I think she had an accident and drove either into a body of water or a ditch. Perhaps she did get disoriented while driving. I hate that idea, but seems to fit the complete disappearance.
Replying to myself, because I wanted to add, that while the timeline might fit with when Valerie went missing and where her car was last seen, this UID does appear older, lacks a widows peak like Valerie appears to have and Valarie's nose seems a bit more pert than the UID. I can't tell if the UID has a mole over her lip like Valerie does either. They both appear to have a few tiny moles on their forehead, cheeks and nose but I'm not sure how they match up to each other. I am not sure it's a good match, now with a six hundred sixty second look.
Since they used an actual photo of the decedant, the measurements of height and weight should be quite accurate, as it appears the person had not been deceased long. The person in the NamUs post is 65 pounds heavier than Valerie (for a person who is not really tall, that is an appreciable difference in weight) and is also 2 inches shorter.
I took those into consideration as well! I'm sure the hospital gave accurate information about the decedant, but with missing persons I'm not sure where height and weight always comes from... Maybe family or the one who reports them missing? Maybe whatever's on their license? For me, the information on my license is a bit off, I'm definitely a little shorter and a little heavier than what my license lists, so I took into consideration that while the decedant info is accurate the missing person info might not. The bridge of the nose really does appear much different than our missing person.
