Grieving mom mourns loss of precious jewellery made from her stillborn baby's ashes and stolen by thieves
A grieving mom who gave birth to a
stillborn baby girl two months ago is now mourning the loss of jewellery
she had specially made from her daughter’s ashes.
The day before Stevie Michael, 23, of Grand Prairie, Texas was due to give birth, doctors said her baby had a rare hemorrhage in its umbilical cord.
The baby wasn't receiving blood or oxygen, but Michael decided to give birth to Aria Grace anyway on Feb 6 so she could hold her baby at least once.
As a tribute to Aria Grace, Michael and her husband decided to have sterling silver jewelry made that was filled with her ashes so she could always be close to them.
Michael had jewelry made for herself, her mother, her sister and stepdaughter.
‘I was always going to have her with me even though she wasn't here, just like I was supposed to,’ Michael told FOX4.
Michael wears her Aria necklace every day, but left the other pieces in a white box at her mother's home in Grand Prairie.
Then on Wednesday afternoon,
thieves broke into the house and stole two laptops, a wedding ring and
the three necklaces and bracelet made from the ashes.
Police do not have any suspects or leads in the case, but Michael says she is confident the jewelry will be recovered.
Mixhael, who has suffered two previous miscarriages, says she doesn’t want to press charges but just wants her precious jewelry returned.
Now only pictures and a small urn with the last of her daughter's priceless ashes remain.
The day before Stevie Michael, 23, of Grand Prairie, Texas was due to give birth, doctors said her baby had a rare hemorrhage in its umbilical cord.
The baby wasn't receiving blood or oxygen, but Michael decided to give birth to Aria Grace anyway on Feb 6 so she could hold her baby at least once.
Stevie Michael decided to have the ahses of her
stillborn baby girl turned in several pieces of jewelry so she could
always be with her
Left: Several of the stolen pieces of jewelry
made from Aria Grace's ashes, right the necklace the Stevie Michael's
wears to remember her daughter
Michael had jewelry made for herself, her mother, her sister and stepdaughter.
‘I was always going to have her with me even though she wasn't here, just like I was supposed to,’ Michael told FOX4.
Michael wears her Aria necklace every day, but left the other pieces in a white box at her mother's home in Grand Prairie.
When doctors said her baby wasn't receiving
blood or oxygen, Michael decided to give birth to Aria Grace anyway so
she could hold her at least once
Police do not have any suspects or leads in the case, but Michael says she is confident the jewelry will be recovered.
Mixhael, who has suffered two previous miscarriages, says she doesn’t want to press charges but just wants her precious jewelry returned.
Now only pictures and a small urn with the last of her daughter's priceless ashes remain.
Left: Some of Aria Grace's ashes remain in a small urn and, right, Stevie while she was still pregnant with her daughter
The family also had several photographs taken as a reminder of their lost child