122: Wanda Kirkum and the Case of “Valentine Doe”

She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast · Feb 10, 2026 · 40m

On Valentine’s Day in 1991, a young woman was seen hitchhiking along U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys. The next morning, her body was discovered in a wooded area near mile marker 35. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled. For nearly three decades, she was known only as “Valentine Doe.”

In June 2020, she was finally identified as On Valentine’s Day in 1991, a young woman was seen hitchhiking along U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys. The next morning, her body was discovered in a wooded area near mile marker 35. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled. For nearly three…