Tepe Murder Affidavit: McKee Was at Their Home Weeks Before the Killings
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
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Summary
Breaking details from the newly unsealed affidavit in the Michael McKee double murder case reveal that the accused killer was at his ex-wife's Columbus home on December 6th — while she and her husband Spencer were at the Big Ten Championship game 200 miles away.
According to court documents, video captured McKee on the Tepe property that night. The Columbus Dispatch reports he entered the home and left "a few hours later." WOSU says he walked through the yard. Monique Tepe left the game at halftime, reportedly upset about "something involving her ex-husband."
The affidavit paints a picture of eight years of alleged terror. Witnesses told investigators McKee forced unwanted sex on Monique, strangled her, and threatened to kill her "at any time." He allegedly said he would "buy the house right next to her" and that "she will always be his wife." Despite all of this, Columbus police confirmed there were no prior reports filed.
On December 30th, three weeks after the December 6th incident, Spencer and Monique Tepe were found shot to death in their second-floor bedroom. Their children — ages 1 and 4 — were discovered unharmed. McKee's phone showed no activity for 17 hours. A silenced firearm was used. No forced entry.
McKee was arrested at a Rockford Chick-fil-A on January 10th. He's charged with four counts of aggravated murder and has pleaded not guilty. The question now: what happened in those 24 days between December 6th and December 30th?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. Here now, Tony Brucey. |
| 0:07.4 | Three weeks before Spencer and Monique Teppie were shot to death in their Columbus home, |
| 0:12.2 | Michael McKee was already there. That's what we are learning. |
| 0:18.8 | December 6, 2025, the Teppies, they were in Indianapolis, Big Ten Good morning. It's number six, at 2025. |
| 0:21.6 | They were in Indianapolis, Big Ten Championship game going on. |
| 0:26.6 | Ohio State versus Indiana, 8 p.m. kickoff 200 miles away. |
| 0:32.6 | House empty, kids presumably with family or a sitter, |
| 0:36.6 | date night for a couple about to celebrate five years of marriage. |
| 0:42.0 | And according to the Columbus dispatch, video showed McKee going into the Tepe home that night and leaving a few hours later. |
| 0:51.1 | WOSU and NPR affiliate characterized it a little differently. |
| 0:55.2 | They report video showed McKee walking through the TEPI's yard. |
| 0:59.4 | What all the reporting agrees on is this. |
| 1:02.1 | According to the affidavit, he was there. |
| 1:04.8 | On the property, while they were gone. |
| 1:08.8 | And somehow, Monique found out. |
| 1:12.7 | She allegedly left the game at halftime, went back to the hotel. |
| 1:16.8 | And according to the affidavit, Spencer later told friends that Monique was upset about something involving her ex-husband. |
| 1:24.9 | 200 miles away. |
| 1:26.9 | Middle of the biggest game of the season. |
| 1:29.6 | And something made her leave. |
| 1:33.0 | Something told her he was there, |
| 1:38.0 | or had been there or was watching. |
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