An Indianapolis woman got justice Friday, more than 20 years after she was attacked and raped at gunpoint in her northwest side apartment.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - An Indianapolis woman got justice Friday, more than 20 years after she was attacked and raped at gunpoint in her northwest side apartment.

A judge sentenced Donald Thomas to a total of 70 years in prison for rape and other charges.

The victim's parents wiped tears from their eyes as the judge read from their daughter's victim impact statement about how the 1998 attack has been a nightmare for the woman ever since.

A jury found Thomas guilty last month and he was sentenced Friday. Thomas allegedly asked the victim to use her phone on September 2, 1998, but when he got inside her apartment, he pulled a gun and raped the woman.

Judge sentences 55-year-old Donald Thomas to 70 years in for 1998 rape of woman at gunpoint in her Indy northwest side apartment. 2015 DNA test on rape kit matched Thomas. He was arrested in 2018. Found guilty July 30. I was with victim's family in court 5:30 pm @WTHRcom. pic.twitter.com/lAvNLTunL3 — Rich Nye (@RichNye13) August 23, 2019

In 2015, a cold case grant allowed IMPD to send the rape kit in for a DNA test, which matched Thomas. On January 19, 2018, he was arrested in Wisconsin.