After seven months of deployment in Kosovo, U.S. Army Lt. Amber Oglesby landed at the airport in New Orleans on Nov. 22, looking forward to two weeks of Thanksgiving leave with her fiancé and the couple's 1-year-old daughter.

But one of Oglesby's bags, which contained her wedding dress and a purse, disappeared, and she thinks it was taken by someone as the couple loaded her things into their vehicle in the parking garage.

Oglesby, of Metairie, tracked her AirPods, which were inside her purse, to the airport's employee parking lot and later, to an apartment in Kenner. Despite help from airport security and Kenner police, she has not yet been able to recover her property.

"It would be nice to get my passport back, but the dress holds the most sentimental value," said Oglesby, who is sched

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