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

[isabella88]

Welcome back. Don't be such a stranger.

 

[Cassie P]

That's a big question for me as well, had Monique notified LE of the threats in the past or the Dec 6th incident? Did she think MM was just being a jerk and since he lived in another state didn't really take them so seriously?

Such a tragedy for the victims and all of the families, especially those young children left behind. Thank heavens he didn't harm them.

JMO

She may have been afraid to call the police for a number of reasons.

She may have been afraid to put his medical license in jeopardy. Which then would anger him even more or possibly cause him to press charges, accuse her of harassment. And damaging his income flow.

This is the kind of thing abusers/stalkers do. Put the victims in no win situations. If the victim fights back, they are the ones who end up getting sued, or arrested, etc.

 

[Cassie P]

Completely agree. This was a sold out event, above freezing, no precipitation and Ohio State was ahead at halftime. Any OSU fan knows the halftime show with TBDBITL is something to see, also. It might sound bizarre to others, but she would never have left that game at halftime unless it was very very serious. What I can't figure out is why ST didn't leave with her? He felt she was safe enough to leave alone and make her way to the hotel without him and I find that to be odd.

Yes exactly.

I too wondered why ST did not return to the hotel with MT.
Possible reasons:
-I think the Tepes were with friends at the game. Perhaps ST had driven to the stadium, and did not want to leave the friends stranded at the stadium when the game was over. But if ST felt his wife was in danger, he would have taken care of both situations? Get an Uber for his friends and attend to his wife. This would be consistent with how everyone describes him.
-MT did not want ST to know how afraid she was and what was happening. This is typical of abused women, they tend to hide their feelings and want to protect the rest of the family from the abuse. They keep it secret. They become isolated and alone as part of the abuse trauma.
-Perhaps she wanted to call the person taking care of the children to make sure they were OK. And didn't want ST to worry.
-MT herself did not understand that MM was spiraling totally out of control. She did not realize his career was headed in a bad direction, and perhaps drug abuse was now part of the picture.
-She had become so habituated to the stalking and abuse, she was no longer able to do an adequate risk assessment. Which also is common with abused women and stalking victims.

So I think we are left with two options: MT didn't want to alarm ST so downplayed everything.
Or MT herself did not realize the risk level due to her abuse trauma and/or not knowing how badly MM was spiraling out of control.

 

[starlightstarbright]

She may have been afraid to call the police for a number of reasons.

She may have been afraid to put his medical license in jeopardy. Which then would anger him even more or possibly cause him to press charges, accuse her of harassment. And damaging his income flow.

This is the kind of thing abusers/stalkers do. Put the victims in no win situations. If the victim fights back, they are the ones who end up getting sued, or arrested, etc.

Yes, reactive abuse.

 

[Kemug]

If Monique and Spencer did not recognise how much danger they were in, I suppose that is a blessing really.