A grieving bride wore her wedding dress to visit her fiance’s grave on the day they were supposed to say ‘I do’. Heartbreaking photos show Jessica Padgett kneeling in front of Kendall James Murphy’s headstone on September 29.
Murphy, who was a firefighter for Montgomery, Indiana, was tragically killed in November 2017 when his colleague, Colby Blake, crashed his vehicle into three cars as they responded to a call.
Blake, from Cannelburg, was not injured but he allegedly had a blood alcohol level of .21 per cent which is more than double the legal limit of .08.
In honor of her husband’s memory, Jessica posed for several photos with Murphy’s boots, his tombstone, his firefighting gear and with loved ones.
The photos were taken by Loving Life Photography and shared on Facebook. The post has been shared more than 21,000 times.
In one tear-jerking image, Jessica is seen holding Murphy’s boots with his image photoshopped in place beside her.
‘She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the Universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings,’ the photographer wrote in the caption of the photo.
The maid of honor and best man both gave speeches before the family lit paper sky lanterns above Murphy’s gravesite.
Murphy, Blake and another firefighter had responded to a crash site along with the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department on the night Murphy was killed.
