OH - Spencer and Monique Tepe found shot to death at home 2 children unharmed, Columbus, 30 December 2025 *ex-husband arrested*

[Speculaytor]

Holy crap! This just gets worse and worse.

From your link:

• According to the affidavit, McKee was seen on video entering Tepe’s property on N. 4th Street on Dec. 6, 2025, and leaving a few hours later when the couple was away. (That's a long drive to be there for a few hours. Did he know they were away? I think he did.
• The affidavit states that McKee’s phone was left at his job in Rockford, Illinois, and showed no activity for approximately 17 hours from Dec. 29 until after noon on Dec. 30.
• The affidavit states that McKee told Monique that “he could kill her at any time and would find her and buy the house right next to her, that she will always be his wife.”

Court docs reveal new details in Tepe murder case; McKee allegedly spotted outside home weeks before killings

Court documents allege that Michael McKee, the ex-husband charged in the deaths of the Tepe couple, was spotted outside their property weeks before the deaths.

www.10tv.com

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[Speculaytor]

BBMFF

I don't think for 1 minute that he'd sit in their yard, or porch, or anywhere he could be seen, for ~2 hours. Nope. No way, no how. Whatever he drove there to do he spent those hours doing it. Could it have been putting up hidden cameras? Either in the yard and/or in the garage. He could monitor them that way. Especially if he got at least one camera to point at windows so he could watch the goings on inside when their curtains are open thinking there's no one watching them.

If not putting up hidden cameras... what? Did he enter the house, take a selfie and send it to her? Is that why she left the game to go back to the hotel? Maybe she did that so as not to have Spencer and friends see her bawling her eyes out. Maybe she didn't want to upset everyone where they were having fun.

I just posted same, hadn't seen your post yet. Totally putting up cameras, and audio recording. How did he get in on Dec 6th??

 

[OhioGuy]

A lot to speculate on, but I think part of the affidavit is notable in that it specifically states the curtilage. Copied from the Columbus Dispatch below

According to court records, video showed McKee going into the area of the Tepe home on Dec. 6and then showed him leaving "a few hours later." The affidavit describes the area McKee entered as the "curtilage," which is legally considered part of a house but typically thought of as the yard, outdoor buildings, porches and other similar areas.

So I don’t think this means he was inside the house. Of course, several hours is a long time to spend anywhere when you’re, at least in theory, trying to be stealthy. I wonder if this just means he was seen by this camera leaving the area several hours later, not the house specifically. So maybe he made several passes down the street in front and alley in back.

As for what upset Monique, total speculation on my part but what would make sense to me: they’re at the game and get an alert, we know they had a Ring doorbell. Getting an alert at that time of day would be unusual because the game kicked off at 8pm and she left around halftime, so somewhere between 8 and 930 they get that alert and she sees him creeping around her front porch, close enough to set off the bell. Could be endless things MM did that set her off though.