Idaho murders: Cleaning team hired to sanitize crime scene dismissed after Bryan Kohberger's arrest
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: As news broke that a 28-year-old suspect was taken into custody in the case of the horrifying Idaho murders of four students, a professional team that was hired to sanitize the crime scene was 'dismissed' from the area on December 30.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested on Friday at around 3.00 am in Scranton, Pennsylvania, confirmed the law enforcement sources shortly after the arrival of the cleaning professionals. The team from Disaster Response who were beginning to unload their cleaning equipment had to leave the scene at 1122 King Road in Moscow, Idaho after the suspect's arrest was announced, reports the New York Post.
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Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, were found brutally killed in a rental off-campus home on November 13. The Moscow Police officials will be addressing the case findings and the breakthrough arrest at a press conference on December 30.
On Thursday, December 29, Moscow Police Chief James Fry announced plans for the crime scene's sanitization. The blood-soaked crime scene was described several times previously with pictures of blood from the scene oozing down the rental home structure. According to the Daily Mail, the official said that the crime scene they arrived at was “the worst they’ve seen,"
"The problem with all bodily fluids, in general, is that all bodily fluids have some acidity to them. So whether it’s a sealed floor, if it’s sitting there long enough, it will eat through that floor. It goes through grout, tile, laminate and will erode the finish and go through beams,” said Anthony Whitmarsh, a cleaning expert and founder of the Chicago-based 360 Hazardous Remediation Service, who is not involved in the Moscow case but has served as a consultant on many high-profile cases of murder-suicides and mass shootings throughout the US, according to the New York Post.
In reference to the disturbing photos of the blood leak from the murder scene, Whitmarsh described the several possibilities of how the oozing down of blood from the upstairs floors took place. “Understanding how properties are constructed is also one of the things that allow us to be proficient in our job,” he said.
“So if blood was found down there [on the foundation] and they were sleeping up there [on the second and third floors], more than likely, it [the bodily fluids] ran on the outside wall or plywood behind vinyl sheeting. It could’ve dripped down and ran. There also could be a wire in there, like a cable or electrical conduit, and that’s a perfect pathway for blood to follow,” Whitmarsh explained.
Pointing out that cleaning up a horrifying crime scene is expensive, he said: “I’ve seen situations go up to $30,000 to $40,000 range based on the damages that are applicable.”
On December 29, Captain Anthony Dahlinger of the Moscow Police department stated that it is not clear how long the process of sanitization would take and said that "the remediation is necessary to ensure the property is cleaned and safe for return to the property owner/property management company.”
A decision on whether the rental home property would be dismantled or left as it is is yet to be confirmed by the unidentified property according to the supervisor of property management, Merida McClanahan.
Goncalves and Mogens' family and friends were prepared to commemorate their life as best friends on December 30, the same day Kohberger was arrested in the early morning after months of investigation.
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