any exterminator visits. Three weeks later, a K9 unit sniffed my entire apartment (bags and all). The unit determined I only had residual bed bugs in or near my bed, but they were likely dying off or trapped in my bed bug encasements (which everyone should have on their mattress, box springs and pillows).

The exterminator returned for a second visit. After a week of seemingly no bites (September 2009), I reluctantly unpacked my bagged belongings. Two weeks later, I found another live bed bug on an article of clothing hanging on my closet door. Again, I immediately contacted management. Within a few days, the k9 unit returned to confirm bed bugs on, in, or near the bed (perhaps still trapped in my mattress or box springs encasement) and also bed bugs in one of my closets. I rebagged all my belongings and rewashed/dry cleaned clothing, curtains, bedding, etc.

As it stands now (October 2009), I'm staying in another location until the "problem" is completely eliminated. There have been at least 2 other bed bug reports in my building since August 2009, and these I have confirmed myself. Management has withheld such information.