Sorry to hear about your friend. I live in Upstate New York in the middle of the state It’s nothing like New York City. This year only I have noticed quite a few of these cave crickets or camel crickets in the basement. They’re usually by the sink where the washer water goes into. Or they’re on the wall or if I go downstairs and turn the light on they going hide underneath the washer or dryer. I finally killed one yesterday and I was going to show someone what it was and when I went down there nothing was left of it except one of the legs and what appeared to be a very long wing. I have no idea what it was that ate the dead cricket.

You know why they “tendo to disappear once they die? It’s because other cave crickets eat them! Thenat why it;s important to remove the dead ones. You are otherwise just leaving food for the ones that are alive. I agree with the Clorox method. It works. Also Lysol or other harsh household sprays do the trick. It’s easy to aim at them, you don’t have to get too close and it kills them as long as you spray them for a while. Usually after the first or second spray they lsoe their ability to jump but they will still walk. Eventually the chemical in the cleaning product kills them.