DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A Dayton woman was convicted and sentenced Wednesday for the 1987 beating death of her father.

Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney Mat Heck, Jr. said Wednesday 62-year-old Linda Baccus of Dayton her father, Sanders Baccus, a case which had been unsolved for decades.

Prosecutors say on Sunday, January 18, 1987, the body of Sanders Baccus was found by one of his daughters inside his home at 2700 Lakeview Avenue in Dayton. The victim had been beaten to death. Potential leads dried up and the case went cold.

In November 2015, Linda confessed to her pastor that she had committed the murder. She was encouraged to report the crime to law enforcement, and the defendant and her pastor met with a Detective at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Linda admitted her guilt.

Wednesday, Linda Baccus was found guilty of one count of involuntary manslaughter, an aggregated felony of the first degree under the law as it existed in 1987.

Linda Baccus received an agreed sentence of five years in prison. Baccus is also not eligible for early release and waived her right to appeal her conviction and sentence.