. >> reporter: 17-year-old brenda reyes says it's not easy to talk what happened to her on her walk home from school last month. >> i have flashbacks about it. it's horrible. >> reporter: she says around lunch time this man approached her at mt. herman drive. she had never seen him before and knew she was in danger when he grabbed her arm. >> and i'm really scared. no guy has ever tried to put his hands on me. >> reporter: when she resisted brenda says he hit her in the face pulled out a knife and demanded her cell phone. >> i got so startled. i was like hey, this guy could stab me and i could possibly die, you know. it was really scary. >> reporter: she gave him the phone and ran home where her mom roxy was in disbelief. >> for somebody to commit that type of crime against a helpless teenager? you're not all there. >> reporter: brenda never wanted to see her attacker again, but this week she says his face started to fill her photo stream. turkey, see his face again, yeah, it does creep me out. and it kind of scares me. >> reporter: he is still connected to brenda's apple account and sel