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This Morning presenters, Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard interviewed Lauren Baker, a star of the new TV documentary Crime Scene Cleaners, during Monday's show - and made a grim discovery about one of her findings. The programme offers viewers a unique glimpse into the lives of professional crime scene cleaners, who confront people's worst nightmares daily.

Lauren admitted on the daytime show that it was a "tough job", but she couldn't envision doing anything else. Channel 4's Crime Scene Cleaners follows expert teams in both the UK and the US as they navigate perilous and challenging situations, allowing viewers to meet the individuals behind the hazmat suits.

These professionals deal with the aftermath of murders, drug dens, burglaries, and arson attacks, providing hazardous material clean-up services 24/7 at some of the most gruesome crime scenes, sometimes risking their own lives. This elite group of highly trained specialists helps people return to normality after unimaginably traumatic events.

During her appearance on This Morning, Lauren shared insights into her work, including confirming a story about finding a deceased cat in a freezer at one property. Lauren responded: "Yeah that was a bit much," before explaining that the cat had belonged to a hoarder who "couldn't let it go" after the pet's death.

She remarked: "They just couldn't part with it but I did have to step in and say 'this isn't hygienic, you can't have this in there with your food as well. Can we go and bury it in the garden? Let's have a ceremony,'" reports Surrey Live.

"And we very much did have a bit of a ceremony and I was like 'come on, we can do this. Let's do it together.'"

The gripping series spans 10 episodes, following teams as they clean up crime scenes across various locations including Kent, Reading, Somerset, Newcastle, Cardigan, and extending to US states such as Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas.

The show offers viewers an inside look at the aftermath of crimes through the lens of the clean-up crews, showcasing their sophisticated cleaning methods, the stories behind the chaos, and the remarkable transformations they achieve. It features insights from a forensic psychiatrist, detectives, and other forensic experts who delve into the nature of the crime and scrutinise the scene.

Lauren from Kent said: "It's tough when you walk into an unattended death. Especially if you've got a decomposition going on as well. And mentally, it does affect you. It takes a strong mind to be able to go in and clean something like that... we could be walking into a bloodbath. We could be walking into needles everywhere. You can have faeces, you can have bodily fluids, we don't know what we're walking into.

"Don't get me wrong, there's been times when I have sat there and had a little cry. Because I have genuinely felt for that person, and I've put myself in their shoes and it is tough. It is tough and that's what people don't realise. They really don't.

"They think we're just a cleaner... we're not just a cleaner, by no means. I do always think about the people that have passed, and it is really sad. You have to leave that at the job. You can't take that home with you. It's got to stay there. Otherwise, my mental health would deteriorate really, really quickly. So, I need to make sure I can protect myself."

Crime Scene Cleaners launches at 10pm on Monday 30 June or stream all episodes on Channel 4. This Morning is on ITV1 weekdays at 10am