MONSTER MARRIAGE: ICY THREATS SURGEON MADE YEARS BEFORE KILLING EX-WIFE & NEW HUBBY , COPS

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

An Illinois surgeon accused of gunning down his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her husband, the father of their two young children, Spencer Tepe, allegedly threatened to kill Monique nearly a decade ago on “multiple occasions” during their brief marriage.

Police arrested Michael D. McKee, 39, at a Chick-fil-A in Rockford, Illinois, on January 10, 2026, and charged him with two counts of murder in the deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe. Authorities then upgraded the charges against McKee, who now faces premeditated aggravated murder.

Police report they have the suspect's vehicle on neighborhood video surveillance in the couple's Ohio neighborhood, arriving just before the murders and leaving shortly after.

A search warrant of McKee's luxury Chicago condo results in multiple weapons being found, with one of those weapons preliminarily matching evidence through ballistic testing to the Tepe murder scene.

Twelve weeks before McKee is accused of murder, he is sued for malpractice by a Nevada man who claims McKee went into hiding or just disappeared, so he couldn't be served with legal documents papers.

Nevada lawyer Dan Laird files the suit, but serving McKee was nearly impossible, as the surgery group he works for gives the attorney a fake address, and the phone number issued by the state medical board for McKee is a fax machine.

Joining Nancy Grace:

Randy Kessler - Atlanta Trial Lawyer, Emory Law School Professor, Past Chair ABA Family Law Section, and Author of "Divorce, Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future;" Instagram: @rkessler23, X: @GADivorce
Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," and featured in hit show "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive
Koa Lorimor - Former Army Sniper
Dr. Thomas Coyne - Chief Medical Examiner, District 2 Medical Examiner's Office, State of Florida; Forensic Pathologist, Neuropathologist, Toxicologist; X: @DrTMCoyne
Susan Hendricks - Journalist, Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi;" IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks
Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.6	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
0:10.8	Monster marriage.
0:13.9	The icy threats.
0:16.2	We are learning.
0:17.2	A vascular surgeon husband made years before, years before, nearly 10 years before,
0:25.1	he allegedly shoots his ex-wife and new dentist husband dead in their own beds, their children
0:34.6	wailing in the background. Now think about it. How long did those bodies lie there
0:41.5	going cold in pools of blood with their children sitting there with mommy and daddy dead?
0:49.6	I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us.
0:53.7	Stone-faced and cold-blooded, a surgeon in court after his ex-wife and her dentist's
1:01.1	husband both shot dead and he knows exactly what's happening and not a flicker of emotion
1:07.7	on his face. Not one ounce, not one drop, one scintilla of remorse.
1:13.6	How long did he stalk her as he gets kicked from one jurisdiction to the next, multiple
1:21.5	malpractice and claims against him?
1:25.1	He looks at her online.
1:27.3	She moved on in a big way. She found true love. Gets married to an
1:33.6	awesome guy. They have two children. They get married in their home. They post a video of it.
1:40.4	And there he is. Alone. Alone and and miserable now we are learning that she quote just had to get out of
1:52.4	that starter marriage it was just for seven months it was nearly 10 years ago and he brewed and
1:59.1	bubbled and simmered and stewed for nearly 10 years till he makes an over
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