluggga]

Laura that's because of all the hard work you put in! And the great team you have around you. Good things happen to good people. God bless ❤️‍🩹