The morning of December 30th, 2025, began like any other, at Athens Dental Depot in Ohio.

Employees arrived at their office for their usual workday expecting to see Dr. Spencer Tepe,

the reliable dentist who was never late.

But Spencer, he wasn't there when he should have been, and his absence was so out of character and so unusual that it

resulted in a 911 call asking for a wellness check just before 9 a.m. At 8.58 a.m., Dr. Mark

Varroes, the owner of the business, called 911. Quote, he's been very reliable and we cannot get in

touch with him, his wife, his family,

anyone that lives in that house. We're very, very concerned because this is very out of character

and we cannot get in touch with his wife, which is probably the most concerning thing, end quote.

He also told the operator that the couple had two little kids, again, emphasizing his concern.

And the operator on the phone,

and this is just my opinion, she sounded like she did not want to be bothered saying, okay,

well, people, sometimes people just don't show up for work. Maybe he's sick. I don't know.

Which, okay, fair. Sometimes people don't show up for work, but Spencer wasn't only a dentist. He was a dentist who helped run the entire office and he always would let

someone know if he was either running late or if his schedule was going to look any different that day.

He always gave someone a heads up.

What he never did was just not show up without telling anyone anything.

And that day, on December 30th, what nobody knew yet was that just hours earlier between

two in the morning and five in the morning, someone had entered the Tepe home,

someone who knew exactly where to go, someone who had been watching, waiting, and planning.

And in those dark early hours of the morning, two lives were brutally taken while their children

slept, just rooms away.

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