A former Dorchester resident was sentenced to 18-20 years in prison today after he admitted he raped a woman walking home from the Savin Hill T stop on Oct. 30, 1992.
Terry Abercrombie, now 52, had avoided detection until 2012, when a DNA database run by the FBI found a match with DNA evidence the Suffolk County District Attorney's office had submitted to the database in 2006.
DA Dan Conley said the DNA match and additional evidence convinced Abercrombie to plead guilty.
According to the DNA's office, Abercrombie pulled the woman into a driveway off Cushing Avenue, took cash, then raped her: