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A poll on a homicide cleanup site reflects the people who happened to visit and chose to answer. Some are family members in the middle of a crisis. Some are landlords planning ahead. Some are professionals, and some are readers with no personal link at all. The result is a snapshot of opinion shaped by who showed up and how the question was worded. It can show which worries are widely shared and which are less common. But it cannot tell you what is true about investigations, insurance, or victim programs in general. It also cannot tell you what will happen in your situation.
The sourced statistics on this site are a different kind of thing. They come from named public agencies, published research, or government data. They describe defined groups of people, and each one is labeled with its source so you can check it. Sometimes a poll and a sourced figure seem to point in opposite directions. In that case, the figure describes what actually happens, while the poll describes what visitors believe or remember. Both are worth reading. Polls tell you what survivors worried about. Statistics tell you how often those worries turn out to be true. That is why they appear in separate sections.
Visitors to this page are not a random sample of everyone who deals with homicide cleanup. People arrive here because they are planning, worried or curious, so the mix of answers can lean toward whoever was searching that week. Watch the vote count under each poll before you draw a conclusion, and compare what people think with the sourced figures below.
On average, a murder occurred in the United States every 31.1 minutes in 2024.
Read with care: Crime-clock figures are averages that do not imply regularity or local frequency.
Source: FBI (2024)United States, 2024, FBI crime clock
Of the estimated U.S. murders in 2024, 48.6% were reported in the South, 21.0% in the West, 20.3% in the Midwest and 10.2% in the Northeast.
Read with care: FBI estimates are based on data from 16,675 agencies covering 95.6% of the U.S. population; expanded homicide details cover only victims with supplemental data reported.
Source: FBI (2024)United States, 2024, by Census region
25 participants described better understanding of possible reactions to homicide loss.
Read with care: Selected intervention participants; no causal treatment-effect estimate.
Source: Alves-Costa et al. (2018)29 UK programme participants; short-term and 2–5-year follow-up groups.
These figures are public research and agency data, not this network's own job records. Keep each number with its population, year and limits; none of them predicts cost, timing or outcome at a specific property.
Your choice is added to that option's total on this site's server. The results show each option's share of all answers. Each device can vote once per poll. You are never asked for your name or your family's story. Only visitors who choose to answer are counted. So the results describe this site's readers, not every family affected by homicide.
Other families and relatives add their votes over time. The percentages update as each vote comes in. Early on, a few answers carry a lot of weight, so the shares can jump. As the total grows, they usually settle down. A shift does not mean there is an error. It only means more people who lived through a similar loss have answered.
Polls are built to record one answer per visitor at a time. You may not be able to change your vote once it is sent. If your view changes, that is natural after a loss. The results are meant as a general picture of shared experience. So a single answer does not change how you use them. Focus on what the pattern suggests for your own planning.
Use them to get a sense of what others went through, not as advice. If many visitors say finding a trusted provider was hardest, you might start that task early. If many relied on a victim advocate, you might call one sooner. Pair the results with the articles, the tools, and advice from professionals who know your situation. Then make choices that fit your family.
Votes are recorded without names. The site does not ask for your name, the victim's name, or any details of the event. The results show only totals for each option. Avoid typing personal information anywhere on the page. If you want to share your experience in more detail, think about a homicide survivor support group or a counselor instead of a public website.
No. Polls cannot say how long an investigation will keep the home closed or what your cleanup will cost. They cannot say whether insurance or a crime victim compensation program will pay. They cannot tell you which provider suits your family. They also count only the visitors who chose to answer. For those questions, rely on written plans, your insurer, a victim advocate, and the investigating agency.
After a homicide, the practical and emotional sides of cleanup are closely linked. Knowing that others felt overwhelmed by reporters, or unsure whether to go home, can help as much as knowing how they chose a provider. Asking both kinds of questions reflects the full experience families describe. You are welcome to skip any poll that feels too personal.
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