Isabella Ricks has been hiking on the Violet Crown Trail in South Austin for about six years, but that sense of safety was shattered when she was attacked in broad daylight.
"He started circling around me, trying to grab at me. And when I pulled out my phone and said, I'm calling the cops, he took off running," Ricks said."And it was just endlessly ringing," Ricks said. "Then I went to file an online report and they told me that I had to call them to speak with somebody. So I did. And they said that somebody would call me back to take the report. And so far no one has.
Ricks describes her attacker as a Hispanic man in his 30s, with a slight build and light brown or dark blond hair. He was wearing a grey T-shirt, dark blue jeans and black sandals or flip-flops. "He was not a normal hiker," said Ricks. "He just didn't look well like and his face looked dirty. So, like the visible parts of his, he just looked like he was probably living out in the woods."
After sharing her story on the NextDoor app, Ricks says she immediately started hearing about other women who had been through similar situations on the Greenbelt. "I reacted in a way that I never thought I would react, which is to immediately be defiant. And I think that really throws predators off," she said.DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
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