It looks like police and prosecutors also failed. From the Globe & Mail timeline, at The downfall of a coaching legend - The Globe and Mail 1998 -- Detective Ronald Schreffler testifies Sandusky says, “I understand. I was wrong. I wish I could get forgiveness. I know I won't get it from you. I wish I were dead.” ... Sandusky admits showering naked with Victim 6, admits to hugging Victim 6 while in the shower and admits that it was wrong. The case is closed after then-Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar decides there will be no criminal charge. March 27, 2002 (approximate) — The graduate assistant is never questioned by university police and no other entity conducts an investigation until the graduate assistant testifies in Grand Jury in December 2010. Spring 2008 — Termination of contact with Victim 1 occurs when he is a freshman in a Clinton County high school. After the boy's mother calls the school to report sexual assault, Sandusky is barred from the school district attended by Victim 1 from that day forward and the matter is reported to authorities as mandated by law. Apparently legal authorities didn't get serious until this: Early 2009 — An investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general begins when a Clinton County, Pa. teen boy tells authorities that Sandusky has inappropriately touched him several times over a four-year period.