But that wasn''t until after he watched the news IIRC.
What I mean is, if we are finding fault with GA and CA not calling the authorities when they smelled the decomp, then we have to recall that Birch didn't call the cops when he smelled decomp either.To take it a step further, he recognized exactly what it was and said so.
In reality I wouldn't expect any of them to actually call until they perhaps got more information which is precisiely what happened. They both found out more and they both called. CA and GA both reported on the 15th what they had uncovered and Birch contacted authorities also.
I don't think most people would jump to the conclusion that someone actually was dead in the car and call LE .We have hindsight, none of them did. So it is easy to say we would have called based on the smell. But Mr. Birch is a perfect example of a regular joe with nothing to hide and no stake in the whole thing and he did not call LE and report a car with the smell of a human decomposing.