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Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

What Police Aren't Saying in the Tepe Double Murder Investigation

Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Law Enforcement, Crime, True Crime, Military

4.4870 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Tepe Murders: What Police Strategy Reveals About the Case Ten days into the investigation of the murders of Spencer and Monique Tepe, Columbus, Ohio police are intensifying their efforts — including door-to-door canvassing in the neighborhood where the couple was found dead. In this episode of Police Off The Cuff, we break down what a neighborhood canvass really means in a double-homicide investigation, why detectives deploy it at this stage, and what information police are hoping to uncover. We also analyze the investigative strategy being used by the Columbus Police Department, including victimology, timeline reconstruction, digital evidence review, and follow-up interviews. Columbus Police officials, including the Chief of Police, have emphasized that this remains an active and ongoing investigation, with limited public details released to protect the integrity of the case. We discuss why investigators often withhold information, how canvassing can expose overlooked witnesses or surveillance, and what typically happens next as forensic and digital evidence continues to be analyzed.

Transcript

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0:00.0

10 days into the murders of Spencer and Monique Tepey and the silence from investigators is deafening,

0:12.8

but that silence is strategic. In a double homicide of this magnitude, what police aren't

0:20.0

saying can be just as important as what they are

0:23.2

saying.

0:24.6

Today, tonight, we're breaking down what Columbus police have likely done so far, what they're

0:30.8

doing right now and the critical investigative steps that still must be taken if this case is going to be solved. No rumors,

0:39.9

no internet speculation, just real police work. So we have no doubt that the Columbus police

0:48.5

are working really hard in this case. Door-to-door canvases, as you see on this thumbnail up on the screen, door-to-door canvases as you see on this thumbnail up on the screen door-to-door

0:56.5

canvases talking to people collecting video and re-interviewing witnesses and as leads were generated

1:05.2

and are generated by that person of interest video that really cannot identify a perpetrator,

1:14.3

but a distinct walk, a distinct gate, perhaps can result in many, many tips to the tips line.

1:23.7

And every single tip that the Columbus, Ohio Homicide Squad gets, they must investigate.

1:31.7

So don't fall for all the nonsense that the mainstream media is putting out there, you know,

1:37.2

is this a professional hitman? What is a professional hitman?

1:41.1

And by 27 years on the NYPD, 10 and homicide, 16 in the detective bureau, I never met a

1:48.2

professional hitman. I met killers, but none of them went to 1,800, you know, hitman

1:54.4

training school, you know, I know being purposely obnoxious, but really when they say,

1:59.7

it's a professional, what is a professional

2:01.6

hitman? Is it a mafia killer? What is it? And they're not really professional either. They kill

2:06.7

each other and that's how they get away with it. But when we talk about, yes, was this targeted?

2:11.7

Yes. Do I think that the TEPPs knew the killer? Yes. think the killer knew the tepies yes but that doesn't

2:20.0

mean the person is a professional we must go where the evidence takes us not in your window and

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