The nature of suicide cleanup changes dramatically with different types of suicide acts. At times, decomposition cleanup becomes part of a suicide cleanup effort. This occurs because suicidal acts usually occur as unattended deaths without notice for prolonged periods of times. During this time fluids have may migrate horizontally and vertically.

As a result of verticle and horizontal migration death cleanup becomes part cleanup and part demolition in some cases. Property loss increases. Building structure may become part of a suicide cleanup as demolition follows to expose migrated body fluids. Body fluids include blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). partial removal of walls and floors needed to expose these fluids does not usually include reconstruction efforts.