 Do you ever wonder what happens when the police leave? Crime scene cleaners are private companies that handle the cleanup after the police are gone. Spaulding Decon is one of the nation's largest cleanup companies handling the aftermath of homicides, suicides, decompositions, hoarding, and much more. These are our stories. My name's Laura Spaulding and we are here in Brandon, Florida, in front of our 2020 holiday hoarding giveaway recipient. And we're really going to be able to change this person's life by giving her a brand new beginning. I'm going to get rid of all this trash, the high ammonia from all of her cats. Thank you everyone for being here for our 2020 holiday hoarding giveaway. I really appreciate it. Let the games begin. I think we had about 20 volunteers here. She can't find her shoes. She has no bed to sleep in. So I think these cats are never let out. They're pooping in their own cage. This is not good. Does this one get let out at all? Ever? No. Oh my gosh. How long has this home been ordered for? About 25 years. This is probably the biggest spider we've seen on a site so far. Fire! Laura hates spiders. Fire! This is the worst one. 2015. Out of all the fridges that I've done in 15 years, that was the worst. Right now, she's hyper-emotional and she can't control her compulsion to just get us out and push us away because she feels threatened right now. Wait a minute. Oh my gosh. I had a thing that was here. No, we brought it out to you. It's keys. Damn it. I didn't even think about that. So we are here Sunday, the beginning of day two for our holiday hoarding giveaway. And we knocked on the door and woke her up. And she has absolutely no memory of us being here all day yesterday. Now, on another note, we look through the window in the living room and she has moved back in all the stuff that we took out. There it is. Oh, fuck. Here it is. What is that, Fiona? Why is it's neck like, oh god, turn around. Oh, look at that, baby. Oh, holy shit. 330, 350, baby. More, baby, more. You're making it rain. I'm making it rain. Look at that, baby. What do you have? $350 was in that drawer. How do you... Look at this. Oh my god. There's the body. Oh. It's moving. So we are here Sunday, the beginning of day two for our holiday hoarding giveaway. And we knocked on the door and woke her up. And she has absolutely no memory of us being here all day yesterday. So that tells me that yesterday was extremely traumatic for her and she's blacked it all out. Now, on another note, we look through the window in the living room and she has moved back in all the stuff that we took out. So her living room is reordered and to avoid duplicity, we're just going to move everything to one side and finish those back bedrooms. Unfortunately, there's no landfills open today because it's Sunday. So we're going to have to stage more trash. And then Monday first thing in the morning, we'll grab these dumpsters and dump them and get rid of them. But this is part of the mental challenge in dealing with hoarders. And this is another reason why, as per policy, we typically never leave our dumpsters here, but we didn't have a choice on this one because we have nowhere to dump it and we, you know, we're stuck. So when this happens, it allows them to go in and dumpster dive. And that's exactly what she did. I knew we were in trouble when I showed up and I saw a ladder propped against the dumpster. So I knew she had been in there looking through stuff. She looks disheveled. She hasn't showered. She has no memory of anything, but she is in a very good mood as opposed to yesterday when she was frantic. She's actually seems to be in good spirits. We're removing the cats as we speak. They're still in their cages. Code enforcement is going to come by with some litter boxes and litter. So hopefully that'll help. But I don't think we're going to get the opportunity here to do our normal deep clean transformation because she's not letting us keep everything out of the house. So that's unfortunate, but at least we could feel good about removing all the trash and making this a little better for her to live in. So that's... We can only do what we're allowed to do. Well, hi, my name is Kennedy. I'm going to be swalding DCOM's new social media strategist. Have you ever seen anything like that before? I wouldn't say to this level. We're excited to have you. Excited to be here. Wee! That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm trying to be diligent into. I didn't know I had one in there like that. Is it all pennies or silver? It may be all pennies. It may, but that's all right. I'm going to give you a coin star and get a few bucks. Do they do pennies anymore? They were saying the other day they don't do pennies. I'm like, how are pennies not count? Do you want to brush after you eat? Since you just used the stream, let's brush after we eat. Do you want a sandwich? Okay. Hello, little lady. This is prajile. Prajile. All right. There it is. Oh, fuck. This is Christ. This is Christ. All right. Oh. Sonoda. Oh, God. Get out. Get the shoe, Evan. Move your head. I can't. I'm not taking this camera off. I don't know. That's a fucking shoe. Fucking hell. Way to go. God, damn. I can't do this. Damn. 1991. Oh, God. Yeah, watch the glass. What is that, Sonoda? What is its neck? Oh, my. What is that? Why is its neck like... Oh, God. Turn it off. Oh, God. Oh, look at that, baby. Oh, okay. Holy cow. Wow. Wow. We found the mother load for her. Is it real? Yeah. Yeah. All right. Look at that. Ready? Holy shit. Okay. 50, 70, 90, 330, 350, baby. Wow. It's gonna be so hot. I am about to make your day. What do you have? 300 and $50 was in that drawer. How do you... I went through all your mom's bills. 1991 envelope. How did I not find that? I'm good. Look at that. It's even got a roasted pepper. Yeah. God bless you. Thank you. That's good. I was making it a long time. I know. When I found out about this stuff and I started going, eating the change. And then I was humiliated. Skinny as you are. That would feed you for a year. I was humiliated. That would feed me for like dinner. I was humiliated. I was humiliated about the change thing. And I got down there and I found that Walmart had converted at that time. Ironically. I'm going through every envelope. So I'll find more. I'm hoping because... There's finding more in the other rooms, too, as well. Okay. This is awesome. In addition to the cash from yesterday that was in that container. We're going to have probably over $500. Yeah. The cats. The cats are the main... They're like, change. That means we took the continuous bags coming. We could eat. Christine's going to stop by, too, with some kitty litter. And some boxes. Thank you. Yeah. Because then, if you give them clean boxes, they'll stop shitting everywhere. Yes. I don't know if they're doing that because of stress or... They always have had the litter box thing in there. But if the cats are so clean, they want to have a clean... If you literally don't pick it up, they'll stop using it. You got to clean it, like, twice a day. Oh, I know why they don't like that one. Because of the money thing, I had to go to that... I hate it. That non-clomping one that's clay litter. Yeah. Well, we're going to get the good stuff. And I heard the ladies with the cat stuff that have to do the cat call and all that. They have to use the clay and they're not happy with it either. Yeah, yeah. We're bringing the good stuff. So the clomping stuff, you're pulling the stinky stuff out. So it's still fresh and they're good with it. They go to that clay litter and they'll look at me and they're like, What's the deal? Yeah. This is yucky. Yeah. More. Look at that. This is my favorite part. It's finding money like this to give back to them because it's like Christmas came twice. Once for the cleanup and then they get paid back for it. This is why you don't hire a junk removal company. They will literally just come in and throw all this shit away. And this will go in a landfill as opposed to be searched through like it should be. Woo-hoo! More, baby. More. Look at this. Oh, yeah. More, baby. More. You're making it rain. I'm making it rain. Oh, yeah. That's an age food stamp. Oh, my gosh. They're old-time coupons if you want to go to the store. That's an age food stamp. Those are the biggest things. The quicksand we've worked a little trip back in history for some of the older folks going in on the stamp. Can you go buy something? They're actually collectible now. They're highly collectible. Yeah, let's keep those for her. Oh, look at this. Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, my gosh. Making it rain. Oh. Let her know as well. Look at that, baby. Yeah. Look at that. So I let her know. I said think about it this way, Hollis. And trust us, because look at the amount of dollars we're finding, and we're giving it to you. We're not, you know, holding onto anything. We're not pocketing anything, whether it's a dollar or a quarter. We are giving it to her. And she was very thankful. And now the fact that Laura's found even more, I think she's going to, she's going to be quickly besides herself. Of course she mentioned now her cats can eat. So we want to make sure that she is going to feed herself as well. And not just her cats. We want to make sure that she's taken care of too. Oh, look at her. Beautiful. Back in the day, baby. Oh, yeah. We're going to collect all this and then put it together and do a big count and see how much we can get for her. I'm really hoping for like $7.50. That would be awesome. All this money was in here for the last 20 years. And she had no idea and she was struggling. This is amazing. We found a bunch of paint canvases. It looks like Hollis went to school for art. And we found these just in the bottom of the back room. This is something that will mean a lot to her. So we'll be keeping these. There's an easel back there. Let's take a look here. Oh, true. We can set this up. This will be great. I'm going to let her know. I have seen some of your photographs. You are very talented. The photograph I found, it was kind of like it takes a time. Oh, you got to see like over there. The ones that did the painting and the drawing and everything. And they're so young because I was like an old buzzer there. And they're just like so natural at what they did. And that's when I realized I'm out of my league. I don't need to be doing that. Even the photography, they're young and spunky. I mean, the photography was great. And I was like, okay, I just need to stay at that corporation I'm working at and just keep plugging away being with customer service and helping our stores and stuff. Where did you work? Right out of high school too. I worked at a trucking thing for a short time. And then I got to get into Ace Hardware retail support center up on 301. So it was working in the warehouse while then it was customer service. I love the dealers we have are wonderful. They care about everything. And so it was just such a great, great fit. Yes. A good fit. So I loved it. And the only reason I left her for a thing was is because when mom was at end of life, I quit my job when it looked like I quit my job to take care of mom full time. Because I made daddy the promise. By the time it was all over with, I was not in the place to where I could go back to get into my job or anything like that. Well, you certainly have the skills and the personality for working with people. My goodness. I loved doing that part of it. I loved working with our stores and seeing they got what they wanted. And the best part was we got everything at discount. That's why there's so much stuff. Because you can get it at almost at cost. It has a smorgasbord of stuff. Some of it was once a year thing. And you can just get it for next to nothing. And I love that kind of stuff. That's the best for working for retail. I like that word you used. Smorgasbord. Hi, I'm Leanne Moore. I am a senior move manager and owner of A Stress Less Transition. I have had the opportunity to work with Laura over the past eight years or so. And I focus on the single person who is downsizing and moving and also work with families who are dealing with a house full of stuff, a lifetime of accumulations after someone has passed away or moved. I tend to work with what I call the collectors and savers who are at the lower end of the scale. This particular situation is a level five. However, I have had some similar situations with the animals, particularly cats, that have kind of taken over the inside as well as life events having happened. And it's easier just to close the door and not deal with what has been accumulated. But I know my limits and when I need to call Laura. Look at this. Oh my God. There's the body. What? Oh. What? What the fuck? It's moving. It was keeping these eggs. Intense. Do they fit away? Uh, it looks like it. Oh, maybe. Whoa. Oh, wow. That's a whole little thing. Yeah. It's like a placenta. Yeah. What does it feel like? A rock. Part of a rock. Is that an egg? It was. It was, yeah. Those are what the eggs were in? Yep. And they're like a smaller breed of chicken that do the thing. Oh, see, I thought you were incubating them or something because they were wrapped in. We found a lot of like chicken decorations and stuff in there. So you like chickens? Yes. Even when I was a little kid, that was my very first thing is what little Henrietta Dingbat was doing where we were boarding my ponies. Sharon didn't have the place where the horses were kept. And there was the egg in there. And it was, I think, a Rhode Island red. And I was just a tiny kid. I was like, oh, an egg. So mom showed me with the heating pad how you incubate it and miss the little water on it and turning the egg and all that. Oh, you miss the egg and water on it, huh? Yeah, because the head has that with a sweat and feathers. And then if you watch them, they'll turn the egg too. They know. So I learned all that. So I hatched out my very first one. And where most people are under their cats and dogs, that chicken went everywhere on the road. I carry her around. Well, I didn't take her off the premises with me. But that was my first love with the chicken thing. Oh, look at that. There's so much money. It's starting to look like a drug operation. Yeah, right? It may be. Wouldn't that be hilarious if we found out that our giveaway winner was a former drug dealer? The Lord's going to give a final recap. Don't have a heart attack. Financials. But if you do, there's enough stuff. Are you really a nurse? Yes. That's what's so great about it. Oh, thank you. I didn't even know that you've got that thing like the hospice nurse is a hell of a mom and a nurse. She used to work for hospice. But look at this. See this stack? We're going to count it with you. I have not counted this yet. Was all in one pile? Oh, ma'am. That was here in there? Yes. Let's let it letter it. Let's see how well we did. 100. 200. 60. $1,000. And I still have this. And that's in addition to the $350. All in one drawer. All in one drawer. $350, Laura. Plus $350. Because I've been going through all this stuff. Well, you missed a drawer. This was in one drawer. No, no. But wait. There's more. 20. 40. 485. 86. 87. What do we have? 1,587. Right here. Plus $350. 50 right here? It's $1,800. Plus all the coins we have to count. 100. And we're still not done. Plus coins. Well, you had some of it in birthday cards. Very little though. That weren't open. Maybe a hundred bucks total. And then the rest of it was your mom was paying bills in the envelope. She had set it aside and then never made the payment. Easy. The cats and the chicken are over there high-fiving each other. It won't be easy for the chicken because she just got a flood. Yes, and now you've paid yourself. Look at all that. Are you sure you didn't used to be a drug dealer? I don't know. I was going to say a little stripper. Oh, yeah. That's a good stripper. There's a lot of ones in there. You need to make sure you feed yourself haulers. Yes. She brought sexy back right there. That's where all that money came from. Look at that. Look at this. Look at this. That was probably the 80s or 90s. Beautiful. She brought sexy back there. That's where all that money came from. Look at that. Look at that. Oh, my goodness. See, when I tried to strip, I had to pay them. The struggle was real. Yeah, the struggle was real. Let me tell you. And I even found your stock certificate from Ace Hardware. I found so much stuff. What's that? This is a coin. It's not a U.S. coin, but it's from 1917. Dang. What did they come? 1917. And then here's two more coins that are even though it's not U.S. because of the age and what it's made of. This is Great Britain. Yona. What's up? 1917 Great Britain coin. I'm missing that. What is it worth? $2.25. This is King George. Fourth. Fifth. Fifth. Yeah, George Fifth. That's him. Okay. This is worth $2.25 in U.S. How's that going? That's cool. Yeah. We flew her all the way from London to come tell us what these mean. This is a three pence and they don't exist anymore. Whoa. What's that? What year? 1937. This is worth $3.99 U.S. And that's a three pence. A half a penny. That's a thing. That's a thing. Not now. You guys spent the money to make this and it's a half a penny. Yeah, but it's a half a penny. No. Half a penny. It's half a penny. Is that a hey penny? Is that what the hey penny is? I'm going to put it in the garage. Garage. Garage. The garage. The garage. Or the car park. Laura. Mind the gap. Mind the gap. Hi, my name is Tara Schultz. I'm volunteering today to help get this house a little cleaned up for the client. And I am good friends with Fiona Mills that works for Spalding. So she's the one that told me about what was going on. And I'm a stay-at-home mom, so I had nothing but time. And I wanted to do my part to, you know, help just make this woman's life much better. So it's crazy. I've never seen anything like it in my life. Oh my God. I didn't find that. No. Deutschmarks. Is Deutschmark paper or is that the coin as well? So we found this briefcase. And apparently the father, her father was a real estate agent and her parents. It just gets more interesting the more stuff we find. We're thinking now too that they owned an RV like store kind of thing. More money left, problems. Oh, it's in the bag. Cashed in 1993. It was a tax refund and they never spent it. Wow. Oh wow. Yeah, she did this in 93. She's very talented. So why didn't touch anything that you brought in last night? Put some more key stuff over here. And then look up. Oh my God. Do you know how long it's been since my bookstore lamp? Yeah. I saved your lamp. I got more change for you. I got your photos. I kept all your photos. Oh, that's ace where I work. I'll do the third one. They saved more photos? Yeah. At this point, my wife has the only memory I can remember. Now look at the picture. Yeah. Oh my God. All your art is there. I want to get rid of most of that. It's really nice. You're talented. No. I think that had to be somebody else that was helping me at school. I don't know why. Oh, I found some stuff with your name on it. On the photo thing, I did that myself. Yeah. Very talented. And we're going to move everything else in. I see what you're saying though. A lot has to be done to keep it open and airy. Exactly. Yes. Exactly. So I can't do the cleaning that I wanted to do. That was when that water damage happened. There's your bed frame. I kept your bed frame. Oh, that's what that dissolves down to. That thing looks so massive. And that will look so tiny. So that won't fit in any room. There's the water damage from the bathroom. It's seeped up the wall, I guess, when it wastes the sheet rock. So that all has to come out. That's mold. And that's really bad for you to be breathing in. You were telling me about your friend who stopped by with her great bright red Camaro. I love her. Yeah. Well, look what I found. I found a photo album. And look at this banner that says Camaro. Is that you? Yes. So you had a Camaro. Yes, I did. Hers is new, though. That was back then. Yeah. That was a few years old, but yeah. Yeah. That was before the bad stuff happened to me. Yeah. And that kind of melded me down. So in plus sometimes. Oh, looky here. That's my niece Suzanne. Okay. Yeah, I love that was my very first car. Well, here you go. Here's your banner. Thank you so much. Every single one of you. Every single one of you. I couldn't have done this on my own because in the beginning I caught. And I thought, I can do this on my own. No, I couldn't. Well, we jump started. So you got this. Yeah. I have to maintain it. And you can. And keep doing it better and better. You will. Oh my gosh. Yeah. This is called Getting My Life Back. It's fabulous. And then the worst part is when you look how much stuff is in those three longest things. Wow. When I found what you were finding, I'm like, oh, thank God they are looking close. So if they did run across that necklace, they would have found it. They wouldn't be just shucking something out. They are looking in with it. So you're that good that you're fast, but you would also look in detail. Yes, I am. But do it in a fast manner. Yes, I am. I think they're saying cat language. Thank you very much. You're very welcome. This is Fiona. We're back at the hoarding giveaway house. This is day three. She had mentioned over the weekend how she had two bunches of keys that were missing. She actually went dumpster diving and was able to find the two bunches of keys, which was exactly how she explained them and where she said they were going to be. Also found a little bit more cash in the trash as well. So she was super happy about that. So today we're just cleaning walls for trying to get the house together a bit more. There's still a lot in there, but it's not how it was. Stuff on the walls is pretty caked on. So it's taken a lot of arm strength. We actually have a new chemical that we're using, a vital oxide, I believe it's called. We're using that as well as some shockwave back and forth. Helps with the odor. Helps to get the stains off. It's more aggressive as in stain removal, but not aggressive as in a lot of chemical. So far it's working out really well. As I'm scrubbing this, the paint's coming off, but it is dry down there. Let me show you here. So this has all been scrubbed already once. This has already been sprayed and scrubbed once. So you can see that it's been on here so long. It really takes a lot to do it all. Like this right here I think is going to be mold. That's definitely mold coming from, this could be coming from the inside. Something else that I found in here too is that apparently some of the animals are trying to get out a window. So you have scratch marks on the wall where they're trying to escape. I feel like I've been on, you know, ones that's pretty bad, you know, worse than this. This is, you know, this is a pretty bad one. Seems like everything is just stacked on top of everything as of right now. And, you know, we're just trying to do our due diligence to help out as much as possible, you know, just to satisfy her. Whatever we can do, we're glad to assist. Thank you for that, Eddie. Bro! Yeah, they're going to extreme close up on us. Yeah. And for all you Pokemon people out there, kid lost. You know how I feel about y'all. The steam might help get it out like on the, in between. The steaming will help with that. But right now we're just scrubbing. No, it's amazing. That's how you know if you really clean good, if you yourself will walk barefoot or sit down on whatever you're cleaning, then you know you've cleaned it good enough. Now if Laura will walk or sit on it, that doesn't mean anything. I would make love on that bathroom floor. For free? Uh, you can't promise that. Okay, okay. We're getting there. I'm a hot commodity. You know, this is all worth it. You have people experience that know what you're doing that can coach you and get everything right so you can start in the right place you need to be. It's amazing. The difference it makes, it makes you feel calmer, makes you happier. I heard we found your keys. Oh my God, yes. And I had looked and looked and looked. And so she's the hero today because that was a big deal. All right, so we're back at Hollis' house. Just to follow up, see how she's doing. Check on her. See how the inside is, see if it's back to where it was. We're not literally back to where it was, but in the progress to go back. She's kind of kept it. So we'll see how it goes. We had tons of you over at USF and everything when they were doing the film career thing. When they were doing the, they were always running around because they were, that was their thing in the arcs. They were doing the film thing. That's what I did. We're two of a kind Hollis. I did. I majored in art. I'm no good at it. No, that's not true. Oh, so I've seen your art. We've seen your art, yeah. It's no good. There's people over there so talented. That's a beautiful place to go to. A great art department too. So what's going on? And I look like hell. I'm in there like pulling through that stuff. I'm going through to get the rest of that stuff that came out of storage. I want to clear that whole room in there. We were just talking by to see how you doing. I'm cutting your grass today. Thank you. So that would be that. We'll get that out of the way. At first I was upset, not off the junk being taken out, but they took some stuff that wasn't junk and they didn't realize it because I told them don't touch anything over there. And they, and I peaked in a couple of times there. But someone else intervened and then picked that stuff and put in that's how the purse got put in. Well there was other stuff besides that that wasn't supposed to go but the purse was the most important. Thank you again God bless you because I don't think anyone else could have done that. You got that sixth sense thing going. So as I'm looking at this and all the stuff that has to be done and all that, it's just, I mean, now I'm glad what was done because I realize, especially like how bad my back hurts going through the stuff, I realize there's no way I could have handled it by myself or even with a couple of people helping me. Can we, can we look? Yeah, the cat, the cat. We won't let the cats out. How are the cats doing? And they've been, they've been more comfortable? Oh God, they're happiest can be. I bet they've got room to roam now. You know that silly commercial where the cat like doing flips and stuff like that? That's not all these for the like, oh this is fabulous. They'll probably send our cards out. Thank you, cards with a little culprit. A little pocket. That's cute. We got the old man's dog next door and I had to, I don't man this. Let's get everything out. Pack it away. As we finish the stuff that has to be finished, how do I place them that, that they're still safe and can be watched and nobody can do anything? Okay. And that has to be cleaned I know but when I pulled up wherever it was at and I pulled it out there was no way to go outside with the hose thing at all. And it probably smells like a cat in here cause, cause those cats. Yeah. The litter helps a lot. It's really good litter. And the food that they, that you guys had to, that was dropped off. Yes. I don't think a lot would go back to what I feed them again. I feed them pretty good stuff. That's food is awesome. I mean they are in love with it. So I'm hoping by the end of the day all this whole thing is completely out of here and then the whole dining room's bare. That's awesome. Finding it and going through it I just found a new bag of cat food money that was in the toads. So I put that aside for them when I go up to get it. So other than that, the rest of the stuff is jumped to go in on that particular tote. So hoping by the end of the day I would like this all to be clear in here. I know if a cat smells still because that father cat I don't know what his deal is with the thing but this still has a lot of work to do and at least it's doable because it's to the point where something can be done with us. You have room now. Yes. There's room for people to move around to get more stuff out. You can actually open the doors all the way. Yes. And you know who loves it even more than I do? The cats. Yes. I feel so guilty because I didn't think of how it affected them and they are so happy and a lot of their bad behavior went away because you know if I stretch out in the windows and look outside and watch the birds come to the bird bath or the back thing and they're content with it and I realize how much I had like closed off everything in my life and everything and there's no so they're enjoying the heck out of it. They don't cause too much trouble because they like to sit in the windows. So you're able to let them out of the cages and stuff now and have them walk around the house? Yes. So they got run of that. They just can't do that because when there's people on the door one of them is going to make a run. Sure. How does it feel not to have the spiders? I know. Apparently there was a lot of them. A lot was an understatement. I've never been surrounded by so many spiders in my life. There was one that showed up. I guess there was a straggler that made it the cat zeroed in on him and he was talking. I think I was like and he was more significant than these little tiny things that are super skinny. Yeah. And the cat moved in. So then I had to intervene and do something or the cat's going to knock the lamp over and everything trying to get the thing and I was like I thought was there more of those in the back because I didn't go back here that much. There was. Those bunches of keys that she was freaking out about with her purse. I found them. Yeah. They're Medco keys too. That's the more for that no one can pick a lock. Yeah. So it wasn't like it was just keys. Yeah. And it was like big bundles of keys. Like it was legit. It wasn't just like regular set of keys. But we found them and she was like the happiest. Yeah. Because of the Medco things a big deal. But the best part of it is the cats are so happy. They don't know what to do with themselves. I bet. Because they like the view and they take their thing which window they could be at. That's sweet. Poor little things. Just organize. Try and find a place for what you're keeping. Like if this room is going to be the room for your artwork put all your art stuff in this room. Like kind of designate each room. Okay. That'll be the easiest way. Actually, I don't know why I pursued art because I had no talent. You had to see the stuff. I have seen that as well. I've seen all of that. The problem most of that was when the instructor was helping you. That's right. So I need to get more out of here. I need to get more stuff organized and clump it like what state, what's bedroom stuff or the living room stuff and all like that. You'll hear me outside because I'm going to, it's going to take me a minute to cut the grass. If you leave this stuff, it's just going to keep building up. Yes, and it will. You need to get it out. Right. Hollis's backyard is mowed. It's a lot bigger than I was expecting to be honest with you. Or bigger than I realized. Thank God for writing lawn mowers because a push mower would take forever on this. It's kind of good kind of gives you a view right here. Just need a little bit of trimming of the bushes and she'll be good to go. Everything's like organized now. Trimmed up the front yard as well. So there we have it. That citation's down. She's good to go. You know, I thought January 4th we're back to work and I thought it'd be a good time to go check on Hollis and see how she's doing the house is doing and how the animals are doing. So we're going to head over there and do a surprise visit. It's January 4th and I wanted to come and check on Hollis and the house and all this good stuff. We mowed the lawn for and it looks fantastic outside. It looks like there's some landscaping that's been done so that's great. I'm not sure what's going on with this cage but let's hope she's home so we can get an idea of what the house looks like inside. Hey Hollis it's Laura. You want to come in? Hi, how are you? I don't want one of them to run out the fist off because I want to eat. How are you doing? I got mine. Okay. What you got cut off today? Yeah, it should be the electric that's still on. Can we come in? I want to take a look. Yeah, don't let a kitty cat run out. No, we won't. Okay. Try to act normal. Okay. I'm not you them. Try to act like that. And I'm going through this stuff and no, I guess not normally like that. I just dumped on a hefty bag so I can go through it, pull through it, make sure nothing else was in and then put it in this right here. I've been going through and just dumping it. Do you have enough food for them? She brought me something. I've got that bag, partial bag of that. I think what I, and then I've got this other. The litter box doesn't look like you're keeping up with that. Yeah, that food that she brought the cats completely were crazy for it. They love it. It doesn't look like you're keeping up on the litter boxes. Well, that had got put in yesterday. Okay. So they've used that and there's more litter. I know I got to scoop those out and smoring. Okay. So that's why I was panicking because then when it gets night time, I can't do anything because the whole house will be blacked out. It's electric. Remember all that money I found for you? Yes. Can you pay your electric bill with that? Where'd you put it? I gave it to you. Remember it was in that bag. It's like $4,000. Okay. I need to look through that because I remembered you told them that a couple days ago. Okay. And when I looked at that, was it a lot of ones? It was a lot of everything. Is this where you're sleeping? For now. Okay. Is this the only food you have right here? Or do you have you have your freezer food still, right? I don't know what's in the freezer right now. So what are you eating? That. This stuff. Okay. So what I'll do is I'll call Christine and see if I can get more food for the cats and more food for you. Well, without electricity though, you're going to have to pay for it. Yeah. I didn't know the electricity thing was going to happen. She told me for $100. You've got to find that cash that I found for you because you've got to pay that bill. Did you get a letter today about the electric? Yeah, he just gave me the hang tag. Where did I put it? Let me see this. $208.15. So I think she told me for $100 or $150. Well, if you have the money though, so if you give me the $208, I'll go pay it for you. Okay. Hang on just a second. Now you were protecting my cash that I found for you. I know that's what I'm worried about while I'm worried about it being with me. He knows about it too. For some time now, there is someone coming in this house at night for real. He can back me up. It's worse than even what I'm saying. I don't want to get into it on camera right now. It's on a criminal level that will blow your mind when you get told what's going on and he can back me up. Him too. They probably watch it all in life. Don't do that to our mother. It's the only thing that I have done. Damn. That's it. Double-check through the thing. The only thing I have done out of that is Aldi. Oh, and a bag of cat food. Aldi doesn't have cat food. We need to get more groceries. And I got their little thing. I'm going to take $208.15 out of here and I'm going to turn it over. What worried me was when I looked at that it all looks like once. It does. Where the hell's the rest of it? Where did the ones come from? Well, there was a lot of ones. Well, maybe it's in the middle. You want to sit and pull a chair out and you can sit. Wait, where's the rest of the cash? That's what I'm wondering because I haven't touched it. Let me make one more thing clear. Even though it's on camera. There is no one that comes in here even before y'all are in the scene. There's no one in here but me and the caps. And then when he lived next door he didn't even come over I went over and talked to him. Are you sure you didn't spend it? I'm positive. There was four grand here. Now there's maybe 60 grand. Yeah, that's where when I went into my bag I got because there's if the camera wasn't on there's more I could say. Before y'all are in the scene sometime back there was really weird stuff going on and I was going to him next door and showing him different stuff that was showing up on me bruises and stuff like that. And so we were putting stuff together. I had a stranger come up to me in the store to tell me what was going on in this house because they were made aware that I didn't know what was going on and to let me know what was going on. That bad. You gonna ask me why? I don't know. Well you spent 50 bucks okay you got eggs stuffing mix coffee baby wipes party cups cola bread okay so you spent 50 you paid cash so that's good. And the other part I want to make out you got 10 bucks that's it. The other thing was before I go do that do what? Like I had to pick that stuff up I go in and pull out what I guesstimate I'm gonna need and take it out ahead of time and have it loose on me I don't ever do this in the store. You know what I think you did? I think that you hid the money. No. Cause you were worried about it. No. And I think it's around here somewhere. I'm hoping you're right but I wasn't taking it out of this. Yeah but listen I found it all over the place hiding. So That was a different time era when y'all had this I never did anything except with that store thing I took it out because at night when I'm in here there's people coming in here I know for a fact when I leave there's her coming in here or something so I would never leave it behind so the only other one I have I've got the old brown one I've got this Open them. Take a look through them and double check behind me because I was so spazed out. Let me see if I can call Christine and get some services but there's no way you spent $3,000 with a cash. Of course not. So it's here somewhere. The only thing I have emblazoned with the thing is July 5th this past July 5th this time it's just sleeping like this I was sleeping over here where I could keep it here on this. Okay so something woke me up and I think it was about 3 a.m. no it was 5 a.m. it was about 5 a.m. it was not daylight yet and I hear male voices and they're real loud I'm having a continuous thing done with me and it's people I don't know there's a thing behind it that I want to get into now it's something to do with the property thing and all that so I hear these loud voices and I'm like wow they're so loud and rowdy not instead of tearing my house out they sound like they're in the house right about then he comes through the back door of that back room this guy he's familiar looking I know I've seen him in the neighborhood he's young like him and he comes through he's not old or anything and he's coming the hallway still talking to the one and backing yucking it up and coming down the hallway and I'm laying here with my eyes because I knew there was no way I thought if I go out the door how do I know there's not but I was like oh my god and I look at and he freaked out works to me when he's midway about to the bathroom doors and our eyes made contact and he realized I was later but my head was up and I was looking at him I think he cracked in his pants I'm over at Hollis's um she can't find any of the money she's got about $78 left and her electric just got shut off yeah she thinks someone stole it I just didn't know if you had any services or anything I mean she's got some canned food here that she's eating um the cats I think are on the very end of the food I think we have to get some intensive resources here she's hallucinating she thinks people broke in putting drugs in her she needs some help yeah she's just mentally not there and I just I'm worried for her paranoid schizophrenic there's no question I mean I don't think you need a degree for that well that's what the therapist was trying to sign her up for and she wouldn't let her do it then but I think she might do it now yeah maybe meals on wheels is there any way she can qualify for a case worker she's not 65 so she's got 78 bucks left out of 4,000 I think she was paranoid and she hit it I think she hit it in the house and she doesn't remember where it is there's like six cats that are still in the cages the others are roaming the smell is there's gotta be some mental health resources here because this is going south really fast she thinks that people are trying to kill her she's saying that they are injecting her with drugs with hypodermic needles unfortunately we couldn't do the full extent that we normally do we called animal resources out here to take a look at the animals they said because they were fed and they didn't look malnourished and they weren't being mistreated that we had to leave them here then you have an adult who clearly has mental health issues and because she's not 65 there's literally no support for her which is heartbreaking this is a heartbreaking situation because there's literally nothing we can do I don't even know how to get her help so I was just on the phone with code enforcement and they're going to call 2-1-1 and see if we can get some resources for her because she doesn't qualify for for the division of aging so maybe there's something else in there it's back the cats are still in the cages the litter boxes aren't being kept up despite the fact that the city donated litter and food so at least they have that she's got can food there but now she has no electricity so she literally just has to eat it out of a can I'm hoping that there's something else we can do but I just don't know don't know what else we can do this is just a family that might step up and help her but she's she's just terrified of everyone she thinks everyone is after her so if this is her sister this is awesome I'm not going to tell her because she's going to get all bent out of shape about it but maybe this is the only Sharon in Tampa with that last name so I'm really hoping it's her yeah I mean this country does a really shitty job of taking care of people with you get insurance if you're over 65 if you're under you're shit out of luck you don't get anything you don't get any mental health coverage and if you do it's extremely limited it's like three free sessions or something like that well someone with a severe problem like this three free sessions is like putting a band-aid on amputee that's nothing that's not going to help her at all so I'm going to see if I can get her cell phone number so I can check if you call me yeah that makes sense they're even back when mom was alive and mom told me she was mad at me she goes blank and she's cussing me she goes I've been telling you over and over again there's people coming in this house at night I get it we have to talk about what's going on right now not fast but what's now is what she was telling me about back then what do I do about that well hopefully we're going to talk to Christine and see what we can get what you mean like you think I'm crazy he's a witness next door too maybe you should make a police report I thought about that but then what do you have for any proof because I'm sure they didn't leave finger in it like when the one went out the thing I started to I was on the fence maybe you should make a police report about the missing money that would have to you're absolutely puzzling will you do me one favor will you go through all of them and see that I didn't pick it up here's four of them here's money here's more money look at all that how much you got hang on I'm shaking so hard I can't eat here you're not shaking as hard as me 40 bucks right here so you should keep that with the rest of the money 80, 91 okay I think you have close to enough here for your electric bill the really big deal is that here and when I went ahead to the store there's another see yes you've got to let these animals have fresh air well these can't be out because the house I'm telling you know why you don't see animals in here I know I know the story but I'm talking about the chicken he killed his dog he killed their dog he's part of the reason why they moved away over on the other side I know but that chicken needs to come out and I know she's gone around on the floor you don't an animal like that she's sitting in her own excrement right now I cleaned the cage yesterday that's her grain stuff I'm giving I'm giving poop too look at it well I cleaned it yesterday and she put it locked it's a steel cut out she eats that you know she loves it I was giving her like wheat bread it is the only meal she's ever had give her some more no she's blind she's really old she's blind she can't do anything though she's just in this tiny cage you need to pay close attention to how long these animals win these cages poop too yeah I've got one in the bedroom and there a one right here you have to have water and food in their cages I know that every time I come in here this guy has nothing this guy has nothing we've got to put water and food in here look at their diet right when you came up I was in the process they'd wet the bottom I have to take them out I understand I've been here four times and they've never had water and food because I guess it's at that time of day when you stop by that I haven't done stuff that I need to do and then it gets to let's do it now okay give them some food look this one hasn't stopped drinking cats usually don't drink a lot of water they're extremely dehydrated I don't use the disposable plates anymore I use the ones where I have to wash them from the last feeding I usually do that before I feed them I'm just saying a large quantity what about one or two cats I knew this is what because this is what she threatened me with over and over and over and over and over how she's going to get even with me well that's not me I'm just concerned for the well-being of the animals so am I I love them I know you do but it's a lot that's like me taking on 50 cats in my house taking care of them doesn't matter what your good intentions are can't keep up with that well I guess if I didn't have to take care about sleep all day I'd be sleeping all day and all either I mean nothing new oh there's plenty to do in life if it was out here they loved the food she brought they liked the smell of it even the one I buy the Purina want and they would tear into yeah well maybe that means they're hungry no when I fed them I gave them plenty they were done see they're all coming around now they're all starving they're out here no keep going keep going keep going more food more food come on give me another one don't knock it down they're eating like they're starving to death I'll feed them every day I don't disagree with that but what I'm saying is they're not eating enough they're gonna have a plate a rave in the heart plate three huh that's plate three let's do it well let me see if I can make some calls okay okay alright I'll be in touch Hollis okay thank you do you have a couple seconds I have a couple questions for you okay so remember Hollis okay so I just left her house I was checking on her her paranoid schizophrenia is out of control so is there any mental health resources for someone like her cause she's not 65 hi Betty my name is Mariah I'm calling from Spalding B.Com I did like a hoarding service a couple weeks ago our client she is not doing too well she's a paranoid schizophrenic she has animals in the home her teak her electric went out and we're just looking to see if someone could come out and assist her or what steps we should take for someone to come out and help her because she's in a very vulnerable state right now is there a case on her already um I'm not exactly somebody called the case on her first somebody to go out there and check on her and make sure she's okay and everything so we are our CEO and some technicians went out there today like if she's not taking care of herself it's called self neglect where you can't clean up after yourself and you can't cook and you can't give yourself your pills and stuff like that that's self neglect you cannot take care of yourself that call needs to go into what we call our abuse hotline this is the department of children and families Florida Abuse Hotline Hi Jessica I got your number from Betty from the Florida Department of Children and Families so basically I'm calling on behalf of a client that our company serviced I'm calling from Spaulding Decon so we were wondering what steps that you guys could take to kind of help her okay Gotcha I have a few questions for you you know regarding her situation due to her you know being in that vulnerable safety you had mentioned thanks for watching guys don't forget to like, share, subscribe and ring that bell to be notified of the next episode for more information visit any of our locations