One Year After Texas Attack, Lesbian Shooting Survivor Still Misses Her Girlfriend

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A teenage lesbian who was shot in the head while out at a park with her girlfriend near Corpus Christi, Texas, last year, has made a "miraculous recovery," say her doctors. But she's still struggling to come to terms with the unsolved attack that took her girlfriend's life, reports NBC News.

"I want them to hurry up and find the person because ... there are still times where I find myself scared, wondering if they're going to come after me,” Chapa told NBC News earlier in June. “I'm always looking around, seeing if I recognize anyone. There's still a part of me that's scared."

On June 23, 2012, a still-unidentified assailant approached Kristene Chapa and her girlfriend, Mollie Judith Olgin, at a quiet park in Portland, Texas. The suspect led the girls down a hill, bound them, and shot them both in the head. Nearly nine hours later, a couple birdwatching found the victims and notified police. Olgin was killed, while Chapa has rushed to a hospital to have fragments of her skull and brain removed. She has spent the past year re-learning how to balance, speak clearly, make facial expressions, and stand, sit, and walk, according to NBC.

Amid these substantial health challenges, Chapa has struggled with her girlfriend's death, lamenting the fact that she and Olgin fought about meeting Chapa's parents the night they were shot. Chapa was not out to her parents at the time, and wasn't yet comfortable introducing her girlfriend of six months, reports NBC.

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