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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Monique Tepe Never Documented the Abuse: Why Victims Stay Silent & How McKee Allegedly Exploited It

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Rob Misleh said something on Good Morning America that stops you cold: "She just had to get away from him." He said Monique told him Dr. Michael McKee was emotionally abusive. That she was willing to do anything to escape. That many in the family knew about the torment. Misleh called McKee a monster, said Monique never spoke his name after the 2017 divorce—only "her ex-husband." She was always worried. But nobody thought he'd actually do it.

Now look at the court records. No domestic violence allegations. No protection orders. No restraining orders. The divorce paperwork says "incompatibility." That's it. If you read those documents blind, you'd think this was the most amicable split in Ohio history. The family knew the truth. The legal system never did.

Police just confirmed the murder weapon was recovered from McKee's Chicago penthouse. NIBIN matched shell casings from the Tepe bedroom to a firearm seized from his residence. His alibi collapsed before his arrest. ATF picked him up at a Chick-fil-A seven minutes from the hospital where he worked. Surveillance footage places him near the Tepe home during the murder window. He allegedly drove 300 miles to execute his ex-wife and her husband while their two children slept in separate rooms.

Attorney Eric Faddis examines why so many victims choose not to document abuse in divorce proceedings—the fear that it makes things worse, the belief that staying quiet means staying safe. He breaks down how the legal system treats emotional abuse compared to physical abuse and whether it carries less weight in court. Then there's June 2025: eight years after the divorce, something brought McKee and Monique back into the court system. Six months later, she was dead. For anyone who recognizes their own situation in Monique's story, Eric offers guidance on what steps victims can take when the system wasn't built to see the threat coming.

#MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #MichaelMcKee #EricFaddis #DomesticViolence #EmotionalAbuse #HiddenKillers #MurderWeapon #NIBIN #TeepeMurders

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When Rob Mislay appeared on Good Morning America just the other morning, he said something that's hard to shake.

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She had to get away from him.

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He said Monique told him that Dr. Michael McKee was emotionally abusive during their brief

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