"I was thinking the same thing. In fact I was talking with a customer today that is a PS graduate. The campus paper has a story that says Sandusky was on trial for charges in 08'. The prosecutor literally went missing & is presumed dead. The charges were then dropped.
It certainly is going to get messier before things settle down"
Centre County DA
Ray Gricar actually went missing back in '05. He's recently been declared legally dead.
According to
this article, Gricar was investigating Sandusky as far back as 1998.
I suppose if the DA investigated and chose not to prosecute there wasn't much Paterno could do. HE couldn't prosecute Sandusky.