The deck is off this week.

We will be back next week with a brand new episode.

But in the meantime, I wanted to bring you an episode that we released a few years ago.

Because last week, the victim Valene Briggs would have been celebrating her 67th birthday.

But instead, a still unknown killer cut Valene's life short

at the tender age of 18.

Detectives in Utah are still actively testing DNA in her case and still encourage anyone

with information to call them.

So our card this week is Valane Briggs, the Ace of Spades from Utah.

The Ace of Spades from Utah. It's midday on May 5, 1977, and a young woman named Moana is waiting for her roommate,

Valane, to get back from her morning class so they can go for a shopping date.

She's waiting and waiting and waiting.

Valena had left their apartment at around 9.30 that morning for the short walk to the LDS

Business College, where she was studying for a certificate or degree in court reporting.

But her class only ran until 1120, so Valain and Moana had plans to head to the Crossroads

Mall in downtown Salt Lake City after Valene got home.

It should only have taken her like 10 minutes to get there,

but 1130 came and went and there was no sign of her.

And honestly, I'm guessing that at some point Moana probably felt a little frustrated

with Valane for keeping her waiting.

But as the minutes ticked by into hours,

that feeling was overtaken by concern.

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