MY BOLD
Don't know about that car, but it's definitely true the smell does more than linger, it permeates the whole vehicle. My daughter has a friend who works for a vehicle salvage company, and it's his job to clean up the wrecked cars, either for possible restoration/resale, or for parts. He told me that the ones where somebody dies in a wreck don't usually hold any odors. The key is to quickly remove any organic matter before it decays and putrefies. If they get the cars quickly, they are usually salvageable. But the ones that linger due to evidentiary holds or other legal redtape, or the ones where bodies of suicides or accident victims aren't discovered immediately and where they have sat out for a period of time in the hot Louisiana sun, whew! Those can only be used for parts, and then nothing that's permeable and can hold an odor. A body in a car trunk for several days would likely render the vehicle unable to be resold or used.
Another (economic) loss for the Anthony family.
