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

[Cassie P]

bbm
The same I'm thinking about the shot to her cheek. Did MM want to extinguish her special radiance once and for all?? Had she laughed too often, beaming with happiness? And he had seen it during his stalking on photos, on videos, maybe even live?

The Tepes were a very attractive couple. MM had turned into an unattractive hulk of a man. Was he jealous?

MT was beautiful and had rejected him. So her took away her beauty and her life.

 

[submarine7]

He may have been sleeping on his back, received the shot in his chest, woke up enough to roll over onto his stomach and was then shot in the back. Totally speculating. JMO.

I think the back shot was just for the hell of it and he was already dead face down on the floor. MM is one angry man.

 

[submarine7]

bbm
The same I'm thinking about the shot to her cheek. Did MM want to extinguish her special radiance once and for all?? Had she laughed too often, beaming with happiness? And he had seen it during his stalking on photos, on videos, maybe even live?

Having a gun against your cheek knowing it's going to fire and blow your face apart is absolutely terrifying. I think he wanted to terrorise her and Spencer. He is one of the few perpetrators that I feel thinks whatever happens, it was worth it. He's pure evil.

 

[gremlin444]

I think it's hard to ascribe a lot of purpose to the locations of the bullet wounds, especially in light of all the discussion that was had here about how the bedroom would have been dark. There were pages wondering if MM (at that time just "the murderer") would have turned on a light, did the Tepes have a night light in the room, was the killer using night vision goggles or a headlamp or holding a flashlight, etc.

It's one thing to be able to see enough in the dark to be able to discern M & S's general figures in bed in the dark and successfully shoot and kill them by aiming at broad areas---it's totally another thing to have enough visibility to be able to target very specific areas.

 

[Gemmie]

I think the back shot was just for the hell of it and he was already dead face down on the floor. MM is one angry man.

That and he wanted to shoot every single bullet that was in the gun. Even if the 1st shots killed them, it wasn't enough. Empty the magazine which , as you said, makes him one angry man.

 

[Cassie P]

I think it's hard to ascribe a lot of purpose to the locations of the bullet wounds, especially in light of all the discussion that was had here about how the bedroom would have been dark. There were pages wondering if MM (at that time just "the murderer") would have turned on a light, did the Tepes have a night light in the room, was the killer using night vision goggles or a headlamp or holding a flashlight, etc.

It's one thing to be able to see enough in the dark to be able to discern M & S's general figures in bed in the dark and successfully shoot and kill them by aiming at broad areas---it's totally another thing to have enough visibility to be able to target very specific areas.

He was able to see well enough to get to get all the bullets into the bodies.

 

[Cassie P]

I think the back shot was just for the hell of it and he was already dead face down on the floor. MM is one angry man.

This man should never be allowed out of prison for the rest of his life.

 

[Voidz]

7 shots to Spencer, 9 shots to Monique. I’m feeling sick to my stomach. This is worse than I could have ever imagined, and it was bad enough. Throw away the damn key.

 

[Gemmie]

7 shots to Spencer, 9 shots to Monique. I’m feeling sick to my stomach. This is worse than I could have ever imagined, and it was bad enough. Throw away the damn key.

Nah. Doing that takes up space and wastes food and other resources. I'm not a fan of life in prison.

 

[minneolo]

Can anyone direct me to the arrest affidavit? Can’t seem to find it. TIA

 

[Voidz]

Nah. Doing that takes up space and wastes food and other resources. I'm not a fan of life in prison.

Oh, I didn’t know there was death penalty in Ohio. I’m from a country that doesn’t have that. I get what you’re saying about the expense of him being jailed for life, but isn’t it also the easy way out? Maybe I’m sadistic but would like him to suffer.

 

[Knox]

Nah. Doing that takes up space and wastes food and other resources. I'm not a fan of life in prison.

Just curious, when was the last execution in Ohio?

 

[Covert Operative]

Just curious, when was the last execution in Ohio?

I believe it was July 2018.

 

[Gemmie]

Just curious, when was the last execution in Ohio?

No clue. When I want someone to not get life, I mean just that. I don't go by what the state wants (laws), it's what I want.

 

[Angelcat13]

I no longer think there was any "trigger" that sparked this murder. I think he was obsessed, but mostly he was cruel, vindictive, petty, aggressive, and hellbent to make Monique AND HER CHILDREN suffer.

He wasn't upset over traffic tickets or lawsuits. Maybe his life was spiraling, but the bottomline, imo, is he wanted to kill Monique and make people who she loved suffer. Revenge drove him, not anything external.

The trigger was he is a cruel man.

jmopinion

I feel like the murders could have been a combination of "triggered", ongoing resentment and a deeply disturbed man. I think he had some long-standing issues (psych, personality, whatever). I also think that on a day-to-day basis he was able to keep his long-festering resentment of Monique in check - possibly by being busy with work, etc. But I also feel like something (possibly the notification regarding the divorce) may have brought everything to a head.

I think that many "smaller" stressors can often be more damaging that a major event. For example, if my life is basically "OK" I suddenly and unexpectedly am terminated from my job I may have enough strength/resilience to put my boots on and go out looking for another job and can convince myself that maybe my job loss "just happened" and wasn't anything I did or deserved.

But if I have a lot of "smaller stressors" - my beloved pet dies, my car needs repairs that I can't really afford, my friend seems to not have time for me, there's issues at work, etc - I may start off being able to deal with these stressors but then I may get to the point where EVERYTHING seems to be going wrong, I keep dreading what else may happen, life/people are against me, nothing will ever get better, etc. Some people may become depressed/suicidal at this point, but I wonder if some people that have some psych/personality issues may never really feel like any of these things are their fault and blame others for everything going wrong.

Could MDM have been so resentful that Monique's life seemed to be going so well while his was falling apart? If he was notified about an issue with the previous divorce could that have brought all of his resentment to the forefront (the "trigger") and been the final straw in a long list of problems that he felt were done TO him instead of taking any ownership of how he may have been responsible for his own problems. Did he view her as the source of all of his problems and that if she had only loved him more then his life would have been perfect? Did he think that "eliminating" her would make all of his problems go away and that his life would be perfect?