EERIE DOOR-BANGING RIDDLE IN MURDERS OF DENTIST & WIFE @ HOME, TOT KIDS ASLEEP
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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3.9 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
When Dr. Spencer Tepe doesn't show up for work at Athens Dental Depot in Columbus, Ohio, coworkers are shocked. They call their boss, the owner of Athens Dental, Dr Mark Valrose.
Valrose is on vacation in Florida, but Spencer not showing up is so unusual that coworkers felt they needed to let Valrose know. Valrose tries to contact Spencer, and failing at that, Tepe's wife, Monique, is even more predictable than her husband.
Unable to reach either Tepe, Valrose calls 911 in Columbus, Ohio, at 9:03 a.m., requesting a wellness check.
Joining Nancy Grace:
- Derek Smith - Criminal Defense Attorney
- Dr. Joni Johnston - Forensic Psychologist and private investigator, performs risk and threat assessments on violent offenders, Author: “Serial Killers: 101 Questions True Crime Fans Ask;" Also Author of "CONTROLLING ANXIETY (The Complete Idiot's Guide)," "FIGHT YOUR FRIGHT: A Holistic Approach to Understanding & Overcoming Anxiety," and "APPEARANCE OBSESSION Learning to Love the Way You Look"
- Tom Smith - Former NYPD Detective for 30 years - Narcotics, Robbery Squad, Gang Investigations - was also assigned to the FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force. Co-Host of the GOLD SHIELDS Podcast; FB & Instagram: @thegoldshieldshow
- Dr. Priya Banerjee - Board Certified Forensic Pathologist and Anatomic Pathologist, Anchor Forensic Pathology Consulting
- Susan Hendricks - Journalist, Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi;" IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks
- Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:10.0 | The mystery deepens with an eerie, door-banging riddle. |
| 0:15.8 | Is it connected to the murders of a young dentist and his wife in their own home. |
| 0:21.3 | They're taught children asleep upstairs. |
| 0:24.4 | It is not believed at this hour to be a murder suicide. |
| 0:28.9 | No weapon was found on the scene, no forced entry. |
| 0:32.5 | Who would murder a husband and wife in their own home around Christmas, leaving their children, their tots upstairs |
| 0:39.9 | to come down the next morning and find mommy and daddy dead. I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime |
| 0:46.1 | stories. I want to thank you for being with us. An Ohio couple known for loving life, making |
| 0:51.1 | memories and constantly laughing with their family and friends. |
| 0:54.7 | A home once filled with joy becomes the scene of an early morning tragedy. |
| 1:00.6 | What happened to a young dentist and his wife both found dead in their home? |
| 1:08.1 | Joining me an all-star panel, but what is really baffling on top of that another |
| 1:14.5 | layer is this eerie door-banging riddle that occurred before the murders at a neighbor's house. |
| 1:24.2 | Now, you've got to stick with these 911 calls because everybody and their brother |
| 1:29.6 | was calling 911 about the dentist not showing up to work and the wife not picking up the phone. |
| 1:37.4 | Police go to the scene but see nothing. Listen. I guess I would like to ask for a wellness check on an individual at their home. |
| 1:49.0 | This individual, Spencer, works with me, and he did not show up to work this morning, |
| 1:53.0 | and we cannot get a hold of him or his family. |
| 1:55.0 | He is always on time, and he would contact us that there is any issues whatsoever. |
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