Park Ex: Bloody mattress on the sidewalk
The bloodied mattress and domestic possessions of a murder victim were disposed of on the sidewalk in Park Ex over the weekend, on the apparent order of the landlord. The borough picked them up after a report on Facebook.
Jeff 13:39 on 2021-08-17 Permalink
This landlord really is a different kind of person
Blork 14:28 on 2021-08-17 Permalink
Sadly, I think not. There are many people among us who are just like that. People who don’t give AF about things that are “not their problem,” and if something is their problem (such as having an apartment full of stuff that nobody owns because the two tenants died in a murder/suicide) then they take a shortcut to making it not their problem by just pitching it out on the sidewalk. It’s terrible, but not at all uncommon.
dhomas 15:43 on 2021-08-17 Permalink
It’s truly disgusting and morally questionable, but I don’t think it was illegal per se, so long as it was put on the curb between 8PM and 7AM. Mattresses are disposed of during regular household waste collection (i.e. garbage day), as per info-collecte:
“Bulky objects that are upholstered or covered with fabric (sofas, box springs, mattresses, carpets) must be deposited with household waste, they are collected during this collection. Collection is offered ONLY to residential buildings.”
As a landlord myself, I’ve had tenants throw mattresses in my front yard (I moved them to my driveway so they wouldn’t damage my lawn), and they are disposed of correctly. I’m not sure what I would have done in this situation (and I hope I’m never faced with it), but I probably would have called 311 to see if I could have dumped it directly at an eco-centre or something.
But yeah, a total lack of class and respect for the community (though, the landlord likely doesn’t care as he probably doesn’t live there).
MarcG 15:57 on 2021-08-17 Permalink
A landlord has a few hundred bucks lying around they could easily hire GotJunk to come carry it all away… but leech is gonna leech I guess.
JP 16:03 on 2021-08-17 Permalink
I wonder where the kids are and if there were any toys they may have wanted to keep or baby photos or photos with their mother that they might value when they’re older.
dhomas 16:30 on 2021-08-17 Permalink
Yeah, the landlord is a real POS. I mean, we can see in the photos that there was kids’ toys and stuff. There was probably also personal belongings, souvenirs, and/or keepsakes in there that those orphans are going to regret not having later on in life.
My comment was mostly about the mattress as it’s what struck me as the most disgusting part of the story.
js 19:02 on 2021-08-17 Permalink
Using Google street view you can find out the address of the building in the photos of the JdM article, and with the address you can look up the building’s owner in the municipal property rolls, and using the provincial companies registry you can look up the name and Verville street address of the actual owner and that a neighbour a few doors down is the company’s director.
Nick 13:10 on 2021-08-18 Permalink
Maybe the city should take care of blood soaked mattresses once the murder investigation is over.