Qns. murder-scene lawsuit is a bloody mess

By KATHIANNE BONIELLO

It's bad enough when a man is murdered in your backyard. It's worse when the city leaves you to mop up the mess.

That's the lament of three Queens women suing the city for failing to clean up a crime scene or keeping a promise to advise them on how to safely scrub their driveways and walkways of bodily fluids.

Grace Scott, 56, was sitting in her St. Albans home with a friend when the shots rang out on Nov. 28, 2008.

Police told Scott and her family to stay inside as they investigated the murder of Sheldon Francis, 31.

Authorities at the time said they would go back to talk to the homeowners about the cleanup. No one ever did.

"I don't know how to clean up blood," said Scott, who shudders at the memory of being unable to remove the stains. "It was embedded."

Scott tried peroxiding and bleaching before finally paying $4,000 to replace the concrete.

The NYPD, which is being sued for $120,000, said it does not clean up crime scenes.