Ohio Dentist Spencer Tepe & Wife Monique Shot Dead in Home — Kids Found Alive, Killer on the Loose

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

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Summary

A young Ohio couple was gunned down inside their own home while their two small children were in another room. Dr. Spencer Tepe, a 37-year-old dentist, and his wife Monique, 39, were found dead on December 30, 2025 after Spencer failed to show up for work at Athens Dental Depot. Coworkers drove to the couple's Weinland Park home in Columbus, heard children crying inside, and discovered Spencer's body through a window. Police found no signs of forced entry. No firearm was recovered. Three 9mm shell casings were collected from the scene. Spencer had multiple gunshot wounds; Monique was shot at least once in the chest. Their children — a 4-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son — were found unharmed. The couple had been married since 2021 and exchanged vows inside the same house where they were killed. They were less than a month from their fifth anniversary. Columbus police have ruled out murder-suicide and are investigating this as a double homicide. A police camera near the home may hold clues, but investigators haven't said whether it captured anything. No suspect. No motive. No answers. Detective Weiner leads the case. Anyone with information should call Columbus Homicide at 614-645-4730 or Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruisky.
0:03.4	Here now, Tony Brewski.
0:07.0	Just a few short days ago, Spencer and Monique Kepi were very much alive.
0:18.0	They had a four-year-old daughter and one-year-old son and a golden doodle.
0:27.0	They had a home in Columbus, Ohio, a place they loved so much.
0:30.6	They got married inside it back in 2021.
0:34.4	They were less than a month away from their fifth wedding anniversary.
0:38.3	Spencer was a dentist.
0:39.5	Monique was a stay-at-home mom with a background in childhood education.
0:43.1	By every account, they were exactly what they appeared to be.
0:46.3	A young couple building a life, raising kids, doing the things you're supposed to do.
0:55.4	Three weeks before he died, Spencer's co-workers posted birthday wishes on social media.
1:03.0	Photos showed him smiling in his dental office holding a bunch of balloons.
1:07.8	That was December 9th.
1:10.6	And by December 30th he was gone both of them were shot inside the same home
1:18.4	where they'd exchanged vows their children were in another room alive thank, but unharmed.
1:29.0	But alone with whatever happened in that house until someone finally broke in to find them.
1:37.7	And here's the part that should unsettle you.
1:40.0	As of right now, as of this recording, there's no suspect, no arrest, no motive that police are willing to share publicly, no weapon recovered, and no signs of forced entry.
1:49.4	Which means whoever killed Spencer and Monique Tepe either had a key, was let inside, or found another way in that didn't leave a mark.
1:59.6	None of those options are confronting.
2:07.0	We don't know what is going on here.
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