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

[Knitpicker]

Curious if you have a MSM source for the RBBM? I haven't read that. Thanks.

It was conversation between a podcaster host and guest. Speculation. Thats why I am asking if the family has mentioned anything. What is RBBM?

 

[Gemmie]

Like a trail camera placed in a tree/somewhere out of sight, activated by movement?

That sounds like it could work but I'm not at all educated about all the various types of cameras or how they work. Can some be managed remotely? Like via your computer? Turn it on and off when you want? That sort of thing.

 

[Gemmie]

Like a trail camera placed in a tree/somewhere out of sight, activated by movement?

(Forget the owl. It's in the way of the SS for the other 3 images)

While I did not read up on how these work... they are pretty darn small and appear that you can 'use' them via a computer/phone. I'm sure others with actual experience with these sorts of things will speak up.



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[Sadi]

That sounds like it could work but I'm not at all educated about all the various types of cameras or how they work. Can some be managed remotely? Like via your computer? Turn it on and off when you want? That sort of thing.

I’m not sure to be honest. Can someone who’s more familiar with them offer more insight? TIA

 

[Sadi]

(Forget the owl. It's in the way of the SS for the other 3 images)

While I did not read up on how these work... they are pretty darn small and appear that you can 'use' them via a computer/phone. I'm sure others with actual experience with these sorts of things will speak up.

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So many options

 

[MollyHarps]

Ive just been catching up after a few days away.

It sounds like he was really terrorising Monique in lead up to her & Spencer’s murder.

Do we have any idea if Monique or Spencer had reported anything to Law Enforcement? (In the UK if the police have had dealings with a family prior to a murder taking place they have to immediately report themselves to the Independent Standards Committee so we find out straight away near enough)

It’s just so tragic I dread to think of the terror he caused in that house - MOO is that he killed Spencer first so he could torture Monique.

 

[Kemug]

Tragically, Monique and Spencer could not escape their future. Let's hope and trust that their killer cannot escape his either.

 

[Vaderman]

If it was so mundane, why did MM leave the game and return to the hotel? This was a big game. Big Ten Championship game out of town. It was not cheap either, hotel, tickets, dining out. Why leave in the middle of the game and go back to the hotel over a minor incident?

All speculation and opinion, but maybe she was prone to overreaction? Or more to the point, perhaps MM was a superb gaslighter.

"Yo, Mo', why are you so paranoid that I took a picture of the dorm room we shared together a decade ago?"
"Yo, Mo', why are you so paranoid that I adopted the same type of dog you stole away from me?"
"Yo, Mo', why do you care if I messaged your bridesmaid from our wedding to see how she's been doing?"
"Yo, Mo', why do you want to know the type of gun I bought the day you served me papers?"
"Yo, Mo', why are you so obsessed with me? We've been divorced for [x amount of] years"

*Above is all speculation

 

[knla]

There are trail cameras with cellular connections that can send your phone images.

 

[Speculaytor]

I'm a tad confused, hoping someone can help me straighten out? How do we know that Monique left the game at half time, and that Spencer told their friends she was upset, or it had to do with her ex? The reason I wonder, I just can't believe Spencer would let her leave by herself if this was actually the case. 8 years past divorce, if he was still contacting and upsetting her, they HAD to know they were in serious danger. I cannot believe they knew he had entered their property Dec 6 as that would have warranted a serious response and police involvement. IMO the video was found by police recently, during the investigation. They were looking for evidence that he was in the area, stalking them/her before the murders and luckily found the Dec 6th footage. The only thing I can think happened during the game is that a mutual friend, one that knew them both in college, called or texted her at the game that MM was seen in town. Maybe they knew how she felt about him and wanted to warn her about that? OR could she have not been feeling well, and didn't want to ruin his time at the game so went back to the hotel herself?? Anyway, any help on source of game info appreciated!

 

[airportwoman]

I sure hope no other sickos out there are reading this thread, looking for ideas.

 

[Seattle1]

I'm a tad confused, hoping someone can help me straighten out? How do we know that Monique left the game at half time, and that Spencer told their friends she was upset, or it had to do with her ex? The reason I wonder, I just can't believe Spencer would let her leave by herself if this was actually the case. 8 years past divorce, if he was still contacting and upsetting her, they HAD to know they were in serious danger. I cannot believe they knew he had entered their property Dec 6 as that would have warranted a serious response and police involvement. IMO the video was found by police recently, during the investigation. They were looking for evidence that he was in the area, stalking them/her before the murders and luckily found the Dec 6th footage. The only thing I can think happened during the game is that a mutual friend, one that knew them both in college, called or texted her at the game that MM was seen in town. Maybe they knew how she felt about him and wanted to warn her about that? OR could she have not been feeling well, and didn't want to ruin his time at the game so went back to the hotel herself?? Anyway, any help on source of game info appreciated!

I believe the info came from an affidavit that was recently unsealed and reported on 1/27/26 by the Columbus Dispatch:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/courts/2026/01/27/michael-mckee-left-phone-work-before-tepe-killings-monique-spencer-homicide-columbus-ohio-murder/88272232007/

 

[ttjo]

I'm a tad confused, hoping someone can help me straighten out? How do we know that Monique left the game at half time, and that Spencer told their friends she was upset, or it had to do with her ex?

This is what the affidavit said ( attached below)
And from the article @Seattle1 posted it reads:
According to court records, [U]video[/U] showed McKee going into the area of the Tepe home on Dec. 6 and then showed him leaving "a few hours later." The affidavit describes the area McKee entered as the "curtilage," which is legally considered part of a house but typically thought of as the yard, outdoor buildings, porches and other similar areas.

So they have video, but whose video is it? Theirs? ( Tepe’s ring) did mm get close enough to set off their camera?

That is 3 weeks weeks before they were killed, did police go back and look at all history on their ring? Maybe? Would ring allow that?

I feel like something tipped the police off to look back. Whether it was a tip from a neighbor or current phone bill? Or did they retrieve some info through cellubrite? Or the “ identified “ friends. May have talked about that date and that made them look for video.

So did it ever say if police had their phones?

 

[Speculaytor]

I believe the info came from an affidavit that was recently unsealed and reported on 1/27/26 by the Columbus Dispatch:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/courts/2026/01/27/michael-mckee-left-phone-work-before-tepe-killings-monique-spencer-homicide-columbus-ohio-murder/88272232007/

I don't see the info in the article, it quotes the affidavit, but isn't actually it. Thank you!

 

[ttjo]

I don't see the info in the article, it quotes the affidavit, but isn't actually it. Thank you!

Affadavit is attached in @maamager post below ’

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This man should spend the rest of his life in prison. No bail, no parole.

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[Speculaytor]

Affadavit is attached in @maamager post below ’

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This man should spend the rest of his life in prison. No bail, no parole.

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Yes, thank you! So what on Earth could have caused her upset that she would leave, but Spencer stay? Could MM have visited mutual college friends, and someone texted her that he was around town, knowing how she felt about him? IDK, something is odd to me.

 

[ttjo]

Yes, thank you! So what on Earth could have caused her upset that she would leave, but Spencer stay? Could MM have visited mutual college friends, and someone texted her that he was around town, knowing how she felt about him? IDK, something is odd to me.

Maybe she just left to make some calls? She may have been a little rattled by something, and wanted to handle it without an audience and hard to hear in the stands at a game.

 

[jeff2034]

This is what the affidavit said ( attached below)
And from the article @Seattle1 posted it reads:
According to court records, [U]video[/U] showed McKee going into the area of the Tepe home on Dec. 6 and then showed him leaving "a few hours later." The affidavit describes the area McKee entered as the "curtilage," which is legally considered part of a house but typically thought of as the yard, outdoor buildings, porches and other similar areas.

So they have video, but whose video is it? Theirs? ( Tepe’s ring) did mm get close enough to set off their camera?

That is 3 weeks weeks before they were killed, did police go back and look at all history on their ring? Maybe? Would ring allow that?

I feel like something tipped the police off to look back. Whether it was a tip from a neighbor or current phone bill? Or did they retrieve some info through cellubrite? Or the “ identified “ friends. May have talked about that date and that made them look for video.

So did it ever say if police had their phones?

What is strange to me was that, according to the affadavit, it seems the police had no idea about the ex-husband until they interviewed family and friends. This makes me think that the Tepes never reported MMs multiple stalking/terroristic threat episodes - assuming they occurred over the 8 year period since the divorce. Assuming the incident on Dec 6 showed MM on their stoop (i.e. curtilage) via the ring camera (and possibly saying something into it), you would think the police would immediately have focused on MM had they been notified of the Dec 6th incident. I think it was unlikely he was there on Dec 6th to plant cameras, bugging devices, car trackers etc. in order to track their movements. After all, he came back to the house on Tuesday Dec 30 to commit the act between 1 AM and 4 AM when most people are at home and asleep - no need for any tracking device. Perhaps on Dec 6th (Saturday) he was hoping they would be home and was planning to commit the act then, only to find out they were away. But it is just as plausible he went there on Dec 6th to simply terrorize them knowing, via social media - (theirs or a friend of theirs) they were going to be at the game and knowing they had a ring camera. I wonder who was taking care of the children that weekend? I assume they were not in the home with a caretaker.
Lastly, given what we now know regarding MM's longstanding resentment of and threats to MT as per the affdavit and how unhinged he clearly was (especially at the end), I can only imagine MM's thought processes as he watched ST and MT's wedding video on YouTube over and over again.

 

[ttjo]

What is strange to me was that, according to the affadavit, it seems the police had no idea about the ex-husband until they interviewed family and friends. This makes me think that the Tepes never reported MMs multiple stalking/terroristic threat episodes - assuming they occurred over the 8 year period since the divorce. Assuming the incident on Dec 6 showed MM on their stoop (i.e. curtilage) via the ring camera (and possibly saying something into it), you would think the police would immediately have focused on MM had they been notified of the Dec 6th incident. I think it was unlikely he was there on Dec 6th to plant cameras, bugging devices, car trackers etc. in order to track their movements. After all, he came back to the house on Tuesday Dec 30 to commit the act between 1 AM and 4 AM when most people are at home and asleep - no need for any tracking device. Perhaps on Dec 6th (Saturday) he was hoping they would be home and was planning to commit the act then, only to find out they were away. But it is just as plausible he went there on Dec 6th to simply terrorize them knowing, via social media - (theirs or a friend of theirs) they were going to be at the game and knowing they had a ring camera. I wonder who was taking care of the children that weekend? I assume they were not in the home with a caretaker.
Lastly, given what we now know regarding MM's longstanding resentment of and threats to MT as per the affdavit and how unhinged he clearly was (especially at the end), I can only imagine MM's thought processes as he watched ST and MT's wedding video on YouTube over and over again.

But being there outside for hours? doing what? Did they have a little gazebo or a covered sitting area in their backyard? And he was just sitting there? Waiting? .they have a video of him arriving and then leaving hours later, so what happened in between?

 

[ttjo]

Tepee Backyard,