Michael McKee: "She Will Always Be His Wife"—Inside the Alleged 8-Year Obsession Before the Tepe Murders
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
For eight years after their divorce, Michael McKee allegedly refused to let go. According to witnesses cited in court documents, he told Monique Tepe he could "kill her at any time." That he would "find her and buy the house right next to her." That she would always be his wife. She told friends. She moved on. She remarried. She had children. And according to investigators, he was watching the entire time.
The unsealed affidavit in the Spencer and Monique Tepe murder case reveals a pattern of alleged stalking, threats, and obsession that preceded the December 30th killings by years—and intensified in the weeks before they were found shot to death in their Columbus home.
On December 6th, while the Tepes were at the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis, surveillance video allegedly captured McKee entering their property. Monique left the game at halftime, upset about something involving her ex-husband. Three weeks later, she and Spencer were dead.
This is the hidden killer profile that domestic violence experts warn about: the ex who won't accept the end. The one who sees rejection as theft. The one who believes ownership doesn't expire with a divorce decree. McKee allegedly exhibited every warning sign—and according to court records, Monique knew it. She told people. She was afraid.
This episode examines the psychology of obsessive ex-partners, why restraining orders often fail, and what the Tepe case reveals about the limits of doing everything right when someone refuses to let you go.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. Here now, Tony Brucey. |
| 0:06.6 | Here's what a decade of surgical training apparently teaches you if you're Michael McKee. |
| 0:13.0 | Allegedly the murderer. |
| 0:17.8 | Spencer and Monique Tempe. |
| 0:20.5 | Precision |
| 0:21.3 | Check |
| 0:23.1 | Control |
| 0:25.4 | Check |
| 0:28.0 | The belief that you're smart enough to cut into a human body |
| 0:32.1 | And keep them alive |
| 0:33.7 | You're smart enough to do just about anything, right? |
| 0:36.7 | If you're able to do all that? |
| 0:38.4 | And maybe that's true in an operating room. Maybe, you know, maybe that is a good thing, |
| 0:44.4 | although he does have some suits against him. So I don't know how stellar he was at his actual |
| 0:50.9 | job versus how he thought he was. I don't know. |
| 0:54.5 | I don't know the answer to that. |
| 0:59.6 | But maybe that's true in that operating room, where the variables are controlled. |
| 1:03.5 | The environment is sterile and everyone defers to your judgment. |
| 1:07.3 | But homicide investigations are not an operating room. It's a thousand |
| 1:13.1 | uncontrollable variables. And if you |
| 1:16.9 | miss just one, |
| 1:19.6 | oh! |
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