AHWATUKEE, AZ – Private investigator Jacob Mueller has made it a full time job to protect elderly adults who can’t always look out for themselves.
The former police officer operates Global Eye Investigations , in Ahwatukee, which focuses on crimes against the elderly, from financial abuse to physical abuse.
“A lot of times physical abuse can be misconstrued as just normal slip and fall or just bumped into a door or something of that nature when in fact that may not be happening,” said Mueller.
Mueller said he’s helped worried families find enough proof to build a case so police could step in.
“We can assist people with in-home cameras, in-home surveillance, GPS tracking of a vehicle, stuff of that nature that might be able to gain a little bit more proof of the actual abuse,” Mueller said.
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He also tackles financial abuse which isn’t always so obvious, especially when caretakers make excuses.
“’Well it was a bad week, I deserve an extra few hundred dollars so I’ll just write a couple checks’ and as we know once you would get comfortable doing that then it might be $500, it might be $1,000,” Mueller said.
The abuse can happen at the hands of those closest to the victim.
“Families will do this just as much as caregivers do. It’s a really even scale,” Mueller said.
