Jason Williams has been sentenced to more than 60 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 83-year-old woman in 2005.

Williams broke into Elaine Anderson's home near 23rd and Castelar on New Year's Eve. Ms. Anderson wrote in a letter that she heard dogs barking, looked out her back door and that's when Williams forced his way in. He knocked her down the stairs, assaulted her and left.

Elaine's daughter, Mary Sailors says, "It broke her spirit. She blamed herself in some way with why did this happen to me. She never did anything wrong in her whole life."

A jury convicted Williams in March and Judge Michael Coffey sentenced him on Friday. The victim's family says justice has been served and they can now begin healing.

Ms. Anderson died a year after the attack. There is no medical evidence linking her death to the assault but her family believes it was something she was never able to overcome.

"She never recovered from that incident at all," Ms. Sailors said.

In addition to finding Williams guilty of sexual assault, the jury convicted him of false imprisonment, attempted first degree assault and burglary.

Jason Williams lived in Ms. Anderson's neighborhood and her family says he had harassed several people in the area, including Elaine. She sought and received a protection order against Williams. That protection order expired a month before he attacked her.