Tepe Murders & Mica Miller Case — The Coercive Control Pattern No One Stopped
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Monique Tepe allegedly knew for eight years that her ex-husband had threatened to kill her. She divorced Michael McKee in 2017 after just seven months of marriage. Witnesses told investigators he strangled her, forced unwanted sex, told her he could end her life. She never filed a public report. She rebuilt everything — new husband, two kids, a life. On December 30th, she and Spencer were found dead in their Columbus home. McKee pleaded not guilty despite surveillance footage, a ballistics match, and documented threats.
Mica Miller made fourteen police reports in her final months. Reported GPS trackers, harassment, fear for her life. Told her family if she ended up with a bullet in her head, it wasn't her. Two days after serving Pastor JP Miller divorce papers, she was dead. Ruled suicide. JP just pleaded not guilty to federal cyberstalking while the indictment alleges tracking devices, a nude photo posted without consent, fifty-plus contacts in one day, and lies to investigators.
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott — author of "The Minds of Mass Killers" and a DV survivor herself — connects these cases. She explains the psychological burden of living under threat, why victims don't report, how coercive controllers weaponize systems against their targets, and the forensic profile of defendants who treat prosecution as competition. Two women. Two failures. One pattern.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:09.4 | Monique Teppey spent eight years knowing her ex-husband had allegedly threatened a killer. |
| 0:14.5 | According to the unsealed affidavit witnesses told investigators, |
| 0:19.2 | McKee strangled her during the marriage, |
| 0:21.5 | forced unwanted sex on her, |
| 0:24.2 | and told her directly that he could end her life whenever he wanted. |
| 0:29.6 | She divorced him in 2017. |
| 0:31.5 | She never filed a public police report. |
| 0:33.4 | She never obtained a protective order. |
| 0:35.2 | She told friends and family she was afraid, |
| 0:41.0 | and then she got up every morning and lived her life anyway. |
| 0:42.4 | That's the part of this case that doesn't make headlines, but matters the most. |
| 0:46.5 | What does it cost to function to work, to fall in love again, to raise children while |
| 0:52.0 | carrying the knowledge that someone has promised to kill you. |
| 0:56.9 | Jibon Scott, psychotherapist and author is with us. |
| 0:59.4 | She spent over 30 years working with survivors of intimate partner violence, shelters, and clinical settings. |
| 1:05.8 | She's also a survivor herself. |
| 1:07.5 | Her ex-husband died by revenge, suicide after she asked for the divorce. |
| 1:11.8 | She knows what it means to live under that shadow. |
| 1:15.6 | Today, we are talking about the psychological burden Monique carried, why the people around |
| 1:21.0 | her may not have fully understood it and what it actually takes to survive when someone |
| 1:27.0 | has made you a target. |
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