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

[academyrd]

Is it possible that the POI is being sought purely as a witness? Even as a witness to nothing - "Yes it would have been about 3 am when I walked past, and no I didn't hear a thing."

Ask yourself a question. Do you think LE would release that video to the public and all media outlets to simply ask him if he heard something?

99% chance the guy in the video is the killer

 

[stmichael]

Is it possible that the POI is being sought purely as a witness? Even as a witness to nothing - "Yes it would have been about 3 am when I walked past, and no I didn't hear a thing."

I think it's very possible. Might be some random in the area they want to question, just like in the Brown Univ. POI. There's nothing suggesting he's the killer yet.

 

[Voidz]

911 call reported domestic dispute at home of Ohio dentist, wife, months before they were found dead: report

This is from NY Post. <Admin note: NY Post is allowed and members can decide for themselves if they wish to rely on the content.>

 

[Ms Scarlett]

I think a lot of people are mistaking blocky, low-res video taken at night for facial features. He can't be wearing a buff/mask covering his face in one frame then a visible 70s moustache in the next. Which one do you really think is more likely?

This isn’t a funny situation, but that 70’s mustache had me . Once you see the mustache, you can’t unsee it. It looks fake.

 

[ttjo]

Really appreciate you sharing! Just popped on to see RM chat with the host. Super interesting.

Yes better to post, and squash it before it becomes a runaway train.

 

[stmichael]

911 call reported domestic dispute at home of Ohio dentist, wife, months before they were found dead: report

This is from NY Post. <Admin note: NY Post is allowed and members can decide for themselves if they wish to rely on the content.>

“I do think, you know, [it’s a] suspicious-looking person there. It also very well could be … somebody walking home drunk from a bar,” Misleh told NewsNation.

I wonder if the BIL knows about the domestic?

 

[Kemug]

Wondering if they had a will and life insurance policies.

I believe it's usual (in my country anyway) for a couple to make wills soon after marrying.

 

[Puzzles8]

I believe it's usual (in my country anyway) for a couple to make wills soon after marrying.

Especially making a will is usual after having children

JMO

 

[stmichael]

Especially making a will is usual after having children

JMO

I and other families I know still haven't gotten around to it. Everyone says they will but you'd be surprised how many put it off (especially in states where the judge has final say anyway and the will is more of a custodial suggestion).

 

[jbc]

I would like to see where the researchers "sampled" their races.

Perhaps that if they took a Zauli dancer from Ivory Coast and compared him with a Dane, there will be a difference. "People live for centuries in a certain climate and terrain and adjust to it".

But if they allowed people of the US, a melting pot, to enter B or C in the computer and then compared their gait mechanics, the study may be flawed.

They sampled - not one group from the Ivory Coast and another from Denmark - but all, in equal numbers balanced by age, sex, height and weight, from the exotic land of Virginia. Specifically, Blacksburg.

Perhaps, you're right: The racial groups may have been more or less adapted to the weather in Blacksburg, VA, but the scientists didn't have an independent test for weather adaptation. Nor, for adaptations to altitude and latitude, humidity, distance to the ocean, or to diets comprised of spiced vs. pickled food (which may account for your Ivory Coast vs. Denmark differences)...

Now that you see that, maybe we could get a research grant to make the Ivory Coast vs. Denmark comparison, and try to publish in a peer-reviewed journal.... You may be onto something.

 

[stmichael]

That was the guy they arrested early on. That’s a different person entirely.

So you're saying someone who was specifically called a POI in that nationally viewed case was not necessarily the murder. I agree. And I believe that may be the same in this case as well, whether they arrest him or not.

 

[heathrs]

I have nothing to add if interest. This is a new account because my old account was linked to an old work email. My husband was friends with Spencer as kids to early teens. I was curious an the family angle so I asked ab what his parents were like. He said they were nice from what he remembered at sleep overs but they were mainly doing the kids hanging out thing and didn't pay that much attention.

 

[Inthedetails]

I and other families I know still haven't gotten around to it. Everyone says they will but you'd be surprised how many put it off (especially in states where the judge has final say anyway and the will is more of a custodial suggestion).

I'll go out on a limb and say I don't think life insurance policies or wills were factors in this case.

Finances might be a motive, but not life insurance and wills. my opinion

jmopinion

 

[MassGuy]

So you're saying someone who was specifically called a POI was not necessarily the murder. I agree. And I believe that may be the same in this case as well, whether they arrest him or not.

Not quite. They released a video of a POI. That video WAS the POI. But the person they initially took into custody was not the man in the video.

Then they released a second video of a separate man, who they believed encountered the POI. They wanted this second man identified as he may have information related to the case.

But they did not call that man a POI.

 

[heathrs]

Also he said he could tell Spencer was an authentic nice person,like a rare find.

 

[Ms Scarlett]

Can you please post a source for this fact? I have yet to see one report confirming that anyone entered the crime scene prior to police. Thank you.

There was discussion of this earlier in 5is thread. Plunder on YouTube played a bit of the dispatch and police radios communication, where a cop on scene stated he had 3 males inside who were doing a check.

 

[stmichael]

I'll go out on a limb and say I don't think life insurance policies or wills were factors in this case.

Finances might be a motive, but not life insurance and wills. my opinion

jmopinion

I hear you but they don't seem like they have that much money. The house was bought a few years ago for what, only $500K, current estimate somewhere in the 700-800 range? Not sure if they have full equity. Young career, started a family, even the interior of the wedding video doesn't indicate any really fancy belongings or real wealth. The case info thus far still seems random or some targeted revenge/domestic/slight angle. Or something totally out of left field. which is why it's captivated so many people.

 

[Cassie P]

Is your experience in LE (you sound experienced)? I was just looking at how I would do it if I was in a robber's shoes. If I got in through pure luck (door was unlocked) and the house was completely dark and everyone was upstairs sleeping, I would probably grab what I could from downstairs (assuming there were things of value) and then leave instead of going to the master bedroom where people are sleeping. Why push my luck? Of course, a young gangbanger might think differently.
I am a dog owner though - and my dog would bark her head off if she sensed a stranger in the house (especially once they came upstairs). That would awaken pretty much everyone else in the house.

I'm with you. Monique's brother is a victim. This is a victim-friendly forum.

Extend this man some grace. He's traumatized. He is doing what he thinks is right. He's taking care of his sister's children. His interviews are keeping the search for who killed their parents in the news. He is not profiting off the murders. He is not even organizing the . His deceased brother-in-law's cousin is. Money raised will support the children and their caregivers. This man's personality and actions are being dissected by commenters who come to opposite conclusions.

A former partner has also been identified by name and discussed as if relevant by commenters who doxed the individual and a different person with the same name and who don't understand restraint clauses are standard in divorce cases in Ohio.

The day after the mass shooting at Brown, the name of a person being interviewed was leaked by law enforcement. Both he and a completely unrelated man with the same name were smeared in the media and social media. The individual police questioned was released; he was not involved. In the week after the shooting, national media outlets identified and targeted a Muslim student at Brown as the shooter. His physical safety was in jeopardy. He had no involvement either.

You ranted unring a bell. The innocent young men identified and targeted as the Brown shooter will be dealing with the followout for decades.

Let's take it slowly here. Absent substantiation or any indication of involvement, let's show compassion for the people close to this couple. They're hurting and coping as best they can.

I think the family has a right to speak out. Especially if they feel the police are not doing enough or going in a wrong direction.

 

[osu]

Has there been any local news outlets speaking with the neighbors? I wonder if this could be related to a neighborhood dispute. A neighbor would know their routine and possibly how to get in and out without being detected. JMO

This early Dispatch article from 12/31 spoke with a couple of their neighbors.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2025/12/31/columbus-weinland-park-murders-shooting-dentist-spencer-tepe-wife-monique-ohio/87971162007/#

 

[stmichael]

Not quite. They released a video of a POI. That video WAS the POI. But the person they initially took into custody was not the man in the video.

Then they released a second video of a separate man, who they believed encountered the POI. They wanted this second man identified as he may have information related to the case.

But they did not call that man a POI.

In that case they called the man they arrested a POI which is clearly the point of the NY Times article.. He was not the murderer. Just because you call someone a POI does not mean they are the murderer/suspect and this happens in cases all the time, and may be the case with the video here. That's all.