Two weeks ago, an 18-year-old woman was brutally beaten inside the Fort Worth home she shared with her boyfriend, but she managed to survive.

Evelyn Bunte, who just moved to Fort Worth from Illinois to start her adult life, was shot in the head three times, stabbed, beaten and possibly strangled by a group of people who came into the home while she was sleeping on Nov. 5, according to KTVT-TV (Channel 11).

Bunte is recovering at a rehabilitation hospital in Fort Worth, where she is staying optimistic and regaining her strength, but the violent attack left her blind and partially paralyzed.

Police say they do not believe the attack was random, but they have not identified a motive or made any arrests.

The recent high school graduate moved to Fort Worth with plans to start classes at Tarrant County College next semester and was working at Wal-Mart in the meantime to save up for a car.

Her father, Victor Raga, who lives in Illinois, said he jumped on the first plane to Fort Worth when he got news of the attack. When he saw her waiting to go into surgery, he fell to his knees.

"She said, 'Dad, don't cry. I'm still here. Please don't cry,'" Raga recalled.

He said he never wanted his daughter to move to Fort Worth.

"She met people down here and got involved with probably a bad crowd, unbeknownst to me," he said.

There were no witnesses to the attack, and Bunte's memory of the ordeal is foggy. But Raga said his daughter fought back.

Bunte's mobility is improving and she's trying to keep her chin up despite her injuries.

"You might as well stay positive," she said. "There's no sense in feeling bad for yourself."

Her dad believes Bunte "has angels by her side" and says her recovery has been miraculous, but he is hoping that justice is served.

"I just pray every day that the police will get some guidance and put this person or persons where they belong, and that's in jail," he said.

A GoFundMe account for Bunte's long recovery has been set up.