McKee Affidavit Unsealed: Surveillance, Stalking, and the Words of Ownership
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🗓️ 7 February 2026
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Summary
Newly unsealed court documents in the Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe murder case reveal both the evidence prosecutors are building on and the psychology allegedly behind the killings.
According to witnesses, Michael McKee made three statements to Monique during and after their marriage: that he could "kill her at any time," that he would "find her and buy the house right next to her," and that "she will always be his wife." Surveillance footage allegedly captured McKee walking through the Tepes' yard on December 7th, 2025—twenty-three days before the murders—while Spencer and Monique were at the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis. Monique reportedly left that game early, upset about something involving her ex-husband.
The affidavit reads like a prosecutor's blueprint: stolen license plates from two states, a cell phone that went dark during the murder window, a vehicle tracked arriving before and leaving after. Witnesses told investigators that during the marriage, McKee allegedly strangled Monique and forced unwanted sex on her. Strangulation is the single greatest predictor of future lethality in domestic violence cases.
Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis analyzes the case through the prosecution's lens. He breaks down which evidence he'd build the entire case around, examines the hearsay problem with statements Monique allegedly made to friends about death threats, and explains whether prior abuse allegations never criminally charged can reach a jury. The firearm specifications—alleging either an automatic weapon or silencer—signal premeditation and transform how a jury perceives the crime.
This case reveals the brutal reality that doing everything right—leaving, divorcing, rebuilding—doesn't always protect you from someone who never recognized your right to leave.
Spencer and Monique Tepe were found shot to death in their Columbus home on December 30th, 2025. Their two young children were found unharmed. McKee has pleaded not guilty.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the big breakdown. |
| 0:02.2 | A long look back at some of the biggest stories we're covering for you at the Hidden |
| 0:05.9 | Killers podcast and True Crime Today. |
| 0:09.4 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewski, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:19.4 | The Tappy Murders is what we're going to be discussing here today. |
| 0:23.8 | We're going to take a look at it from the prosecution side and the defense's side, both areas, based on where it's sitting right now. |
| 0:31.8 | The unsealed affidavit and the teppy murder case reads like a prosecutor's dream. Surveillance footage, |
| 0:39.5 | allegedly placing the suspect at the victim's home three weeks before the killings, |
| 0:44.6 | witness statements about death threats spanning years, stolen's license plates, a cell phone |
| 0:49.7 | that went dark during the murder window, and a vehicle tracked arriving before and leaving after but |
| 0:57.2 | how strong is this case really what's the most damaging evidence and where could it all fall apart |
| 1:05.2 | eric fattis defense attorney former prosecutor is with us to help us break this part of the conversation down. |
| 1:13.7 | Eric, let's start with the affidavit. That was just unsealed in the TEPI case that lays out what |
| 1:20.1 | prosecutors believe happens, surveillance footage, witness statements about threats going back years, stolen |
| 1:26.4 | license plates, cell phone data, vehicle tracking. |
| 1:30.4 | You've read what's publicly available from a prosecutor's perspective. |
| 1:34.4 | How strong is this case? |
| 1:37.3 | You know, it seems to be getting stronger with every public release that the prosecution is issuing in terms of their evidence. |
| 1:46.2 | You know, these most recent developments, which show allegedly McKee, at the residence, |
| 1:52.4 | three weeks or so before these gruesome murders, I think is terribly problematic for the defense. |
| 1:58.9 | And, you know, there's locational information. There's |
| 2:01.9 | ballistics evidence. And so it's really all starting to mount against Mr. McKeith. How do you |
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