Good point! But if he was high it makes it also less likely he conceived a credible cover up on the spot. If you are referring to Brewer the problem is compounded once SG leaves his house. He's really lost control of the narrative at that point.
Naahhhh, I didn't have Brewer (nor anyone else) in mind.
But, here's the thing. While Geberth hasn't worked on SG's case, his opinion is possibly the only one I trust. Not only because of his expertise, it's also because he doesn't have a job, nor an office, nor a position, nor a department to "protect" when looking at this case.
It's true, SG had a driver... a waiting driver. And, yes... this is significant.
But, more significant is... everything about SG's case is problematic.
Her 911 call was transferred (once/twice/more?) because she could not tell them her location - LE could not respond to her.
LE did respond to Coletti's 911 call that morning; they said they looked around and found nothing.
Joe Brewer says her jacket sat in his driveway for days, so if this is true then LE didn't go to his house that morning.
Coletti last saw SG when she ran from the under the boat and Pak was following her (in his vehicle). Where was Pak when the officer arrived that morning?
Did the officer ask to see the Oak Beach security footage?
The Gilberts say they badgered the police for seven months before investigators started searching in earnest for the missing 23-year-old.
It was a random sweep of a nearby beach in December that turned up the grisly grave site - four young women like Shannan who simply disappeared.
So, when did they obtain statements from Brewer, Pak, Diaz or anyone else? When did they search Brewer (or anyone else's home in Oak Beach)?
Brewer & SG left Brewers' home that evening (a 15 minute trip, IIRC). Do we know where they went, who they saw, what they did? Did LE interview anyone else who might have seen Brewer and SG that evening... and if so, when??
How long had SG been missing by the time LE administered polygraphs?
Who was the drifter staying with Brewer? When did LE speak with him?
No matter which LE division finally ended up with SG's 911 call, from all reports (except one) she was hysterical, saying "they are trying to kill me". Did any of these agencies attempt to call her back?
The "except one" I mentioned above: Suspiciously, a SC detective lied about SG's 911 call. (That's a puzzling event, to say the least!)
It took LE several months before they obtained statements from (or searched the property of) those involved in SG's case. Yet Dormer quickly/easily explained her disappearance as an accidental drowning months before her body was even located.
Finally, my broken-record fav... LE stating SG's death was not related to the other remains but refusing to release SG's 911 call on the basis that it jeopardizes/interferes with the investigation into those very cases.
You see, I think it's unfair to declare a theory without taking these numerous flaws, mistakes and problems into consideration.
And, I have to wonder if saying that SG's death was accidental is just a convenient explanation only because there aren't enough facts to form a (legitimate) theory as to who, why, and how she might have been murdered??
(It's just so simple to say... of course, she was on drugs, mentally ill and obviously drown... cause I think this is all you have to focus on. IMO it's too simple and you've left so many things unnoticed)
Since we have so very few reliable facts AND SG's case is too fraught with problems and mistakes, IMO a sellable theory doesn't actually exist.