Jessica Blackwell's gown was nabbed by thieves the day before it was due to be taken to the dry cleaners after getting covered in mud on her wedding day
A HEARTBROKEN newlywed has made a tearful plea for the return of her treasured wedding dress after it was stolen from the back of her husband's car.
Jessica Blackwell tied the knot back in August but her stunning bridal gown was left covered in mud during a shocking rainstorm on her special day.
On Sunday her husband Jake placed the dirty dress into his boot along with his wife’s veil, given to her by her mother-in-law, to take to the dry cleaners.
However, when he went to drive his car the following day he noticed a thief had broken into it and the beloved gown was gone.
Distraught Jessica said: "He came in and he said ‘you need to get up. I need to call the police. Your dress is gone.’"
of the devastating moment her husband realised the dress had been stolen from outside their home at the Southern Dunes apartments in Indianapolis.
Jessicsa said the thief had looted the glove box and had sifted through all of their belongings in the car.
In an effort to track the dress down, Blackwell posted on Facebook asking people to alert her if anyone tries to sell the dress, a blush Morilee mermaid-style in a size 14.
Blackwell is desperate to get it back, hoping the thief might even return it anonymously, so she can someday pass it on to her kids.
"My heart is broken right now," she wrote.
"Whoever did this, they have to be at a pretty low place in their life and I just hope that I know that they're hurting, but I hope they know that they can just leave it on the porch.
"You'll feel better about yourself. You'll feel better about what your decisions are. Just please bring it back, because it's really important to us.
"All I can think of is WHY didn’t we wait until today and also how I’ll never be able to hand my dress down to my daughters.. or who would do this to someone."
Jessica now admits she knows she shouldn't have left the prized dress in such a vulnerable place.
"It was a mistake," she said. "I shouldn't have put it in the car.
"I should have just done it in the morning. There are bad people everywhere."
