When the Fort Myers Police Department or the Lee County Sheriff's Office finishes processing a scene, officers take down the tape and leave. They don't clean, and neither does the medical examiner. What's left is often blood on floors and walls, fingerprint powder on every surface, broken glass, and a room nobody in the family should have to face. Crime scene cleanup in Fort Myers is our core work. We come in after the investigators and return the space to a safe, clean, livable condition.
What crime scene cleanup actually involves
A violent event rarely stays where it looks like it does. Blood spatter travels farther than people expect, onto ceilings, into light switches and outlets, under baseboards and between floor planks. On carpet it soaks through the pad and into the tack strip and subfloor. We map the contamination with the lights off and a trained eye before we remove anything, so nothing is missed and nothing clean is torn out for no reason.
We also handle the investigation's leftovers: fingerprint powder (black, magnetic and fluorescent powders all need different treatment), chemical residue from luminol or other presumptive tests, and evidence markers. Doors or windows damaged in a break-in are boarded up the same visit.
Standards we follow
Our crews work to the ANSI/IICRC S540 standard for trauma and crime scene cleanup and to OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. That means full PPE, a set sequence (containment, gross removal, cleaning, disinfection, verification), and regulated waste packaged under Florida's Chapter 64E-16 rules and handed to a registered biomedical waste transporter. When the work is done, ATP surface testing gives you an objective measurement, not just our word.
Crime scenes we clean across Lee County
We respond to homes, apartments, vehicles, businesses, hotel rooms and rental units throughout Fort Myers and nearby communities like Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres. Many crime scenes overlap with other services. A death inside a home is often a homicide or suicide cleanup, and smaller incidents such as assaults or accidents are usually handled as blood cleanup. If a scene went undiscovered for days, it becomes an unattended death cleanup with decomposition work added.
Help with costs
Homeowner and landlord insurance frequently covers crime scene cleanup as sudden, accidental damage. Victims of violent crime in Florida can also ask the Attorney General's Office of Victim Services whether victim compensation can help with related expenses. We provide itemized documentation for either process.
Technician insight
The most-missed spot at a crime scene is the underside of things: the bottom edge of a door, the back of a baseboard, the pad under carpet that looks clean on top. We check those first.
Crime Scene Cleanup Services We Offer
✓Assault & Stabbing Scene Cleanup
Removal of blood and tissue from floors, walls, furniture and fixtures, including hidden contamination in outlets, vents and floor seams.
✓Gunshot Scene Cleanup
Cleanup of high-velocity spatter across ceilings and walls, plus removal of affected drywall and patching coordination.
✓Fingerprint Powder Removal
Safe removal of black, magnetic and fluorescent powders from paint, fabric, glass and wood without spreading or staining.
✓Burglary & Vandalism Cleanup
Broken glass removal, emergency board-up and cleanup of any blood or bodily fluids left at forced-entry points.
✓Vehicle Crime Scene Cleanup
Seat, carpet and headliner remediation for cars and trucks involved in crimes or fatal incidents, with full documentation for insurers.
How it works
- 1
Scene release
We confirm FMPD, LCSO or the relevant agency has released the property and note any items investigators left behind.
- 2
Assessment
We trace spatter and seepage, including into hidden cavities, and write the scope.
- 3
Remediation
Gross removal, material tear-out where needed, cleaning and disinfection to S540 practices.
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Verification
ATP testing, odor check and a final walkthrough with you or your representative.
Pricing
Crime scene cleanup is priced on how far contamination spread and what materials must be removed. Small, contained scenes may cost a few hundred dollars; scenes reaching subfloor or drywall cost more. Written estimate before work; insurance billing available.