I was trying to imagine what could have happened at Joseph Brewer’s house, which would have caused Shannan Gilbert to fear for her life, and came up with the following scenario:
Shannan Gilbert arrives at Joseph Brewer’s house. They make their introductions and perhaps have some type of alcoholic beverage together.
Their conversation shifts toward illegal drugs, and Joseph Brewer suggests that he is able to acquire them within the community.
They leave together in his car for 15 minutes and pick up either marijuana, cocaine or ecstasy, and then return to his house. (I lean toward the drug being marijuana, as the potential for paranoid reactions becomes more important as this scenario plays out)
They partake in whatever drugs they were able to pick up, and at some point she performs oral sex on him. (There is a reason that I believe sexual contact did not involve her undressing or go beyond fellatio)
Shannan Gilbert and Joseph Brewer are under the influence of alcohol and some other drug, and are now highly intoxicated. As they continue their conversation she becomes more comfortable and begins to speak more freely.
At some point she mentions the word transvestite in conversation. Joseph Brewer, who is under the influence, is paranoid and begins to think that he may have just had a sexual encounter with a transvestite. (If she had undressed and they’d had intercourse he would have known she was not a transvestite)
Paranoid and enraged he berates her about the possibility of her being a transvestite. At first she may have just laughed at the notion, which then adds to his suspicion and anger. She realizes that he is serious and tries to allay his fears, but he is too far gone to entertain anything she has to say at this point.
She agrees to leave and asks for the money she is owed for extending the amount of time. He refuses to pay her and demands that she leave immediately. She refuses to go until he agrees to pay her.
At this point he begins to physically assault her, and they get into an altercation. He puts his hands around her throat and begins to strangle her. He threatens to kill her if she does not leave. (This could be the reason Dr. Michael Baden ultimately discovered the injury to her hyoid bone)
She manages to gets away from him, takes a defensive position behind the couch and calls 911. He realizes that there will now be a record of anything that happens, and he decides at this point to engage help from her driver Michael Pak.
Michael Pak enters the house with Joseph Brewer. Michael Pak unsuccessfully tries to persuade Shannan Gilbert to leave with him. He gives up in frustration and returns to his car.
Joseph Brewer decides to make one last attempt to get her out of the house. He realizes that he cannot yell or make physical contact with her without it becoming part of the 911 record, and so he brandishes some type of weapon, perhaps a club or a knife. Shannan Gilbert then runs quickly out the door, falls down, and then gets up and runs past Michael Pak toward Gus Coletti’s house.
