ROCHESTER, Mich. – Dr. Oumair Aejaz is accused of violating people’s trust and privacy by using hidden cameras to record them.
On Thursday (Aug. 22), Local 4 talked with law enforcement experts to learn more about the possible number of victims and what people should do if they think they’re one of them.
As we’ve learned more about this case, big questions continue to arise. For example, how long do investigators think Aejaz has been engaged in this behavior? Officials say thousands of videos could be on the internet or in the hands of others.
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Investigators said they are pondering thousands of videos while trying to identify anyone in those videos, including adults and children in hospital rooms and changing areas.
Officials say they’re also looking at the backgrounds of photos to see if there are any new locations like parks and shops or just new venues or locations where he may have been videotaping allegedly for over six years.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard suggests tips for people if they think their loved ones or children are in the videos.
“Photos, names, and the venue where you think you may have been victimized and a headshot to the email (ocsosiu@oakgov.com) we set up for this,” said Bouchard.
When asked if the Oakland County Police Department has been able to find out if any of the material has been sent out to anyone else, Bouchard said, “Not at this point. We have not gone beyond just trying to identify victims and going through the hard drives. We haven’t got into the digital transmissions whether there’s a cloud-base storage. All of those things are still hanging chads if you will.”
When asked about the length of time it will take to search the internet and or to find out if videos went to other people, Bouchard said, “Our investigators said to get through this could take up to six months because there’s such a balloon amount of this digital kind of investigation, so it’s hard to say as the priority is to find victims then victim venues and then we’ll be able to transition to if it was transmitted, shared, or was it on other forms that it went too.”
Retired Detroit police Assistant Chief Steve Dolunt said families from Goldfish Swim School have called him to rely on his experience and years of investigations.
“(A family member) She said, ‘Oh my God, Oakland County, call us and let us know if my grandchildren were victims,’” said Dolunt. “I know people that worked for me that were in child sexual abuse, and they had to go to counseling and to the FBI because you see these images and you have kids and grandkids and start wondering like how can anyone do this.”