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

[kwins]

The suspension was lifted once the citation was paid, cancelling the bench warrant. In Ohio, a bench warrant is issued for unpaid fines, and your license is automatically suspended until you pay the fine.

Points also drop off after two years in Ohio, and he would have needed 12 points in 2 years to earn a 6-month suspension.

 

[knla]

Dr. Lenore Walker, forensic psychologist and domestic violence expert says that MM may have erotomania where a person gets obsessed and fixated on a person and won't let go.

 

[crhedBngr]

SBMFF

So what does this mean? I mean, I know what it means, but how was he not leaving her alone? Texts? Phone calls? Emails? Snail mail? Showing up out of the blue? What? I have a weirdo that sent me snail mail after not seeing me for like 5 yrs., so some people just can't let go. They are obsessed and it's not good. What does that comment mean? (that he wouldn't leave her alone for the rest of her life)

My opinion only . . .

I suspect he tried to keep in touch after the divorce. Promised for the nth time that he'd change; would she give him another chance? She declined, probably blocked his emails, texts, phone calls. I bet she changed her cell number more than once to avoid his contact.

He backed off for a while, then tried communicating again. Maybe indicated they could "stay in touch" as "friends". Probably kept her posted about his career. Could he call her if he needed something? Possibly suggested getting together for coffee or something. She continually declined; he'd back off for a period of time and then try again.

He was obsessed with her. We've seen the unfortunate results.

Again, just my musings.

 

[Charlot123]

Hi Charlot, picking up on your thoughts.. let me know if I’m following your thoughts.

Injustice collectors feel slighted by a category of people, fixate and blame their issues on those people, then seek revenge on a target from that category. Examples:
-BK had a grudge against women, and violently brought that to a specific target at the college house in Idaho.
-Valente had a grudge against academia, and took that revenge at Brown U and on the MIT professor.
-McKee had a grudge against a category yet to be determined. Could be failed relationships, and he took revenge on Monique. Or could be against the medical field, and he took revenge on Spencer for his success. Or against both of those - failed relationships and medical field success. Basically - success in areas where he had failed.

Does my take align with your thoughts?

Thank you for making it concise. Flu hit me hard. ))

The main reason for my post was realizing that in all recent scary cases, we don't get a clear understanding of the criminals' reasoning. There should be certain, if flawed, logic behind their acts, why do we fail to grasp it? Valente was the shocking one. A brilliant physicist leaving a "good-bye" full of "hows" but not a single "why".

So: perhaps the investigators know more of the story but it doesn't reach the public. This would be unfair: how should future victims identify the warning signs and protect themselves?

- Or, maybe, such mass murderers (of the latest, Kohberger, Valente and potentially, MDM) are grievance collectors who attack certain "categories" (thank you!) or "ideas" personified by individuals they know?

- in this way, they may be like Luidgi Mangione who had a grievance against "insurance companies". He started with one random CEO as the face of one company. But Luidgi, while a strange guy, is understood because he attacks "a true CEO, if a very lame duck", not some next door neighbor who is an underwriter for some insurance.

But with our latest killers, they are so detached, egotistical and paltry, that they choose people or places known to them and can't express themselves.

Valente: "promised so much", failed, for whatever own reason, but blames "academia" who did not recognize his talent. "Brown" he knows well and Nuno Loureiro is less of "an old co-ed who achieved" and more an "MIT, personified by this professor whose house I can enter".

(And he should not blame "John". Were it not for "John the Redditor", he'd shoot another group of students in "academic north").

Kohberger: I think he was a boy who spent formative years in "a house where women live: warm and cozy, maybe smelling nicely", got interested in women, failed miserably, probably, blamed women not falling for him on "not being macho enough" or such and ended up attacking another "house where women live", with pink lights, female esthetics, etc. Less anyone special living there but "a womens' house". Maybe "a women's spirit". I seriously believed that the attack on a girl's car previously (he took out her clothes from a suitcase...lots of weird stuff) was BK's doing. And few seem to doubt that he was a serial killer in the making.

Now MDM. We don't know what he blames. Apparently, he had a dating profile. Quite likely, all girls picked on the same unpleasant traits, so he blamed his lack of luck on Monique, the first one to see them. Or it could be "the medical field where a hard-working doctor can't make it". Or very likely, it could be "a hard-working doctor and his wife" dynamic, and then he attacked both Monique and Spencer.

Anyhow, I think that he did not get rid of the gun because he planned more kills.

(But as to his parents: we don't know what happened there, and he may merely practice "out of sight, out of mind" attitude to his family.)

 

[Charlot123]

And it doesnt even have to be about forgiveness, it’s about having the ability to move on, if you can do that you dont need to forgive anyone. That’s what’s they mean when they say forgiveness is about you, it’s about moving forward . but it’s not easy to get there..
In this guys case hes not a victim, hes a smart guy. Should be able to put things into perspective, and move on, but he couldnt, and he should have recognized that he needed help.He needed to seek help long time ago instead of going to hot yoga, ( as he posted) but then again his ego probably wouldnt let him go for counselling b/c nothing is ever his fault.

I don't "forgive" people totally. "Forgiving" implies, you could give a second chance, but if didn't work once, be it a personal relationship, or a work venture, or anything, why repeat? But, the same person can be good for something else. If relationship didn't work, but going to movies together was fun, maybe we could be "movie buddies". A person could give me good advices work-wise, but if it didn't work as full-time coworkers, it won't. But to collect grievance is the worst way of spending one's time. I have my own mental exercise of "getting rid of grievances", and everyone can think of his own, or get to therapy to listen to oneself, first.

Even "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" knew that envy and malice corroded one's soul, so why go through it?

 

[Mica]

Like a Sheriff Officer? ...

Use of Chaperones

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Efforts to provide a comfortable and considerate atmosphere for the patient and the physician are part of respecting patients’ dignity. These efforts may include providing appropriate gowns, private facilities for undressing, sensitive use of draping, and clearly explaining various components of...

code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org

 

[nerosleuth]

The suspension was lifted once the citation was paid, cancelling the bench warrant. In Ohio, a bench warrant is issued for unpaid fines, and your license is automatically suspended until you pay the fine.

In Ohio when you go to the deputy register at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, you're not able to get your drivers license renewed if you have any pending unpaid traffic violation or parking violation citations at the time of your renewal.

 

[Inthedetails]

My opinion only . . .

I suspect he tried to keep in touch after the divorce. Promised for the nth time that he'd change; would she give him another chance? She declined, probably blocked his emails, texts, phone calls. I bet she changed her cell number more than once to avoid his contact.

He backed off for a while, then tried communicating again. Maybe indicated they could "stay in touch" as "friends". Probably kept her posted about his career. Could he call her if he needed something? Possibly suggested getting together for coffee or something. She continually declined; he'd back off for a period of time and then try again.

He was obsessed with her. We've seen the unfortunate results.

Again, just my musings.

I no longer think there was any "trigger" that sparked this murder. I think he was obsessed, but mostly he was cruel, vindictive, petty, aggressive, and hellbent to make Monique AND HER CHILDREN suffer.

He wasn't upset over traffic tickets or lawsuits. Maybe his life was spiraling, but the bottomline, imo, is he wanted to kill Monique and make people who she loved suffer. Revenge drove him, not anything external.

The trigger was he is a cruel man.

jmopinion

 

[osu]

Judge Tarlika Nunez-Navarro joins @BanfieldonNN to break down how a clerical error mistakenly revived the divorce case between Monique Tepe and Michael McKee months before Tepe and her husband, Spencer, were killed. @TVAshleigh

https://twitter.com/x/status/2012024776982732880

 

[osu]

I wonder if McKee was notified by the court that a new hearing date had been set in their divorce case before the clerical error was corrected?

The divorce case between accused killer surgeon Michael McKee and his slain ex-wife Monique Tepe — which was finalized years ago — was mistakenly revived just months before McKee allegedly gunned down Tepe and her new husband in their Ohio home.

McKee and Tepe were married in Aug. 2015 before they officially divorced in May 2017, but the case received a new hearing that appeared on the docket in June 2025, according to USA Today.

It showed a trial date set for September, however, court officials later confirmed that the revival of the case was a clerical error with the docket number and the September date was canceled, the paper reported.

More at link:


Clerical error reopened Ohio newlywed's divorce case just months before slayings: docs

 

[nerosleuth]

MM now requires a chaperone. View attachment 637539

eLicense Online

What this means is that a medical chaperone such as another physician or a nurse is required to be present if MM does examine or treat a patient in any medical facility.

With that current stipulation on MM's medical license now, I don't think any medical facility or physician would be willing to risk their own medical license and malpractice insurance to let MM see any patients at all.

 

[Maat99]

What this means is that a medical chaperone such as another physician or a nurse is required to be present if MM does examine or treat a patient in any medical facility.

With that current stipulation on MM's medical license now, I don't think any medical facility or physician would be willing to risk their own medical license and malpractice insurance to let MM see any patients at all.

Not to mention that pesky double murder charge

 

[StarryStarryNight]

Clerical error reopened Ohio newlywed's divorce case just months before slayings: docs

Michael McKee and Monique Tepe officially divorced in May 2017, but the case reportedly received a new hearing that appeared on the docket in June 2025.

nypost.com

 

[PipeyRella]

I wonder if McKee was notified by the court that a new hearing date had been set in their divorce case before the clerical error was corrected?

The divorce case between accused killer surgeon Michael McKee and his slain ex-wife Monique Tepe — which was finalized years ago — was mistakenly revived just months before McKee allegedly gunned down Tepe and her new husband in their Ohio home.

McKee and Tepe were married in Aug. 2015 before they officially divorced in May 2017, but the case received a new hearing that appeared on the docket in June 2025, according to USA Today.

It showed a trial date set for September, however, court officials later confirmed that the revival of the case was a clerical error with the docket number and the September date was canceled, the paper reported.

More at link:


Clerical error reopened Ohio newlywed's divorce case just months before slayings: docs

Same thought as well. JMO but it's possible he's been thinking about this for a long time and this was a "sign", along with all the other stressful noise going on in his life.

 

[steeltowngirl]

I wonder if McKee was notified by the court that a new hearing date had been set in their divorce case before the clerical error was corrected?

It’s concerning. The docket notes print and mail dates.
It would seem that the printings would be retracted when the docket was corrected, but I haven’t heard that confirmed by the court. They probably won’t speak to it publicly, as it’s part of the investigation. JMO

Case Information Online

 

[turaj]

According to this article, the attorney has known he was licensed, practicing, and living in Illinois since November. No, Sir, he didn't just disappear. He's been licensed in Illinois since 2024. 'He just disappeared:' Nevada lawyer tried to track doctor months before Tepe murders

just watched an interview from a patient that he treated 4 days before the murder at the hospital in Rockford.

 

[turaj]

You mean Rockford is 90 miles west of Chicago, but you are right, it is definitely not a suburb of Chicago. Too far away.

with the need for doctors and dentists I find it odd that McKee drives 90 miles to his workplace and Tepe drove I think 75. I guess Tepe was some non compete situation.

 

[turaj]

What this means is that a medical chaperone such as another physician or a nurse is required to be present if MM does examine or treat a patient in any medical facility.

With that current stipulation on MM's medical license now, I don't think any medical facility or physician would be willing to risk their own medical license and malpractice insurance to let MM see any patients at all.

what does that really mean? How does an experienced surgeon get that designation? What did he do? Boy like to know more about this.

 

[su5ie]

Excellent post

I don't "forgive" people totally. "Forgiving" implies, you could give a second chance, but if didn't work once, be it a personal relationship, or a work venture, or anything, why repeat? But, the same person can be good for something else. If relationship didn't work, but going to movies together was fun, maybe we could be "movie buddies". A person could give me good advices work-wise, but if it didn't work as full-time coworkers, it won't. But to collect grievance is the worst way of spending one's time. I have my own mental exercise of "getting rid of grievances", and everyone can think of his own, or get to therapy to listen to oneself, first.

Even "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" knew that envy and malice corroded one's soul, so why go through

Forgiveness and letting go in the healing sense is forgiving your own self for your weakness or whatever you feel is making you hold on to resentment and negative feeling

For example an abused man or woman may forgive their own vulnerabilities or their limitations in speaking up for oneself

The mistake most people make is that they think its about forgiving the other person ,moving on is about your own journey not about others outside of yourself . Forgiveness won't change your abuser but forgiving and accepting yourself will change prospective for you so you can heal

Of course you can choose to forgive your abuser but you don't have to in order to grow in your own confidence and spirituality

 

[ttjo]

I no longer think there was any "trigger" that sparked this murder. I think he was obsessed, but mostly he was cruel, vindictive, petty, aggressive, and hellbent to make Monique AND HER CHILDREN suffer.

He wasn't upset over traffic tickets or lawsuits. Maybe his life was spiraling, but the bottomline, imo, is he wanted to kill Monique and make people who she loved suffer. Revenge drove him, not anything external.

The trigger was he is a cruel man.

jmopinion

And maybe there wasnt a trigger, just hard to understand how someone does this, makes you want to search for answers.