McKee Was Allegedly at Monique Tepe's House While She Was 300 Miles Away at a Football Game
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🗓️ 8 February 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
December 6th, 2025. Monique and Spencer Tepe are in Indianapolis watching the Big Ten Championship. According to court documents, Michael McKee was at their Columbus home that same day—captured on surveillance walking through their yard.
Monique left the game at halftime. Upset about something involving her ex-husband.
Did she somehow know he'd been there? Did she sense something? Three weeks later, she and Spencer were dead.
This episode combines FBI behavioral analysis with a hard look at why victims of stalking so often don't report—even when they know they're in danger.
Robin Dreeke, former head of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, breaks down the psychology of McKee's alleged eight-year obsession. The threats witnesses say he made over the years. The alleged abuse during the marriage—strangulation, forced sex. The December 6th reconnaissance trip that allegedly preceded the killings by three weeks.
Robin explains the behavioral distinction between threats made as manipulation and threats made as rehearsal. When someone says "I could kill you at any time" for eight years and then allegedly does it—what was happening psychologically during that timeline? What does it mean when the threats finally stop being words?
We also examine the gap between knowing you're in danger and the system being able to help. What does Ohio law actually require for a protection order? What holds victims back from reporting? And what can the legal system do when someone is being stalked by a person who technically hasn't broken the law yet?
This isn't victim blaming. It's understanding why the space between fear and action is so hard to cross—and what you can do if you're in that space right now.
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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 Killers podcast and True Crime Today. |
| 0:09.1 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:12.1 | Here now, Tony Brewski. |
| 0:15.9 | December 6 of 2025, the Big Ten Championship game. Ohio State versus Oregon. |
| 0:23.0 | In Indianapolis, Spencer and Monique Tepe |
| 0:25.0 | made the drive from Columbus to watch it. |
| 0:27.5 | It was a big thing and a normal thing. |
| 0:30.3 | For that young couple, both Ohio State grads, |
| 0:32.8 | both deeply rooted in that world. |
| 0:34.9 | But somewhere around halft half time Monique left. |
| 0:38.5 | She went back to the hotel. |
| 0:40.6 | And according to court documents unsealed after the arrest, Spencer later told friend she was upset about something involving her ex-husband. |
| 0:52.2 | That ex-husband from eight years ago. |
| 0:58.0 | Enough to ruin the day. |
| 1:03.1 | It's a big deal. |
| 1:09.0 | We're also learning that same day while the tepies were 180 miles away surveillance cameras allegedly captured michael david mckee at their property the home they built together the home where their two children slept the home where weeks later, both of them would be found shot to death. |
| 1:30.7 | Here's a question. |
| 1:33.6 | Did Monique know? |
| 1:36.0 | Did she sense even then that something was closing in? |
| 1:41.5 | And if she did, why didn't she say anything? |
| 1:46.5 | Why didn't she call someone? |
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