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

[Ray_of_hope]

This is why I'm having such a hard time believing he was hard to find. A practicing physician can't just disappear. You are supposed to update an address or name change within 30 days, or you can be sanctioned by the board. His DEA number would require an address change as well, but only after you have an approved state license. There is also the matter of credentialing by the facility.

He put down fake addresses. You report your address but I don't think anyone verifies this at the boards. They assume we are responsible professionals.

 

[Sundog]

Looks like Ohio is a one-party state where recording conversations is concerned.

Privacy Laws Govern Tape Recordings

I recently learned that one of my friends has been tape recording all of our telephone conversations without ever telling me. Is he allowed to do that?

www.ohiobar.org

Yes, Ohio is a one-party state. But devices that turn on without any party may be considered separately, I don't really know. One party means that one of the individuals in the conversation has to be involved in the conversation being recorded, as far as I know. In any event, it brings up interesting judicial issues.

 

[academyrd]

I've been following this thread since the beginning, making my first ever WB comment now.

As I follow this case, I keep thinking of the term destructive entitlement. People carry an internal “ledger” of fairness. Most balance it constructively. They seek therapy, build healthy relationships, or even give back and prevent harm to others. But unfortunately, they can go the opposite way into destructive entitlement: trying to “balance” perceived unfairness by hurting others.

For adoptees, even in loving circumstances, separation from biological caregivers can create early attachment injuries. Estrangement or discord with adoptive families can compound this. If those wounds remain unaddressed, someone may feel entitled to a secure attachment and project that need onto anyone they have perceived as a close attachment figure at some point.

Unfortunately, destructive entitlement will persist until the person finds a constructive way to balance the ledger. Attempts to soothe it, by avoidance, other failed relationships, overachieving (MM certainly seems to be a high achiever) may provide temporary relief, but if the person does not find a constructive way to balance the ledger, harmful behavior will continue. Unfortunately, here, it seems to have ended the worst way possible, with the most entitled behavior possible: ending lives and forever changing many others.

That said, you're correct. It does not make sense at all. Destructive entitlement is the epitome of counter-productive. Romantic partners, present or former, do not owe us perfect or uninterrupted attachment; the ledger of fairness cannot be balanced by harming others. My heart breaks for the whole Tepe family and everyone who loves them.

MOO

Disclaimer: am a systemic therapist sharing a theoretical perspective. I have no direct knowledge of anyone involved, and this is not a diagnosis.

Excellent post. You should post more!

 

[ssarahbg]

Logically, it could have been a trigger. For a very sick, flawed mind, a court mistake could have drawn his attention to his ex.

If there was a court date listed there, he should have gotten a notification regarding the court date in a certain way, right?

The lawyers in LV could not find him because he listed his work number in Nevada. But the court in Ohio could have had his personal phone number and some private Gmail account from older times. These things seldom change.

My question is, if MDM got the notification (it is not impossible to assume that he did), was there any further letter sent from Ohio court explaining their mistake? Or did they just cancel the court without any explanation?

Quite honestly, I think that MDM’s hiding from the lawsuit in Nevada was already indicative of extreme suspiciousness. Looking at the nature of malpractice suit, it makes no sense to get undercover. So just to imagine: MDM, for reasons unknown, was quietly getting “irrational”, as evidenced by hiding from the lawsuit in Nevada. Then he gets a notification, from yet another state, inviting him to a court regarding issues pertaining his old divorce. Then he gets yet another notification canceling the court, without any explanation… A different person would have been able to sort things out, but MDM might be already living in “somewhat altered reality.” So he jumps to certain conclusions without contacting anyone, and his perception of the situation is flawed.

I believe that we can’t blame a court clerk for a typo. “Clerical error” plus obsolete interface. It happens. Up to this point, I understand it all.

But humans don’t like to acknowledge mistakes, so if no letter explaining the mistake was sent to MDM, this is what I view as a wrong way of “damage control”, on behalf of Ohio court.

Courts are overwhelmed. And, they don’t know whom they might be dealing with. People can be sick, paranoid, struggling from Covid brains, totally falling apart, or in hiding from other lawyers. And then, one mistake can be a trigger prompting a person to unleash his emotions on the other person whose name is on that erroneously issued paper.

I may be wrong, of course, but the timing is close. So if it started as a “bureaucratic issue”, too sad.

Perhaps the courts should make templates of letters with apology to be sent in such cases? I know that they are overwhelmed, and that’s all that’s to it.

Or Monique was notified and then reached out to him about it? Thinking he was stirring things up about something? Then this contact triggered him. Maybe he didn’t have her phone number until she had to reach out to ask. In all likelihood, he would probably be hard to find. I could more realistically see Monique getting the notice and being totally taken off guard by it.

 

[ssarahbg]

IMO, it’s unlikely that MT and MM were ever notified about the docket entries. At least in my experience, docket updates are emailed to the lawyers on the case, not the individual parties.

Except he was pro se in that case. Monique had a an attorney on record though.

 

[ssarahbg]

I'm hearing Echo isn't always recording, I guess someone has to say "wake". Anyway, I would imagine if the recording happens automatically or happenstance, like a ring camera, etc. it's might be allowed because it's not a secret recording. I have no idea, just thinkin' it through.

I would make a bet they had sophisticated baby monitors though that do record and upload to a cloud storage. nanit is a popular one that does record movement and sound similar to a ring camera.

 

[Cassie P]

Or Monique was notified and then reached out to him about it? Thinking he was stirring things up about something? Then this contact triggered him. Maybe he didn’t have her phone number until she had to reach out to ask. In all likelihood, he would probably be hard to find. I could more realistically see Monique getting the notice and being totally taken off guard by it.

Perhaps they both thought the other had stirred up things. I would think MT would contact her attorney to look into it and avoid contact with the ex? Unless he had been acting like the nice twin and she thought it was OK to contact him?

 

[Ladyotm]

I imagine he was already in a bad place with his work situation and maybe the alleged clerical error triggered him to go into spiral. He possibly looked her up and became fixated on how perfect her life seemed and how happy she was. An obsession that allowed him to not think about the other stuff going on his life. No evidence he was watching the wedding video over and over, but I believe he did.

Maybe he started online stalking Spencer too - I think seeing the staff profile of him on the dentist website may have been like a punch in the face. Instead of a typical headshot, it is a beautiful photo of the happy couple and their children. The perfect family.

I’m looking forward to hearing about the searches on his computer and phones.

I agree with you. He was depressed and unhappy with his own life and decided how she's doing...and maybe felt his life wouldn't be in shambles had she stayed around to help support him through it all.

 

[Seattle1]

Direct link to 16 Jan 2026 Grand Jury Indictment of Michael McKee:

https://prosecutor.franklincountyohio.gov/PRAT-website/media/Documents/Indictment-26-CR-253-McKee_Redacted.pdf

 

[girlhasnoname]

Direct link to 16 Jan 2026 Grand Jury Indictment of Michael McKee:

https://prosecutor.franklincountyohio.gov/PRAT-website/media/Documents/Indictment-26-CR-253-McKee_Redacted.pdf

Thanks for that find @Seattle1 So he used a silencer. Makes sense that nobody in the neighborhood heard anything.

 

[girlhasnoname]

I believe that after he is convicted of multiple felonies, the state medical boards and the DEA would take action to permanently revoke his medical licenses. He would then be permanently prohibited from ever practicing medicine anywhere.

<modsnip> I'm sorry if he is an 'injustice collector", hopeless romantic still in love with his Ex, or just a plain psychopath, he gets not one ounce of consideration from me. We rarely, if ever, get the factual truth of why any of these killers do what they do. Millions of people involved in relationships that fail move on and continues their lives successfully.

JMO

 

[girlhasnoname]

Following a Grand Jury, here's the indictment for Michael McKee, dated January 16, 2026

Indictment-26-CR-253-McKee_Redacted.pdf

There are five counts in the indictment, as the wording is fairly repetitive I'll summarize them below:

Count One: Aggravated Murder of Monique Tepe
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

Count Two: Aggravated Murder of Spencer Tepe
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

Count Three: Aggravated Burglary
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

Count Four: Aggravated Murder of Monique Tepe while committing Aggravated Burglary.
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

Count Five: Aggravated Murder of Spencer Tepe while committing Aggravated Burglary.
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

MM's toast, rightfully so IMO.

 

[ivegotcha]

on the grand jury , it shows for each count a year amount is that how much time he will get with each charge .. so it totals over 40 years if I am figuring this correctly... or is this just a base line of no less than ... can someone provide clarification to me.. learning how to read those.

 

[nerosleuth]

Maybe MM can have a side practice in prison.

Hopefully they won't have him working in a prison infirmary.

I would think that the fact he had malpractice lawsuits and haven't obtained board certification in his field of medical practice would be a cause of concern.

 

[nerosleuth]

Following a Grand Jury, here's the indictment for Michael McKee, dated January 16, 2026

Indictment-26-CR-253-McKee_Redacted.pdf

There are five counts in the indictment, as the wording is fairly repetitive I'll summarize them below:

Count One: Aggravated Murder of Monique Tepe
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

Count Two: Aggravated Murder of Spencer Tepe
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

Count Three: Aggravated Burglary
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

Count Four: Aggravated Murder of Monique Tepe while committing Aggravated Burglary.
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

Count Five: Aggravated Murder of Spencer Tepe while committing Aggravated Burglary.
Specification 1: Use of a Firearm
Specification 2: Use of a Suppressor

on the grand jury , it shows for each count a year amount is that how much time he will get with each charge .. so it totals over 40 years if I am figuring this correctly... or is this just a base line of no less than ... can someone provide clarification to me.. learning how to read those.

I do know that under the Ohio gun law that when you use a gun in the commission of a crime, you have to serve a mandatory 3 years prison sentence.

And when you use a gun with a suppressor in the commission of a crime, you have to serve a mandatory 6 years prison sentence.

The mandatory prison sentence under the Ohio gun laws mean that you have to serve the entire sentence for using a gun to commit a crime in Ohio.

There's no good time off or any kind of prison sentence reduction when you're doing time on the Ohio gun law charge.

And when you're convicted in Ohio of a crime that involves the use of a gun, the prison sentence for the gun charges are always served first before you serve any prison time on any crime that you was convicted of.

So he's looking at 45 years that he will have to serve on all the gun charges before serving time on the aggravated burglary and aggravated murder charges.

 

[Spectrix]

45 years just for the firearm & suppresser charges, plus Life without Parole (x2) for the Murder charges, plus Life without Parole (x2) for the Murder while committing burglary charges, plus... er... whatever the sentence is for aggravated burglary?
There's probably enough there for five lifetimes worth of jail for the good doctor.

The perplexing part to me is this:

• Before the crime, he carefully considered the possibility that he'd be caught and prosecuted... and still decided it was worth it anyway.
• After the crime, he just carried on with life as usual. Went to work, ate, slept... All the while knowing that the police would be coming for him at any moment, to take him to jail... for the rest of eternity.

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[ttjo]

I would make a bet they had sophisticated baby monitors though that do record and upload to a cloud storage. nanit is a popular one that does record movement and sound similar to a ring camera

There are baby monitors that will send notifications via an app on your phone that include video. MM may have thought of everything except a mom of a 1 year old having a bay monitor.

 

[Knox]

45 years just for the firearm & suppresser charges, plus Life without Parole (x2) for the Murder charges, plus Life without Parole (x2) for the Murder while committing burglary charges, plus... er... whatever the sentence is for aggravated burglary?
There's probably enough there for five lifetimes worth of jail for the good doctor.

The perplexing part to me is this:

• Before the crime, he carefully considered the possibility that he'd be caught and prosecuted... and still decided it was worth it anyway.
• After the crime, he just carried on with life as usual. Went to work, ate, slept... All the while knowing that the police would be coming for him at any moment, to take him to jail... for the rest of eternity.

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Did he consider the consequences? Or had he convinced himself he was so smart, he could commit the perfect crime?

It will be very interesting to learn exactly how much time he spent preparing for the murders. Google searches, did he already have the gun and purchased a silencer for it, surveillance and researching how to get into the house.

How he entered is what I’m most curious about.

 

[academyrd]

Did he consider the consequences? Or had he convinced himself he was so smart, he could commit the perfect crime?

It will be very interesting to learn exactly how much time he spent preparing for the murders. Google searches, did he already have the gun and purchased a silencer for it, surveillance and researching how to get into the house.

How he entered is what I’m most curious about.

I don’t think he was thinking straight or even capable of sane thinking. Anyone who goes into somebody’s house and murders them in the middle of the night doesn’t have a brain like you or me.

 

[Knox]

I don’t think he was thinking straight or even capable of sane thinking. Anyone who goes into somebody’s house and murders them in the middle of the night doesn’t have a brain like you or me.

That goes without saying. I’ve even thought about the possibility he broke into the house at an earlier time and planted a camera somewhere. Given the circumstances of what he did, it’s not that out of the ballpark.

If the court case error sent out a notification and that caused him to begin hyper focusing on Monique again. He had six months to ruminate and plan.