Tepe Murder Prosecution & Defense + Kohberger WSU Lawsuit: Attorney Eric Faddis Analyzes Both Cases
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Today on True Crime Today, we're examining two cases that demand accountability—one from a jury, one from an institution—with former felony prosecutor turned defense attorney Eric Faddis. In Columbus, Dr. Michael McKee faces aggravated murder charges for allegedly executing Monique Tepe and Richard Tepe in their home while their children slept feet away. Police recovered what they say is the murder weapon from McKee's Chicago apartment eleven days later. His alibi reportedly collapsed. But McKee has resources and a defense team looking for every weakness. Faddis breaks down what prosecutors must prove and where the defense will attack—from chain of custody challenges to the absence of eyewitnesses in a circumstantial case.
In Washington, the families of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin are suing WSU over Bryan Kohberger. According to their 126-page lawsuit, 13 formal complaints were filed against Kohberger during his single semester as a teaching assistant. Women requested security escorts. Staff created warning systems. A professor allegedly predicted he'd abuse students. The families claim the murders were "foreseeable and preventable." Faddis analyzes the Title IX violations, gross negligence claims, and what this lawsuit could mean for institutional liability nationwide.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewski, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:10.4 | Michael McKee was a vascular surgeon with no criminal record, who allegedly drove 300 miles from Chicago to Columbus to execute his ex-wife and her husband while their two children slept nearby. |
| 0:24.3 | The merits lasted seven months. The divorce was finalized in 2017. Police say they found the |
| 0:29.0 | murder weapon in McKee's penthouse about 11 days after the killings. He's now facing two counts |
| 0:34.7 | of aggravated murder. Charges that could put him away for life without parole. |
| 0:39.9 | So what does the prosecution need to prove? |
| 0:43.3 | And how do they do it when there are no eyewitnesses? |
| 0:45.5 | And the defendant is a smart, successful doctor who's never been in trouble. |
| 0:49.8 | Joining us, Eric Fattis, defense attorney, former prosecutor to help us break all this down. |
| 0:57.0 | From a legal perspective, let's start looking at all this from the prosecution standpoint. |
| 1:03.4 | McKee was initially charged with the murder. |
| 1:06.1 | Then it was upgraded to aggravated murder. |
| 1:08.7 | What are we talking about here? |
| 1:10.2 | What kind of specific elements are going into place when prosecutors upgrade the verbiage there? |
| 1:15.6 | And obviously the severity of the crime to aggravated. |
| 1:19.6 | What is that signal on how they're framing this case, Eric? |
| 1:22.6 | Sure. |
| 1:23.6 | So the original murder charge required the prosecution prove that this was an intentional |
| 1:28.6 | killing, that he caused the deaths of two people, and that he did that willfully. The aggravation |
| 1:34.6 | comes with this added element of prior calculation and design. Some jurisdictions call it premeditation. |
| 1:42.2 | It's essentially that he planned this out, that he took measures to build up to this, |
| 1:49.2 | and he knew what he was doing and it happened over a period of time. |
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