9 years later.
As soon as I turned 17 years old and became an adult I tried. I walked straight into the Buchanan county prosecutor's office on a mission. I spoke with the county prosecutor and informed him that I was a victim. I shared with him how I was sexually abused at the age of eight. I was there in his office trying to press charges against a sexual predator. I was informed that I was out of the statute of limitations for such a crime. I was not allowed to file assault charges against this man. The prosecutor then advised me what I could possibly do. If I could find or if I knew any other victims that were within the statute then they would prosecute. If I could somehow find one of his recent victims I would be allowed to be a character witness. Which would be almost the same as testifying against him.There were definitely other victims. Mostly all the victims that I had talked to were also out of the statute of limitations.Some of his victims were other family members.I finally located ...