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Simon Birch . . . lived in Orlando 2006 - 2009 . . .johnsons wrecker on narcoosie . . he was manager . . .secured facility . . .entire property fenced by 7' chain link fence with barb wire on top . . . inside that another fence w/barb wire, . . .inside that another secure section . . one inside the other inside the other . . .he lived there 24 hours per day . . ..pontiac sunfire . . .from amscot on Colonial drive . . . LBD asking to approach with a stipulation . . . shows to JB . . .
Stipulation June 30 2008 Johnson's towed kc car from Amscot to tow yard . .
SB looking thru records . . .tow sheets, impound sheets. . .property removal . . .Tag Talk document records from Orange Co to notify who registerd owner of veh. . . Orange county impound sheet . . copy of title, GA's signature to reclaim veh. . . .
Actions taken by wrecker . . .driver fills out papers . . data entry clerk . . when tow truck driver brings car in . . VIN & license plate number . . .data entry clerk runs tag talk to find out owner . . .paper is filed in daily files . .. specific area where veh. stored. . . veh. are segregated in that yard . . .document in processing marked and stored accordingly in their own individual locations . . . other locations are for private tow vs. police tow . . .etc. . . .photo (LG) overhead view of storage facility on Narcoosi Rd . . since then there has been some work done to Narcoosie . .
showing Narcoosie rd on overhead map . . .circle mobile home trailer . . .7771 Narcoosie Rd. . . entire compound is fenced . . .SB outlines entire property for fence line . . .gate entrance off Narcoosie Rd . . .general public parking near the office . . bullet proof glass with speakeasy glass to talk through . .. window came from other facility installed it . . .means of protection should we need it . . . there is a locked area where cars are kept @ tow yard. . . people never happy when they come to tow yard to pick up veh . . .access tow yard . . .approached office always manned . . .approach the window where someone was . . fairly obvious where you go to window . .. Johnsons tow received Pontiac Sunfire . . .stored right on end where shrub is now . . .at time shrub was kept trimmed . . .parked right there on the corner . . .around 2 weeks car was there . . . veh on property that long rules/regulations re: the disposal of veh. . . State of FL gives tow companies opportunity to recoup losses .. Johnsons would title and resale on or crush it and scrap it out . . .SB would make decision . . . depending on year of vehicle there was a cut off period either 35 days or 50 days .. . 3rd business day . . . handled by main office . . .process paperwork . .3rd day letter generated sent to Registered Owner of veh. . . charges to date and whre it was located . .. 98 Pontiac Sunfire . . .2 weeks . . .normally 3 or 4th day pay a little attention to it . .. high turnover of vehicles in and out . . .round about 4th or 5th day we had vehicle . . .gave a cursery inspection . . .title veh. . . get keys and expense f getting it titled . . not permitted to enter it . . .remained locked . . .wasn't our car at the time . . visual external and through the glass of the car . ..didn't have the keys. . . .doors of car were locked . . .pulled handle . . . as I was looking around the veh. there was nothing noticible at all . . .until I put hand up to windshield to shield sun from glass. . . I smelled odor coming from car . . .other than 2 yr haitus . . .he worked 30 years . . refuse & recycle of garbage with Waste Mgmt co., exposed to wide variety of odors. . .in 30 yrs . . dead body in vehicles . . .6-8 times in his career . . .misfortune of tow car with dead body also been to thousnads of deaths @ vehcile accidents. . .car stored after someone committed suicide and not found for several days . . .he smelled that odor . . .has been in Waste Mgmt had all manners of garbage and items left in their car . . . range of experiences items left in cars . . tow for many LE agencies over the years. . . DUis breakdowns, food left in car . . .exposed to multiple scenarios . . most people don't expect to have their car . . .get in wreck after getting groceries . . food left for a week in the car . . .he can distinguish between trash/garbage & decomp human remains (object-overrule) in his opinon/experience . . .human decomp is unique distinctive smell . . he knows the difference when he smells that . . . when hand to glass to shield sun noticed an odor . . .odor consistent w/decomp . . car is well sealed . . strength of smell . . little minimal but smell there . . . looking in veh. noticed nothing . . .but he smelled it . . .at that point it is just a car in the yard . . .made inspection determined what they would do with that car . . .treated as everyother car in yard. . .all had been correctly stored/processed . . someone came to pick up veh. . on 7/15th . . he believes . . .wants to review Johnson's records . .. confirm 7/15/08 . . .Mr & Mrs. A came to pick up veh .. . SB had contact w/both of them . . thru bullet proof glass initially . . .SB was in his office off dispatch clerk office . . heard clerk engaging in conversation with people @ window who were becoming aggitated . . .he tried to keep confrontation to minimum . . clerk turned to SB gave look asking for help . . .CA was aggitated and upset why so expensive . . .why not notified when they had car . . .not beligerant but very upset . . .looked @ calendar . . date car came in . . .days of the week and stuck in mail over 7/4 holiday . . .they were out of town for couple days . . . Johnson had followed due process . . .took a few days for them to get the letter . . . went to veh. w/ one of the A's . . .
12:00 noon lunch is here . . .recess for lunch . . til 1:30 . .