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A newly unsealed affidavit alleges the surgeon accused of murdering his ex-wife and her dentist husband was lurking around the victims’ home weeks before they were gunned down.
According to WBNS-TV, citing a recently released probable-cause affidavit, Michael McKee, the ex-husband of Monique Tepe, was spotted outside or near the Columbus, Ohio home she shared with her husband, Dr. Spencer Tepe, on Dec. 6, weeks before the couple was killed on Dec. 30.
According to the outlet, on Dec. 6, Monique and Spencer were at the Big Ten Championship game in Indiana with friends when Monique went back to her hotel during the second half of the game.
According to the affidavit, McKee was seen on video entering the Tepes’ property on N. 4th Street on Dec. 6, 2025, and leaving a few hours later when the couple was away.
Spencer and Monique Tepe were preparing to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary. (Rob Misleh)
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According to the affidavit, friends and family told detectives that Monique described McKee as abusive both during and after their marriage. One witness detailed allegations of strangulation and non-consensual sex.
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Flowers are left outside the home of Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe, where the pair were found shot to death in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2025. (The Columbus Dispatch via USA Today)
The documents reportedly say that McKee allegedly threatened Monique’s life, telling her he could “kill her at any time” and vowed to follow her by purchasing a home next to hers, claiming “she will always be his wife.”
When asked why Monique left the game, Spencer said she was upset about “something involving her ex-husband and was going back to the hotel,” according to the affidavit.
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Defense attorney Diane Menashe represents Michael McKee, a suspect in the killings of Monique and Spencer Tepe, as he makes an appearance over closed-circuit TV in front of Franklin County Common Pleas Court Magistrate Mark Petrucci from the Franklin County jail in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., January 23, 2026. (Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch/Pool via Reuters)
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Investigators have alleged that the killings were not random, saying that there were no signs of forced entry or robbery.
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“We know that this is her ex-husband, so it’s domestic violence-related. And, as the trial moves on, as charges come about, we will be able to probably get more answers. But, right now, we don’t have the answer as to a motive,” Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant previously told Fox News Digital.
McKee has pleaded not guilty to four counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated burglary and is being held without bond in the James A. Karnes Corrections Center in Franklin County.
A spokesman for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said McKee has been extradited and is in jail in Columbus, Ohio. (Franklin County Ohio Sheriff)
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Monique and McKee were married for seven months after their wedding Aug. 22, 2015, before splitting up, court records show. McKee was completing his residency at the Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic when Monique filed for divorce, writing that the two were “incompatible.”
Monique and Spencer’s two children were found safe at the home after the shooting. Rob Misleh, Spencer’s brother-in-law, told People the couple’s 1-year-old child was likely in a crib when the shooting happened.
Fox News Digital has reached out to McKee’s defense attorney, Diane Menashe, for comment.
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Fox News Digital’s Adam Sabes contributed to this report.