Good afternoon, everyone. We're still covering the Monique and Spencer Tepey double homicide,

but perhaps today from a different angle. You know, and when detectives investigate a double

homicide, they're not just asking who did it. They're asking something just as important. When could this have been stopped or

could it have been prevented? Today we're examining the Spencer and Monique Tepe murders from a different

angle, not motive, not evidence, not suspects, but the missed moment. Was there a missed moment? The point in time where warning signs existed. Decisions were made and a path toward violence. They have already been locked in. This isn't hindsight bias. This is how law enforcement evaluates potentially

preventable homicide. Because homicide doesn't begin at the crime scene. One of the biggest

misconceptions in true crime is that murder begins at the moment the trigger is pulled.

It doesn't.

In cases involving former partners, emotional entanglements, or unresolved conflict,

homicide often begins weeks or months earlier.

Key points to know.

Escalation patterns. Fixixation, grievance, loss of control,

emotional ownership after separation. By the time the police arrived, the psychological groundwork has often already been laid. In law enforcement, we talk about intervention windows,

moments where behavior hasn't yet crossed into criminal violence,

but the risk is visible.

In the TEPI case, investigators are now asking,

where were the warning indicators?

Were there interactions that didn't rise to criminal charges but mattered?

Was there a moment where danger was underestimated?

And why these moments are often missed?

These cases are rarely missed because people don't care.

They're missed because the behavior is technically

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