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

[Bigditch]

The 911 operator was horrible. Should be fired. Listen to the calls if you don’t believe me.

 

[Bigditch]

Dbm

 

[OhioGuy]

The 911 operator was horrible. Should be fired. Listen to the calls if you don’t believe me

Can you link to the call you are referencing?

 

[acutename]

LE would have gone through the garbage, and this should have told them about the previous evening's meal. ie did they have takeout, or did they have a home-cooked meal? Did it seem like there had been an extra person there? Extra plates? If none of these, then maybe they went out to eat.

credit/paypal/venmo bills... might not take a 1 and 4 yr old to a restaurant...

 

[LittleSeaTree]

A four year old can answer a phone, imo. At least I could at 4 years old. I would assume they just said that to point out that no one answered any phone. JMO, though.

Plus worried/possibly upset, etc

 

[Speculaytor]

I agree. However, with all due respect, I am a hairstylist and disagree with being able to get away with not showing up for work. Anyone who is counted on to provide a service to a client is going to be noticed when they haven't shown up for the appointment.
I also feel the other dentist who mentioned being on vacation on the 911 call probably mentioned that because it was another huge reason ST would've let someone know he was running late knowing he most likely had a packed overloaded schedule with the other dentist away from the office.

My apologies, I did question my adding hairstylist to the list. I hope you got my point, and no intention of disrespect. It is the fact that the 911 operator so flippantly said "well, sometimes people just don't show up for work" as if the caller was over reacting and needed to calm down. It was ludicrous to me, that she said that. It was an ignorant comment, with a complete lack of empathy.

 

[sunshineray]

As a dental professional id like to end for once and for all any speculation that it is strange or unusual in any way for Dr Tepe's employer to react this quickly. Main clinical staff including doctors and hygenists simply do not miss work with no warning . It just doesnt happen. ( If it did youd be fired immediately!) Sure things happen, people get sick or stuck in traffic, but they always call and make other staff aware so patient care can be coordinated appropriately.

The combination of the doctor not showing up, being unreachable, having his housemate (wife) also unreachable, and knowing there are vulnerable children in the home would trigger a wellness check within an hour from any dental clinic ive been part of.

In fact, we called a wellness check for a coworker when she and her housemate were unreachable and she no call/ no showed to work. We were also starting to majorly worry and decided to make the call at about the 1 hour mark about carbon monoxide or something unforseen.

Anyone else who has worked in such a clinic is welcome to chime in. I cant imagine no immediate concern and call for a doctor who simply hasnt shown up and has no reachable emergency contacts. It would be stranger to me if no one had reacted immediately.

I hope this puts this suspicion to bed for people. It simply isnt an issue.

Do we know who from his work went to the house? Wouldn't those people leaving create even more chaos into the workplace and the patients? I still think it needs some clarity, just who and why they so quickly were thinking it was so urgent. JMO

 

[lg2019]

Do we know who from his work went to the house? Wouldn't those people leaving create even more chaos into the workplace and the patients? I still think it needs some clarity, just who and why they so quickly were thinking it was so urgent. JMO

Not sure who exactly from work went to his house but I have read that some of his coworkers resided in the area so maybe they weren’t far?

 

[OhioGuy]

Do we know who from his work went to the house? Wouldn't those people leaving create even more chaos into the workplace and the patients? I still think it needs some clarity, just who and why they so quickly were thinking it was so urgent. JMO

I’d be shocked if somebody that was in the office that day was who went to the home and was the 957 or 1003 caller. As has been noted, the office is about 1:15 from the home so to be that person they’d have had to leave the office a minimum of 15 minutes before the call for the well check was even placed. If somebody ‘from work’ was at the home that day, they almost certainly had to have been somewhat local.

 

[passionflower]

As far as I know, no specific locations have been given. IMO the speculation that they were not in the same place comes from the friend only reporting seeing Spencer, and from the idea that the primary bedrooms were upstairs, and one would not be able to look into those windows unless one came prepared with a ladder or a drone. JMO, I own a two story ladder, but I wouldn't load it up just to go check on someone; I'm not going to break into their second floor if I can't get them to answer the door.

Wasn’t the Dr in the basement room beside a bed? Could look in basement window

 

[ttjo]

What is the feeling in the commmnity? Dont you think the police will have to say something soon just to address any fears ?

 

[Bree1950]

I feel the houses being in such close proximity, and cameras in the neighborhood, the perp most likely was someone they knew. They gained access either by being let in or by knowing the house lay out well enough to get in without being noticed. That many gun shots with the houses that close could mean a silencer was used. How did the Perp leave without being seen? My area has many people walking and jogging all hours of the night. Hopefully the cameras in the area will give good answers.

 

[airportwoman]

It’s not so much about not showing up. It’s about calling 911 after just 1 hour. That just seems like a big decision… it’s probably nothing. But we don’t have a lot to go off of right now

That he was late, and neither he nor his wife were answering their phones, was a big red flag.

 

[Ghostwheel]

Can you link to the call you are referencing?

MODNOTE:
This has been approved. Plunder is not normally an approved source, but the scanner portion is approved for this link for this case. Located at the post below.

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Post in thread 'OH - Spencer and Monique Tepe found shot to death at home 2 children unharmed, Columbus, 30 December 2025'

Yesterday at 2:24 PM

This YouTube video contains some of LE’s radio traffic from the morning of the crime. I believe this confirms that the friend was inside the home when he saw Spencer.

At the 10:38 minute mark in the video, I believe the officer says, “ There was a 4A on the back door. I have three males inside. They were doing a check, so someone can…”
I cant understand the rest of his sentence.

Police code 4A = Open door/window.

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[OhioGuy]

I wonder if the gun was silenced, it's unclear if the neighbors heard anything. The houses are so close to each other, it's quiet at night, so someone should have heard.

I know Columbus uses ShotSpotter. I don’t know if that would be effective for shots fired from inside a home, though.

ShotSpotter is a device that sits up on a pole, atop a building, traffic signal, etc. and immediately reports shots fired. It isn’t perfect technology but I think in some cases it’s been useful. No idea if it’s utilized in this specific area.

 

[Kemug]

If the perp was their dinner guest that night, "he" could have had the opportunity to sedate the dog - and the humans too.

 

[Sleuthingstylist]

My apologies, I did question my adding hairstylist to the list. I hope you got my point, and no intention of disrespect. It is the fact that the 911 operator so flippantly said "well, sometimes people just don't show up for work" as if the caller was over reacting and needed to calm down. It was ludicrous to me, that she said that. It was an ignorant comment, with a complete lack of empathy.

No worries! Yes I understood what you were saying and didn't think it was meant to be disrespectful, I just wanted to respond to it from my standpoint after you mentioned it. And to be honest, I haven't listened to that particular 911 call you're referring to so I need to find it.

 

[Sleuthingstylist]

It’s not so much about not showing up. It’s about calling 911 after just 1 hour. That just seems like a big decision… it’s probably nothing. But we don’t have a lot to go off of right now

I understand what you're saying but I feel like in this scenario, the distance btwn their office and his home probably left them feeling a bit helpless on what to do so calling 911 made the most sense in that moment.

 

[Voidz]

What did the dispatchers do incorrectly in this situation? They dispatched officers who showed up at the house multiple times when they were called. There is policy that must be followed.

Rude, dismissive, seemed uninterested and didn’t and any questions about how many occupants in the house; if there were any children. It was unprofessional.

 

[keek]

They did the right thing under those circumstances regardless of the turnout. That's what a wellness check is for. Key word is under the circumstances the office staff were dealing with. IMO