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

[turaj]

Especially not if you end up choosing a specialty where your patients are unconscious for most of your time with them

Many. top notch surgeons have zero personality or social skills.

 

[nerosleuth]

i see child abuse and domestic abuse...what is that about?

I believe they are court fees that are collected to support the shelter for domestic violence victims.

 

[Knox]

Zanesville rings a bell. I think someone on social media had figured out that someone from Zanesville had watched their wedding video multiple times recently, before the murders.

Don’t his parents live there? I’ve seen that he was there for Christmas visiting, but have no idea if true. Wonder if he was caught on camera in advance of the murders scoping things out?

 

[wibbleflea]

i see child abuse and domestic abuse...what is that about?

I haven’t confirmed it so don’t take this as fact but YouTubers (I’m thinking of the Plunder channel’s episode on the divorce from a day or two ago) suggested that all divorce cases attracted these fees, which are paid into funds. They don’t reflect child abuse, etc. in each divorce case.

 

[Gemmie]

Notice the offence time

That's sure precise, isn't it?

 

[Knox]

Could a recording device have picked up the gunshots? Or perhaps they have time when the back door was opened.

Maybe an Alexis type device in the home recorded something? Not that far fetched?

I’m confident they have a lot on this monster. Wonder how long the extradition process will take?

 

[Knox]

I haven’t confirmed it so don’t take this as fact but YouTubers (I’m thinking of the Plunder channel’s episode on the divorce from a day or two ago) suggested that all divorce cases attracted these fees, which are paid into funds. They don’t reflect child abuse, etc. in each divorce case.

Those are all routine court fee entries, the RO was also routine, according to a lawyer’s comment I read.

 

[dotr]

‘Why Michael David McKee…’: Big motive question in Monique, Spencer Tepe's Ohio murder case

Michael David McKee was identified as the suspect in the Monique Tepe, Spencer Tepe murder case

www.hindustantimes.com

 

[OhDannyBoi]

After extensive training and 40 years clinical experience doing mental status evaluations all day long, I think I can identify a flat affect when I see it.

Then you'd know that a mugshot is a terrible basis on which to judge affect.

 

[osu]

Ex is from Chicago.
So he drove to Columbus.
Bet police ascertained he wasn't at work or present in Chicago

Do we know if the ex husband is originally from Ohio or if he has family residing in the area? He might’ve been home visiting family over the holidays. He murdered the Tepe’s and then left Ohio and drove back to Illinois afterward.

 

[Cassie P]

Then you'd know that a mugshot is a terrible basis on which to judge affect.

Perhaps you can share your insights on this case. I am interested in hearing them.

 

[warp3dwing]

Maybe an Alexis type device in the home recorded something? Not that far fetched?

I’m confident they have a lot on this monster. Wonder how long the extradition process will take?

Seems like an Alexa device will only store audio in the cloud (which could be obtained by court order) if the "wake word" is detected. Otherwise, audio is only held for a short time in a local buffer which wouldn't be recoverable. Someone would have had to have said "Alexa" out loud for it to record.

Source: Amazon Alexa Digital Forensics Approaches [White Paper]

Pertinent excerpt:

Amazon Echo devices are designed to use on-device keyword spotting to detect the wake word and only the wake word. Unless the microphone is turned off, this technology inspects acoustic patterns in the room to detect when the wake word has been spoken using a short, on-device buffer that is continuously overwritten. Multiple algorithms are running on the Echo device looking for the specified wake word. At this point, no audio is sent to the Alexa cloud. If the algorithms do not detect the wake word, then the Echo device continues to wait for the wake word, continuously overwriting the contents of the small internal audio buffer.


Importantly, Echo devices do not keep local records of audio; they keep only a small amount of audio to detect the wake word. This on-device buffer exists in temporary memory (RAM); audio is not recorded to any on-device storage.

However, there still could be plenty of other ways data points of interest could've been recorded during the murder time frame, thanks to our IOT world. I'll be watching the digital forensics with interest on this one, for sure.

 

[BlaiseFinlay]

I have to admit that I had given the suspect too much credit and thought he had taken more steps to hide his vehicle. McKee didn't even try.

With the Idaho case, I’ve spent way too much time trying to think of how you would avoid tying yourself to a vehicle. Career criminals just steal cars (then burn them), which seems to work, but if you don’t have a criminal background, you probably just increase your odds of getting caught if you attempt that.

I recall from the Idaho case that the search for matching vehicles only reached to neighboring states. So, one could get a long term rental (like, one month), from somewhere at least 1,000 miles away. 2 day drive, take your time and see some sights. Somewhere in the middle, steal a license plate. Ideally from a car with the same make and model, and from a location without cameras. Swap the plates (somewhere isolated). Swap back somewhere else isolated along the way back. Benefit to keeping the car for a month is you’ll be less likely to be suspicious for having a large number of miles on the car.

It seems surprising to me that someone with a surgeon’s background and money wouldn’t go to those steps, since it seems simple enough to me, but it may have been a more spur of the moment crime with limited planning. Which I do think makes sense. Months of anger and obsession build up, and then something over the holidays triggered him to snap.

Maybe a couple days of planning. Not long enough to do it well or, more importantly, to come to your senses and not do it at all. My guess is between getting the impulse to actually kill, and following through on the murders, he had no distractions (didn’t go into work; didn’t get together with family, etc.). But that said, the holidays probably aren’t a coincidence. Getting together with family, going back to your hometown (?), etc. can all be emotional.

From following true crime, it has always seemed to me like a disproportionate number of murders happen in December.

 

[ShadyLady]

This is so weird. And surprising....the last person I would have thought of doing it.

Never got over divorce? I dont get it. Why?

 

[Knox]

Seems like an Alexa device will only store audio in the cloud (which could be obtained by court order) if the "wake word" is detected. Otherwise, audio is only held for a short time in a local buffer which wouldn't be recoverable. Someone would have had to have said "Alexa" out loud for it to record.

Source: Amazon Alexa Digital Forensics Approaches [White Paper]

Pertinent excerpt:



However, there still could be plenty of other ways data points of interest could've been recorded during the murder time frame, thanks to our IOT world. I'll be watching the digital forensics with interest on this one, for sure.

Thanks for that information, now I know it’s not likely.

 

[Cool Cats]

Columbus Dispatch
• 2h •

Who is Michael McKee, ex-husband of Monique Tepe charged in her death?​

www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/who-is-michael-mckee-ex-husband-of-monique-tepe-charged-in-her-death/ar-AA1TXUYj?ocid=BingNewsVerp

How did Columbus police identify Michael McKee as a suspect?​

According to court documents, Columbus detectives identified a vehicle that had been in the area of the Tepe home shortly before the couple is believed to have been killed and leaving shortly after. Court records say detectives tracked that vehicle down, locating it in Rockford, Illinois, and identified that McKee owned the vehicle.

 

[stg]

This is so weird. And surprising....the last person I would have thought of doing it.

Never got over divorce? I dont get it. Why?

Have you ever been through a divorce? It is a life-altering experience, even with no kids involved. Their divorce might have appeared uneventful on paper, but no divorce is uneventful emotionally. I don”t know how their marriage ended, or who left whom, but people can harbor rage and resentment for years. Eight years is a long time to harbor a grudge, I understand that, but we do not have many details. Something recent might have happened to trigger him. M & S’s wedding video being freely available on YT might not have helped either. He was honestly my main suspect from day 1. It just made the most sense since it was called targeted, even 8 years after the divorce. I guess I have watched and read too much true crime. I bet LE looked into him hard right away.

 

[ElishiaMarie]

This is so weird. And surprising....the last person I would have thought of doing it.

Never got over divorce? I dont get it. Why?

Normally I always lean towards an ex but I just didn’t think after this long and no children together that he was an issue. I was wrong.
I do still stand by Spencer sharing issues regarding said ex with employees in case anything happened to him or his wife. IMO
What a sad case all around.

 

[Voidz]

Stating the obvious. But there’s something very evil about leaving 2 babies under the age of 5 orphaned.
Which makes you wonder what the motive is. Has to be more than jealousy and resentment in my opinion. All the doctors who have murdered in my country have been motivated by money.
Never underestimate jealousy and resentment though.
So awful.

Edit: in this case financial could mean alimony, retirement, withholding money…

 

[LAborn]

This is a puzzler. Their (ex and Monique) marriage was short, no children. She's been remarried for 5 years, so there's also dating of Spencer making it longer. Ex had also remarried and divorced in that time. He's a neurosurgeon, and threw everything away because of a grunge? Did he harbor anger because he realized the failed marriage must be his fault as Monique went on to successfully have another marriage and children? Tragic and baffling. jmo