Company specializes in cleaning up crime scenes

TAMPA Marc Onesta has gotten dozens of calls about his billboards since they went up three months ago.

He has two of them one in Tampa off Dale Mabry Highway and one in Clearwater on U.S. 19.

Blood Clean Up: Crime Death Trauma, they read. The red and yellow signs direct people to check out the website for his company, BioScene Cleanup.

The boards arent designed to scare people, Onesta said.

They are there to let people know who they can call after the police or paramedics leave and they are faced with the traumatic and potentially dangerous task of cleaning up after a deceased loved one.

We try to stress having someone else do it, Onesta said.

He and his small staff take a handful of calls a week, cleaning and disinfecting homes where someone has been murdered, committed suicide or had a medical emergency that created a mess. They don special suits, gloves and masks to mop up blood and other body fluids, rip out carpet and dispose of furniture that now is considered a biomedical hazard.

Its not a job a relative should have to do after losing a loved one, Onesta said. And hes certified with the state to safely handle, transport and dispose of medical waste.

He started a similar business cleaning up crime scenes about 11 years ago in Ohio. When he got sick of the cold, he sold that company and moved to Florida. About two years ago, he formed BioScene Cleanup.

As he grows this business, he has been looking at ways to distinguish himself from all the other cleaning companies clamoring for a share of the crime scene cleanup market. The billboards, he said, seemed like a good idea. Already he has gotten dozens of calls about them from people who are simply curious about what exactly it is that he does every day.

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Company specializes in cleaning up crime scenes