scandi
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*rumor* I did hear somewhere, can't recall where and therefore won't use it as fact, that the people who live on that corner (with the odd lot and long fence) DID notice an odor in August, but thought it was a dead animal.
Hi Clock's Tickin, I'm thinking the people living on that corner thought they might have smelled an odour in hindsight if one looks at the laws of decomposition.
Dr Perper on NG last week was asked how long it would have taken for a bad odour to come from the bag. He said 2 to 3 days. That is right on target with what you will find written about decomp.
Then, an average body will begin to flatten out by the 20th day after death. That means gasses and fluids are escaping from the body. That is 3 weeks. And the smell at that point is 'cheesy' and not the foul original one.
And after 50 days from death the average body enters the last stage, or dry decay.
If Caylee died on say, June 15th, by August 4th that last stage would have been ongoing. We have read decomp would be faster in Florida due to the weather. Who knows how good the barrier was with a bag within a bag and taped shut was to keep critters at bay. Evidently not that good, as all the little bones were picked up by water and washed out in a line from the bag. I think thru a hole in the bag from some curious possum or squirrel!
Bottom line IMO is by August 11th there would be virtually no odour coming from the bag. If the neighbors said they noticed this smell from mid June to July 5th I would believe it was from that bag. By July 5th I think the odour was almost nothing.