A man who was randomly beaten with a brick as he left work two years ago has taught himself to walk and talk since surviving the brutal attack.
Jeff Alvarez was ambushed in Rockville, Maryland, in June 2014.
The 23-year-old had just left work at the Sam DeSanto Company, Inc., when a man appeared in the parking lot and started repeatedly hitting Alvarez in the head with a brick.
Employees at a business next door witnessed the attack and chased down the suspect until police caught him on Avery Road.
Police said Clayton Mollenhoff, now 30 years old, was Alvarez's attacker.
Mollenhoff was recently sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Ramon Korionoff, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office, said it was important for prosecutors to send a message to the community when Mollenoff was sentenced last month.
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"It's so troubling that someone would get hit over the head with a big rock just innocently walking from work," Korionoff said.
Alvarez said he feels justice was served, but his life has been forever changed.
"Everything you could name I had to go through and relearn it," Alvarez said. "It's hard to remember a lot of stuff."
Now, Alvarez is trying to go back to school, but he said he doesn't expect an easy road ahead.
"Mentally handicapped is not something you can change. You have to adapt to it," Alvarez said.
Alvarez has established a GoFundMe page to try to pay for his hospital bills.
