On December 30, 2025, Monique Tepe, a 39-year-old female, and her husband, Spencer Tepe, were found dead from gunshot wounds in their Columbus, Ohio, home. Concerned coworkers had prompted a welfare check after the couple failed to show up for work. When officers arrived, they discovered the bodies and the couple's two young children, ages one and four, who were physically unharmed in another room.
There were no signs of forced entry, and no weapons were recovered at the scene.
The investigation quickly centered on Monique's ex-husband, Michael David McKee, a 39-year-old vascular surgeon. Surveillance footage from a neighbor's camera captured a vehicle linked to McKee near the Tepe's home around the time of the murders. Police also released images of a person of interest seen in an alley near the residence between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m., the estimated time of the killings. Authorities tracked McKee to Rockford, Illinois, where he was arrested on January 10, 2026. A firearm found in his possession was preliminarily matched to evidence at the crime scene.
Following his arrest, McKee was charged with two counts of murder. A Franklin County grand jury later indicted him on four counts of aggravated murder, with specifications for using a firearm, and one count of aggravated burglary. The charges indicate premeditation, and prosecutors have described the crime as a targeted attack related to domestic violence. McKee, who divorced Monique in 2017 after a two-year marriage, waived his extradition rights to face the charges in Ohio. Family members have stated that McKee had terrified his ex-wife and had previously threatened her. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
