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Brutal New Reality in Jail: Surgeon Accused of Double Murder Shipped to Ohio, Monique & Spencer Tepe

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

True Crime

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Michael McKee, a former surgeon and the ex-husband of Monique Tepe, has been extradited back to Ohio after his arrest out of state. Prosecutors allege McKee secretly entered the Tepe home and carried out the execution-style murders of Monique Tepe and her husband, Spencer Tepe, in what authorities describe as a calculated and violent attack. Now jailed in Franklin County, McKee awaits his next court appearance as the case moves forward. But what really happens to a high-profile defendant once the cell door closes? In this episode, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by Larry Levine, founder of Wall Street Prison Consultants-- a former federal inmate who now advises white-collar criminals, celebrities, and high-profile defendants on surviving incarceration.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Bannfield and this is Drop Dead Serious.

0:07.3

I guess I'm getting my voice back finally.

0:09.5

This is a bad one though.

0:10.5

I hope you guys are all staying healthy.

0:13.3

This episode is all about a case that is, I'm obsessed with it, the Columbus, Ohio

0:20.7

double murder case, a dentist and his wife murdered,

0:23.0

and her ex-husband arrested for it. The man prosecutors say crept into this Columbus, Ohio home,

0:30.6

brutally executed two people in their sleep. Guess what? He was on the move, and now he is back

0:36.9

in the county where it all happened.

0:39.1

And he's got a brand new mugshot. This is the newest shot of Dr. Michael McKee, the ex-husband

0:45.0

of Monique Teppey. He is now being held in Franklin County. And the jail is called the

0:51.0

James A. Karns Correction Center. It's a newer jail, and that matters a lot.

0:57.4

For reasons you are about to hear. I guess he got a little bit of a break on this one. The extradition took him to a place that is much better than where he could have ended up. And I'll go through all of that in just a moment as well as everything that's happening to him right now

1:11.8

and all the people he's meeting and what his life is actually like. So by now you all know

1:17.7

that Dr. Michael McKee is charged with the murders of his ex-wife, Monique, and her husband, Spencer

1:23.3

Tepe. This as their two little kids, ages four and just 17 months, were in the house.

1:31.6

I want to say sleeping, but I highly doubt it because kids wake up with anything. And there were

1:37.7

gunshots, several of them. So my assumption is those kids were up and crying, and mom and dad

1:43.1

couldn't come to them for hours and hours.

1:46.4

Dr. McKee was extradited Tuesday morning, January 20th, from Winnebago County. That's where

1:51.8

Rockford, Illinois, is where he was arrested. And he was brought to Franklin County, Ohio. That's

1:57.9

where Columbus, Ohio is. He's facing the most serious charges that they have, right?

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