... except if Shannan was suffering an episode and was disoriented. Has it been reported what she was wearing when she approached three houses near the home of her client? Where was her jacket found?
How long was she with the client. There is no evidence that she was murdered, drowned, drugged, or that she did not die by accident. Her hyoid bone is missing. Did she remove and toss her belongings, or did the marsh water separate her from her belongings.
It doesn't seem surprising that the hyoid, held in place with muscles and ligaments, is missing after a body has been in the marsh for 19 months.
"The
hyoid bone is a horseshoe-shaped structure located at root of the tongue in the anterior neck between the lower jaw and the largest cartilage of the larynx - the
thyroid cartilage. The hyoid has no direct articulation with other bones; it is only
connected distantly to other bones by muscles or ligaments."