Monique Tepe's Ex Allegedly Threatened Her For Years — Why Didn't Anyone Stop Him?
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Strangulation allegations. Death threats. Statements that she would "always be his wife." Surveillance footage allegedly showing him at her home three weeks before her murder. Michael McKee is a board-certified surgeon who maintained medical licenses across multiple states while allegedly fixating on his ex-wife for eight years after their divorce.
Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer analyzes the behavioral profile — what possessive language reveals about ownership mentality, why strangulation is the number one predictor of future lethality, and how someone with McKee's professional success allegedly hid this level of obsession.
We examine why threats like this go unreported, what systemic gaps allow the pattern to continue, and what options actually exist for someone trying to escape an ex-partner they believe is capable of killing them.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:09.5 | The unsealed affidavit in this case, in the TEPI murders, in the case against Michael |
| 0:16.0 | McKeigh, the unsealed affidavit paints a picture that extends far beyond December 30th. According to court documents, Michael McKee. The unsealed affidavit paints a picture that extends far beyond December 30th. |
| 0:22.6 | According to court documents, Michael McKee allegedly surveilled the Tempe residents weeks before the killings, |
| 0:29.4 | captured on video walking through their yard while Spencer and Monique attended a Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis. |
| 0:35.8 | Witnesses told investigators McKee had threatened Monique for years, |
| 0:39.1 | allegedly telling her he could kill her at any time and that she would always be his wife. |
| 0:44.7 | The divorce was finalized in 2017. |
| 0:47.3 | Murders occurred in 2025. |
| 0:49.1 | Jennifer Coffin-Daffer, retired FBI special agent is here with us to help us break this down. |
| 0:54.4 | Let's get to what we have learned recently about his early visit to the home in December. |
| 1:02.2 | I believe it was the seventh during that big 10 game. |
| 1:07.0 | We don't know, according to the affidavit, exactly where his person was on the property. |
| 1:14.4 | It's been, I've seen various reporting. |
| 1:16.4 | I've seen some outlets interpreted as he was in their house. |
| 1:19.8 | I've seen some interpreted as he was in the yard. |
| 1:22.4 | I've seen somewhere he was just at the property. |
| 1:25.4 | The verbiage leaves a little bit to be desired in terms of directness. |
| 1:30.9 | How have you interpreted the affidavit as to what the hell McKee was doing at that property early in the month when they were at that game? |
| 1:39.5 | Well, the verbiage is the curtilage, and we use that in law enforcement writing. |
| 1:44.8 | You know, that's just kind of one of our words we always throw out curtilage. |
| 1:48.6 | What curtilage means is not inside the house. |
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