'MONSTER SURGEON' LURKS EX-WIFE'S HOME, SPENT HOURS INSIDE WEEKS BEFORE DOUBLE MURDER, RPT
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In a shocking moment in the investigation, while Monique and Spencer are out of town at the Big 10 Championship game on December 6, McKee is captured on video entering the "curtilage" of the Tepe home.
"Curtilage" is the property immediately surrounding a home and is considered an extension of the dwelling for Fourth Amendment purposes.
In the second half of the championship game, Monique excuses herself and returns to the hotel room. This is at the same time McKee is at the Tepe home. Asked "why" she left the game, Spencer tells friends Monique is upset about something involving her ex-husband.
During the time of the homicides, McKee's phone is left at St. Anthony Hospital in Rockford and shows no activity for about 17 hours from December 29 until after noon on December 30.
Friends and family tell investigators how Monique's ex-husband McKee had been abusive and made numerous threats on her life during and after their marriage.
Friends and family also tell investigators that McKee would force Monique into unwanted sex and strangulation. McKee tells Monique he can kill her any time he wants; he will buy the house right next door to her, and she is always going to be his wife.
Joining Nancy Grace:
- Troy Slaten - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers; X @TroySlaten
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," and featured in hit show "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive
- Paul Szych - Former Police Commander (Albuquerque, NM), APD Domestic Violence and Stalking Unit, Author of “Stop Him from Killing Them” on Amazon; X: WorkPlaceThreat
- Dr. Thomas Coyne - Chief Medical Examiner, District 2 Medical Examiner's Office, State of Florida; Forensic Pathologist, Neuropathologist, Toxicologist; X: @DrTMCoyne
- Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet," and Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;" X @JoScottForensic
- Yelena Mandenberg - News Reporter for 'The Mirror', the 'Irish Star' and 'The Express;' X: @ymand123
- Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:09.2 | The so-called monster surgeon caught on camera lurking, stalking ex-wife Monique's home that she shared with her new husband of five years and their two little children. |
| 0:22.6 | He's caught on a neighbor's surveillance cam lurking the home and going inside the curtilage. |
| 0:31.4 | And he spends hours inside. |
| 0:35.3 | This is weeks before the double murder when Monique and Spencer are found shot dead |
| 0:41.9 | in their own beds. By the time friends arrived to find out where are they? They can hear the |
| 0:48.3 | children wailing, screaming. where's mommy? |
| 0:55.0 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 1:00.0 | We've thought that Spencer Tempe was shot multiple times and Monique was shot once. |
| 1:05.0 | The affidavit for Monique now says that she was shot multiple times. |
| 1:09.0 | Each have multiple gunshot wounds and are bleeding out. |
| 1:13.0 | This young mother of two has her body ripped apart in the middle of the night with her children |
| 1:21.7 | next door and bleeds out. And tonight, a careful reading of this affidavit reveals that Monique and Spencer's |
| 1:29.7 | neighbors' door cam or surveillance video catch the so-called monster surgeon ex-husband lurking |
| 1:39.3 | around their home while they're out of town in Indianapolis at a Big Ten championship game. |
| 1:45.0 | Number one, how did he know they were gone? |
| 1:48.0 | Had it been posted online? |
| 1:49.0 | We know, Manique had no social media presence. |
| 1:53.0 | Was she afraid he was stalking her? |
| 1:55.0 | I guess so. |
| 1:57.0 | How did he know that? |
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