Ohio Murder Mystery Turns More Disturbing as Crime Scene Clues Surface | Spencer & Monique Tepe
Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
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🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The Ohio murder mystery surrounding the brutal killings of Spencer Tepe and Monique Tepe in Columbus, Ohio, is growing more disturbing as new crime scene questions emerge. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the first court appearance of Michael McKee, Monique Tepe’s ex-husband and a Chicago surgeon, who was arraigned in Franklin County, Ohio, and indicted on charges of aggravated murder. Ashleigh revisits the chilling 911 call that first alerted police, examines what the crime scene may reveal about what happened inside the Tepe home, and speaks with forensic criminalologist Dr. Laura Pettler about what crime scene clues may tell investigators about motive, timing, and intent.
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Dr. Laura Pettler- Forensic Criminologist
Laura Pettler & Associates Death Investigations
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead Serious and yes, it is the eve of the snowpocalypse across the country. |
| 0:14.0 | And I'm in Vermont and it's very cold. |
| 0:16.0 | It's a temperature right now. |
| 0:18.0 | One degree without the wind chill. |
| 0:20.0 | So like minus 20 with the windchill. So I've got |
| 0:22.3 | my flannel on and a roaring fire. But I had to come to you because there's been activity in the |
| 0:29.8 | murders of Spencer and Monique Tepe in Columbus, Ohio, in that case that just shocked us across the |
| 0:34.6 | country. You remember the young couple gunned down inside their own home while |
| 0:39.0 | their children were sleeping just feet away on the second floor. The man that police say crept into |
| 0:44.7 | the Tepe's home and gunned down these parents is Monique Teppie's ex-husband, Dr. Michael McKee, |
| 0:51.5 | a vascular surgeon from Chicago. And earlier today, and I'm |
| 0:56.5 | recording this on Friday, January 22nd, we got our first look inside at that surgeon-turned-turned-dubler |
| 1:04.4 | defendant as he was arraigned in Franklin County, Ohio, into the courtroom, but weirdly, |
| 1:10.5 | he came in via video, I'll show |
| 1:12.1 | to you in a minute, charged with five counts of aggravated murder. I know two victims, |
| 1:17.4 | five counts. Okay, so just quickly, two counts of aggravated murder are based on the use of a |
| 1:24.2 | firearm with a silencer and premeditation, and two counts of aggravated murder are based on the use of a firearm with a silencer and premeditation. |
| 1:32.7 | And two counts of aggravated murder are based on premeditation, right? |
| 1:34.9 | So that would be the drive and the silencer and all that. |
| 1:41.4 | And to other counts, those two are based on murder in the commission of a burglary. |
| 1:44.2 | So it's kind of like felony murder in other jurisdictions. |
| 1:48.7 | But they've got basically an insurance policy. If the jury doesn't agree it was premeditated, |
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