Fatal Crash Leaves Behind Disturbing Scene

John Ludwig Charged In Crash That Killed Bill Barsley Here

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The case of Bill Bardsley's death as he was hit by a Maserati as it sliced through his living room three weeks ago has been a topic of discussion across the Upstate for several weeks.

But for the people who were Bardsley's neighbors, the story is much more personal and much more present.

The home where Bardsley and his wife lived in Churchill Falls still has not been repaired and debris from the April 25 crash is still strewn across the lawn of the two-story home on War Admiral Way.

John G. Ludwig Jr. is charged with murder in the deadly crash. Ludwig was estimated to be driving more than 85 mph when he left Roe Ford Road, drove across a field and then flew into the back of the Bardsley's home and smashed out the front.

Residents of the Greenville County neighborhood said that they are ready to stop re-living the crash everytime they walk out of their homes.

"We have people coming in here looking all the time and we just want it over with," neighbor Leo Mataranglo told WYFF News 4.

Last week, neighbors gathered at a meeting to determine what they need to do to get permission to go behind the yellow crime-scene tape and begin to clean up.

"Everyday we come out and as soon as you look at that, the first thing you think of is the guy that got killed," neighbor Tony Franco said.

Nearly half of the front of the home is boarded up and no one is living there.

Bardley's wife has moved in with other family members and only comes by occasionally to pick up mail.

"One of the things the homeowners asked, was ''can they start cleaning it up'?" Mataranglo said "Some of the people volunteered to come up and do some of the clean up.

In addition to the constant reminder of the debris, there are the memories of the night of the crash.

"My wife was in the bedroom which is only like 10 or 15 feet from where the car went into (the Bardlsey's) house and it sounded like an airplane exploding," Franco said. "Everytime she hears a noise, she jumps up."

Cleanup completed at Civic Association

April 5, 2009

Cleanup has been completed at the American Civic Association building in Binghamton, where a gunman killed 13 people and injured four before taking his own life Friday.

The American Bio-Recovery Association, a non-profit international association of crime and trauma scene professionals, said Sunday that the bio-recovery cleaning was complete. The Ipswich, Mass.-based group provided the service at no cost.

Two member companies, Disaster Clean Up of Endwell and the Bio-Recovery Corporation of New York City, donated labor and supplies to remediate the scene with a crew of six technicians.

Bio-Recovery Corporation Aids In Binghamton Crime Scene Cleanup

PRESS RELEASE
April 5th 2009

Bio-Recovery Corporation of New York City and Diaster Scene Cleanup of Endwell, NY responded to the American Civic Association on April 5th 2009 at the request of the American Bio-Recovery Association to aid the American Civic Association and the entire Binghamton community with the cleanup of the crime scene left in the aftermath of Fridays multiple homicide, suicide at their offices located at 131 Front St Binghamton, NY.

At the request of Dale Cillian, President of the non profit American Bio-Recovery Association (ABRA), the two named companies above provided all the labor and equipment to complete this cleanup in one day at no cost to the American Civic Association. "I couldn't have done this without you guys," stated Andrew Baranoski, Executive Director of the non-profit American Civic Association.

The American Bio Recovery Association, an international association of Crime & Trauma Scene Cleanup professionals strives to make these services available to all that require it throughout the United States.