SAN JOSE — A Santa Clara County judge sentenced a man Monday to eight years in prison in a three-decade-old cold case kidnapping solved by DNA evidence in 2022.

Thomas John Loguidice, 67, was sentenced for kidnapping an Oakridge Mall employee in 1994 to eight years to life in prison, a sentence that will be served consecutively with sentences he is currently serving in San Benito County.

In December, Loguidice of one count of aggravated kidnapping with intent for robbery for attacking 21-year-old Denise Crank at her job at Oakridge Mall on Jan. 13. 1994. The case had gone cold for nearly 30 years until Loguidice’s DNA while he served a 40-year sentence for a 2012 child sexual abuse conviction in San Benito County.

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Loguidice’s sentence was the maximum sentence allowed for the crime he was convicted of — seven years to life for one count of aggravated kidnapping with intent for robbery, and one additional year for the enhancement of using a deadly or dangerous weapon.

The judge also ruled that he did not have the jurisdiction to make alterations to previous sentences imposed by a judge in San Benito County. That sentence was calculated incorrectly, said Henry Kim, a Santa Clara County deputy district attorney.

Crank, now 53, said in an impact statement during the sentencing hearing that Loguidice’s actions have had a lasting impact on her life, including a diagnosis of PTSD, the ability to pursue her dream of being a physical therapist and “ever feeling safe again.”

“I have waited 31 and a half long years for this day — 31 and a half years to let you know that you may have gotten me [then], … but today I got you,” Crank said to Loguidice. “You knew that morning you were going to make me a victim of more than kidnapping and robbery.”