Due to my lack of expertise and limited insight, I don’t think I am in no place to judge if Shannan Gilbert was or was not a victim of the Long Island Serial Killer but I wonder sometimes too if Shannan had ingested cocaine that night is it possible that she unfortunately suffered from cocaine toxicity. According to the NIH, some of the symptoms of cocaine toxicity include headache, confusion, anxiety, delirium, agitation, rambling, paranoia, high blood pressure, ectopic beats, restlessness, seizures, hyperthermia and also cardiac arrest.
Addiction.co.uk also mentioned that the paranoia not only feels very real to sufferers but the belief that they are being targeted and that people are out to get them becomes all-encompassing and overwhelming.
I sometimes wonder if Shannan Gilbert was victim of cocaine toxicity that could have led to feel filled with fear and distrust and also led to a tragic and fatal cardiac arrest or seizure in the marsh, a place maybe she thought she could hide, lay low or cut across to the main road and its streetlights. I in no way am blaming Shannan and think a swifter and more caring police response could have saved her life or at least quickly connected her to the medical services that would have had the ability to do so if this was the case. According to the article I read, cocaine toxicity could happen to anyone who ingests the substance, even long term users and those who are unaware if their products have been mixed with other illicit drugs.
This is just a thought and could absolutely be wrong or irrelevant.