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

[waldojabba]

Nine months prior there was a 911 call from a woman( probably the wife) at the residence but she refused any help saying she was ok. I hadn’t heard that thr was no weapon found until tonight so I guess that rules out murder/suicide theory that was posted earlier by someone. Going to have to b very delicate if the police r allowed to talk to the 4 year old to get any info.

The BIL has clarified that 911 call was not from the wife. Unless it is shown to be otherwise, I will take the family’s word over Fox News.
So I don’t think it’s accurate to state that call was made by the victim unless we have corroboration from an official source like LE.
Just my opinion

 

[waldojabba]

Respectfully, this situation is completely different and is apples and oranges in comparison to what Steve was doing for Kaylee.

We will agree to disagree
JMO

 

[Cassie P]

The BIL has clarified that 911 call was not from the wife. Unless it is shown to be otherwise, I will take the family’s word over Fox News.
So I don’t think it’s accurate to state that call was made by the victim unless we have corroboration from an official source like LE.
Just my opinion

The most valid data will be from forensic audio and video experts.

 

[wibbleflea]

If she was in bed, and he was on the floor, I’d imagine the 911 caller could have seen both and would’ve referenced that. He only mentioned seeing Spencer - which leads me to believe her body was not found near his. Same room, sure, but not visible from where Spencer was laying.

I don’t think he was able to get very close. He could see a body but also couldn’t provide extra detail when asked, saying “I can’t look.” To which the medic on the call said “I understand.” (The 911 operator had passed the call to a medic.)

I took this to mean that it was emotionally difficult – that he couldn’t bear to look. So I imagine him looking from outside the room, though I could be wrong.

 

[tlcya]

An unknown woman called 911 around 2:45 a.m. April 15 at the same Weinland Park address where the Tepe family lived, according to dispatch audio obtained by Fox News Digital.
Tearful 911 call reported domestic dispute at home of Ohio dentist, wife months before they were found dead: report

1) Fox News, who is the source for the NY Post story, is not an acceptable or allowable source here at WS per Tricia.
2) the female is unidentified and so could easily have been a houseguest and not the female victim in this case

 

[wibbleflea]

I don't think it sounds like Monique AT ALL. The caller sounds younger and not as well spoken as MT.

Exactly this. Arguably similar voices but to me, these sound like two people with different ways of speaking, different ways of pronouncing words, different ways of expressing themselves. Chalk and cheese.

 

[steeltowngirl]

For all we know Monique and Spencer may have not even been home when the earlier 911 call was made. I'm still of the opinion it was a pet sitter or friend crashing at their place. I don't think that call has any relevance to their murders. All JMO

True. But if people had been arguing in my home to the point of calling 911, and I ended up being murdered, I'd hope LE would at least investigate the reported event.

JMO

 

[Cryptic]

Exactly this. Arguably similar voices but to me, these sound like two people with different ways of speaking, different ways of pronouncing words, different ways of expressing themselves. Chalk and cheese.

The victim worked in Athens, Ohio.

I spent a few days there once years ago. At that time, the town was going through hard times. Furthermore, the town is in the Appalachian part of Ohio.

I noticed that the Athens locals did not have southern Appalachian accents. But... the West Virginians immediately across the river did. I think the river and relatively few crossing points must have kept local accents distinct. That aside, I cant remember what the 'Athenians' sounded like other than lacking twangs.

Does anybody know the area? Could the caller be from Athens? Perhaps she was a patient in a bad situation and the victims allowed her to stay at their home in Columbus? I had a coworker who sheltered dv victim. Though she promised not to tell her BF where she was, she quickly did exactly that. BF then showed up at my co workers house in a bad mood.

 

[Knox]

True. But if people had been arguing in my home to the point of calling 911, and I ended up being murdered, I'd hope LE would at least investigate the reported event.

JMO

If they hadn’t already, I’m sure they are now.

 

[ErinC]

The victim worked in Athens, Ohio.

I spent a few days there once years ago. At that time, the town was going through hard times. Furthermore, the town is in the Appalachian part of Ohio.

I noticed that the Athens locals did not have southern Appalachian accents. But... the West Virginians immediately across the river did. I think the river and relatively few crossing points must have kept local accents distinct.

That aside, I cant remember what the 'Athenians' sounded like other than lacking twangs. Does anybody know the area? Could the caller be from Athens? Perhaps she was a patient in a bad situation and the victims allowed her to stay at their home in Columbus.

Athens accents are somewhat affected by the university, so the Appalachian accent is often less notable or nonexistent. I am from the local area (born one county over) and I do have it, but I have noticed that, for example, a lot of the professors' children, while they still grew up here, do not have it. As with most accents, mine gets more notable when I get mad/upset. Once you get outside of Athens proper, you will notice more of an Appalachian accent. Full disclosure that I haven't listened to the video, but I'd sooner think that if it was anyone from here, it was a colleague or spouse of colleague rather than a patient (huge ethical can of worms there).

 

[Cryptic]

Athens accents are somewhat affected by the university, so the Appalachian accent is often less notable or nonexistent. I am from the local area (born one county over) and I do have it, but I have noticed that, for example, a lot of the professors' children, while they still grew up here, do not have it. Full disclosure that I haven't listened to the video, but I'd sooner think that if it was anyone from here, it was a colleague or spouse of colleague rather than a patient (huge ethical can of worms there).

Thanks for the good insights regarding both the presence of the university diluting the regional accent and the ethics issues behind sheltering a patient.

I agree fully, if the caller was from Athens, she would be more likely to be associated with the practice- Maybe where relationships could be closer and thus more room for confrontation.

As a side note, I was visiting a relative in Athens who was getting a degree at the University. As you predicted, this put me in contact with the portion of the population least likely to have the regional accent. Though I did meet other people they, as you mentioned, could well be "descended" from the University. Or, their accents had become too diluted to quickly notice.

 

[MesquiteO21]

I’m local. So I have a lot of hearsay. Someone in this thread, as well as what I’m hearing locally, are mentioning the guy in the video- his dress, his gait, look like one of MTs sister in law Muna’s brothers. Were they (Muna + MTs brother) the ones in the domestic dispute? Many folks in here who’ve heard the call state the caller seemed to have an accent- this SILs maiden name seems to reflect that. So were they lending money to brother / SIL- her family? Got cut off? Was there a racial / cultural slur used toward her and SIL told perhaps hot headed brother and he came for honor / revenge? Would explain how he got into home, probably had the code from MTs brother / SIL. Also would explain why the dog didn’t alert.

just trying to get this straight - so Muna is MT's sister in law in that she is married to MT's brother? and the guy in the video looks like one of Muna's brothers?
MOO

 

[kwins]

If they hadn’t already, I’m sure they are now.

A list of all prior 911 calls, regardless of responding service, can be seen in the CAD system. All CPD and CFD have access to this on their laptops and iPads used during calls. I am certain homicide has looked at prior 911 calls to not only the Tepe address, but to addresses in close proximity.

 

[Justice101]

Generally, statistically, one's accent comes from wherever you lived until you turned 13 years old.

So, I am from West Virginia, born and raised there but went away to college near Pittsburgh when I was 18. I have lived a couple of places since (am 65 now) but my basic accent from WV has not changed all thru those 47 years since.

With the Tepe's being professional, their friends are probably from various places in the country not born and raise in Athens. Just my 2 cents' worth.

 

[academyrd]

I have two young kids the ages of the Tepe kids. While we are social and like to have people over, it’s very rare someone would stay until 3 AM. Let alone some random couple who was part of a big party we were having. The main reason is with two young kids you are just exhausted, your priorities change, staying up that late to drink is just usually not really something you want to do anymore.

I just find it interesting they seemed to have parties like that. The 911 call is an example of how they had a wide circle of people who had been in that house… maybe someone at one of these events overheard the door code?

 

[ErinC]

Thanks for the good insights regarding both the presence of the university diluting the regional accent and the ethics issues behind sheltering a patient.

I agree fully, if the caller was from Athens, she would be more likely to be associated with the practice- Maybe where relationships could be closer and thus more room for confrontation.

As a side note, I was visiting a relative in Athens who was getting a degree at the University. As you predicted, this put me in contact with the portion of the population least likely to have the regional accent. Though I did meet other people they, as you mentioned, could well be "descended" from the University. Or, their accents had become too diluted to quickly notice.

It's also relatively common for people to move to Athens for college and just...not leave. (That's how I eventually wound up here, as did my husband.) So it isn't super unusual to run into someone who's lived in Athens for 40 years, and still has the Cleveland (or wherever) accent that they imprinted on as a child. I studied in the Linguistics department for a while and there are actually some SUPER fascinating studies on accent and the Athens region. Guess I better go listen to that 911 call and see if it sounds familiar!

 

[academyrd]

On the 911 call the BIL specifically said it was someone from a party they had at their house. So they had a party, on a Monday night no less, and that party resulted in one of the guests calling 911 at 2:45 AM. Unless the BIL is lying, those are the facts,

 

[armchairagatha]

I don’t know if this is confirmed but it appears that Monique was a SAHM but both kids were at daycare for 8 hours everyday. That does sound strange to me. It might explain why the kids are not asking for their parents. They may be in daycare most of the day and probably a story like “parents had to go away for a trip” works for now. I doubt that would fly if they had been home with mom all day previously.

 

[Cryptic]

It's also relatively common for people to move to Athens for college and just...not leave. (That's how I eventually wound up here, as did my husband.) So it isn't super unusual to run into someone who's lived in Athens for 40 years, and still has the Cleveland (or wherever) accent that they imprinted on as a child.. Guess I better go listen to that 911 call and see if it sounds familiar!

Yes, please listen to the 911 call. It gave me some "accent" vibes- but I have no idea where it could be from. To me, it sounded like a variant of "6:00 news", but with a twist of some sort.

I can readily pick up on several Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana based accents. But... sadly anything beyond that just merges into "sounds like big city north east or sounds like big city midwest" to me.

 

[Voidz]

I think that the BIL is sincere. As long as LE knows who it was and what it was about, I think we might forget about it. Truly, it is a “high-profile case” for the newspapers and for us. For the families it is a nightmare. He is not involved, by now it should be obvious, and maybe they don’t have the money for a lawyer.

Why do you say it’s obvious? You have no idea where the investigation is. Everyone is a suspect - no one has been ruled out. Please note that people in this forum are only reacting to his public behaviour and comments.