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

[LAborn]

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?

If I made a guess, based on the fact he's a vascular surgeon (highly intelligent) this likely has to do with control. I imagine he married Monique thinking this was going to be his lifelong partner, mother of his children, etc. The final piece in his life after his med school. Then it dissolved. Maybe he's not had luck making relationships work since then, so the resentment kept building as he got older and older. JMO

 

[arielilane]

In the court record for Monique Tepe’s divorce from Michael McKee shows a hearing in September 2025. The two divorced roughly a decade ago. Unclear what that hearing was about.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010155835163316268

 

[Chimera]

Slain woman's ex-husband is charged with murdering her and husband

The ex-husband of a woman who was discovered shot dead alongside her new dentist husband in their Ohiohome has been charged with their murders.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The documents reveal she paid for her engagement and wedding rings and listed them as her separate property, stating she paid $2,500 for the engagement ring and $3,500 for the wedding ring.
Red emphasis mine.

What a stand up guy, this ex.
I know it's a small item in the aggregate, but still.
Jmo.

 

[stmarysmead]

A practicing surgeon does not have the time to do an onsite surveillance on an Ex several states away. It would have to be online unless he spent the Christmas week in the area. But I wonder if he and Monique who were both OSU grads did not still have mutual friends in the area. Did they keep him updated about her life?. Was he visiting one of them?

I read somewhere that they had dated for a long time prior to the short marriage. If true.he must have seemed like a pretty normal guy. They broke up right as he started his residency in VA. It took her 3 years to remarry so it’s not like she left him for the current husband. And he may have broken HER heart.

He went on to do very well…in an intensive setting…where there isn’t much time to even sleep. You have rounds, you have Call,and all the pressures of mastering the program under supervision. You have to also study for Boards to get yr license and then look for a job.

Finally, you are the vascular surgeon you wanted to be. You are making real money. And you decide to go to Ohio and murder your Ex from 8 years ago.

This is so weird to me.

 

[arielilane]

Plunder Studios on Facebook obtained a 55-page divorce filing for Monique and Michael. Below is a condensed summary along with a link to the full document and research. Also, according to Ohio court records, McKee only has traffic citations on file, no criminal record. He was a surgeon making $51k per year?

Divorce File Details: Monique Tepe & Ex-Husband Michael David McKee (17DR-1691)The 2017 divorce packet shows:
• 7-month marriage, divorce finalized quickly via private judge.
• McKee lived in Virginia, working for Carilion Clinic; income ~$51K as a resident physician before advancing to a vascular surgeon role at OSF.
• Assets included a Roanoke Verona Trail home (low equity) + multiple vehicles; liabilities included credit-card debt.
• Monique lived in Ohio, employed by Nationwide, and listed her rings as separate property (“I paid”).
• Required repayment to McKee: $1,281.59 with 23% interest.
• Standard mutual restraining order issued.
• Monique used her maiden name Sabaturski throughout the filing.

https://facebook.com/share/p/1HBmACKMEq/?mibextid=wwXIfr

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010091264889500042

 

[arielilane]

Everything We Know So Far

Ex-Husband Charged in Killings of Monique and Dr. Spencer TepePolice say surveillance footage and a recovered vehicle tied Monique Tepe’s ex-husband, Dr. Michael David McKee to the fatal shootings of the Columbus couple.

Read via @LAmag:

https://lamag.com/crimeinla/ex-husband-charged-in-killings-of-monique-and-dr-spencer-tepe/

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010106153850618086

 

[keek]

If I made a guess, based on the fact he's a vascular surgeon (highly intelligent) this likely has to do with control. I imagine he married Monique thinking this was going to be his lifelong partner, mother of his children, etc. The final piece in his life after his med school. Then it dissolved. Maybe he's not had luck making relationships work since then, so the resentment kept building as he got older and older. JMO

Totally fits. IMO

 

[justtrish]

It just feels like he somehow entered, without breaking in (like breaking a window/door). Otherwise I'd think they'd have been found dead on the first floor (entry) where a conversation was happening, or downstairs to keep their voices from waking the kids upstairs, yet they were found in their bedroom upstairs.

But the time (o'dark-thirty) tells me it wasn't an arranged visit and they weren't expecting him. So how did he get in if there were no signs of forced entry?

Authorities have confirmed there were no signs of forced entry

Investigators stay silent as person of interest seen on video in Tepe case

Investigators say the killings occurred sometime between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Dec. 30, on the second floor of the home.

nbcmontana.com

I was thinking about how he was able to get in and I can't imagine they had windows unlocked. I saw that they were out of town for Christmas time and visiting I believe it was her sister. If they were away for any number of days, wouldn't they ensure things were locked up good and with the weather that was happening, I don't imagine they put the windows up recently. Tehre was snow/ice on the ground.

If she was having any recent issues with her ex, then wouldn't they also be extra careful due to that?

I am also not imagining they would pick a number code that her ex would be able to guess.

This is so sad because if he didn't gain access, then they could still be alive right now.

 

[Feriel93]

Is it possible that the ex is the same person who was banging on a neighbor’s home around the same time at night just 9 days prior? He could have been close to town if he was visiting family for the holidays then. The 21st ( day when neighbor called about someone banging at their door at 2:30am) was a Sunday night. What if he was casing the house then and trying to figure out the code since then. He probably just wanted police to think it was a random hit.

 

[stmarysmead]

Residents don’t get paid much. Nor do ‘fellows’ if yr specialty requires a fellowship. The big money comes after you get yr license and first job.

 

[arielilane]

Retired Columbus homicide detective Jay Fulton, from the very jurisdiction where this arrest went down, explains what comes next — including the extradition process from Rockford, Illinois and how quickly the case can start moving now.The cuffs may already be on, but this is the moment when the investigation truly kicks into high gear.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010114718355140940

 

[BlaiseFinlay]

The car license swapping seems a bit complicated to me and risky? You start stealing plates and you might get caught and arrested?

And as you say, there may not have been extensive planning. Or he thought he was too smart to get caught, or didn't care.
Thought he had covered all the basics.

Nothing is without risk, but stealing a license plate seems relatively low risk. It just takes seconds to swap plates. And a double swap leaves you with a plate that likely hasn’t been reported stolen yet. With some time, patience, and strategizing, it doesn’t seem like it would add a significantly high chance of getting you caught.

 

[Aimee_1963]

Often married couples will draw up a will when they start their families and have children. It's possible that ST and MT had a will drawn up so that they could designate who would take care of the children if something should happen to them. I wonder if that is the case here.

Speaking from my own experience, we did exactly that. Our children were small and though we left them with my parents for our vacation, because we were going out of the country, we had papers drawn up for emergency medical care permission and made a will stating my sister would take our kids if anything happened to us, and not our elderly parents.

 

[ivegotcha]

In the court record for Monique Tepe’s divorce from Michael McKee shows a hearing in September 2025. The two divorced roughly a decade ago. Unclear what that hearing was about.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010155835163316268

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this is interesting as he still had a case currently in Las Vegas Nevada Courts ... for a Malpractice suit . that case number is Case No. A-24-893545-C this case started back in 2024 and is still currently in progress... it is also listed under this id as well

Case Type:	Malpractice - Medical/Dental
Date Filed:	05/17/2024
Location:	Department 21
Cross-Reference Case Number:	A893545

 

[Voidz]

A practicing surgeon does not have the time to do an onsite surveillance on an Ex several states away. It would have to be online unless he spent the Christmas week in the area. But I wonder if he and Monique who were both OSU grads did not still have mutual friends in the area. Did they keep him updated about her life?. Was he visiting one of them?

I read somewhere that they had dated for a long time prior to the short marriage. If true.he must have seemed like a pretty normal guy. They broke up right as he started his residency in VA. It took her 3 years to remarry so it’s not like she left him for the current husband. And he may have broken HER heart.

He went on to do very well…in an intensive setting…where there isn’t much time to even sleep. You have rounds, you have Call,and all the pressures of mastering the program under supervision. You have to also study for Boards to get yr license and then look for a job.

Finally, you are the vascular surgeon you wanted to be. You are making real money. And you decide to go to Ohio and murder your Ex from 8 years ago.

This is so weird to me.

That’s a really good point. I could see there being some middleman keeping him updated with her life, beyond what he saw online.

 

[legalmomma]

From divorce to alleged killer: shocking twist in Weinland park double homicides

Michael McKee, the ex-husband of Monique Tepe, has been charged with the murder of Monique and her husband, Spencer Tepe.

abc6onyourside.com

…The couple wed in Aug. 2015, and their divorce was finalized in June 2017, shortly after Monique filed for divorce.

According to the divorce decree obtained by ABC 6, the divorce was awarded to Monique on the grounds of incompatibility.

The decree granted McKee the Virginia home the couple shared during the marriage, while Monique was living in Westerville at the time of the divorce.

The couple had no children, and no spousal support was awarded.
…
McKee is due in an Illinois courtroom on Monday for an extradition hearing to be returned to Columbus

 

[Voidz]

I think he's storing a load of nuts in that jaw!

Imagine the grinding and damage he has done to his jaw/teeth due to the stress of seeing his ex live her best life. Could have masseter muscle hypertrophy due to it.

Imagine if he avoided dentists because he resented Spencer so much. That’s probably how bitter and psycho he is….

 

[IQuestion]

 

[Moonchime]

This seems like such a very basic story for the arrest. I guess we've seen some good ones here with lots of details and then we have this one that seems to just say this person walked to their car and left and they were in the area at the time. I sure hope they found the murder weapon or something that can be traced back to him. IMO

Hopefully, the gun was still in his car. If not the gun, then maybe he forgot to take all of his ammo inside his residence.

 

[Arkay]

The Dispatch article is paywalled for me, but I see posters saying it’s very informative about the ex.

I have a silly thought which I know is dumb, because these two things are very different, but I’ll say it anyway.

He’s a vascular surgeon. A surgeon’s hands are his or her livelihood.

Maybe, being expert with his hands, the steadiness required, and the absolute attention to the tiniest movements, he can feel his way through picking a lock?

Again, I know it’s two different things, but I was wondering.