perhaps he didn't know the cops would take the number. Perhaps he thought they would need to go to that location to answer the phone and he could play out the scenerio of the movie which the media has talked about wherein a sniper holds a cop hostage in a phonebooth.
I see him, waiting with the booth in sight for the cop to arrive and when that doesn't happen, he doesn't call.
I see him, waiting with the booth in sight for the cop to arrive and when that doesn't happen, he doesn't call. if that were the scenario, LE would merely need to drop a 2mi net on the location of said booth, and our boy would be toast ...
Please call again? We missed you this morning and want another chance. Please, work wiff us?