Who Killed Spencer & Monique Tepe? Ohio Dentist and Wife Executed — Children Left Alive, Killer Vanishes

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews

Tony Brueski

News, True Crime, News Commentary

4.2 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Columbus, Ohio is searching for answers after a beloved dentist and his wife were found shot to death inside their home on December 30, 2025. Dr. Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, were discovered after Spencer mysteriously failed to show up for work at Athens Dental Depot. When coworkers couldn't reach him or his wife, they drove to the couple's Weinland Park home — where they heard the couple's young children crying inside. Police found Spencer and Monique dead from gunshot wounds. He was shot multiple times. She was shot at least once in the chest. Three 9mm casings were recovered, but no gun was found. There were no signs of forced entry. Their two children, ages 4 and 1, were in another room — alive and physically unharmed. The couple got married inside that same home in 2021. They were one month away from their fifth wedding anniversary. Police have ruled out murder-suicide and are treating this as a targeted double homicide. A city crime camera sits near the home, but police won't say if it captured anything useful. No suspect has been identified. No motive has been disclosed. The investigation is led by Detective Weiner. Tips can be sent to Columbus Police Homicide at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.

#TepeMurders #SpencerTepe #MoniqueTepe #OhioMurder #ColumbusOhio #TrueCrimeToday #WeinlandPark #UnsolvedCase #DoubleHomicide #ColdCase

Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISDOES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/

Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/
Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod
X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod

Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruisky.
0:03.4	Here now, Tony Brewski.
0:07.0	Just a few short days ago, Spencer and Monique Kepi were very much alive.
0:18.0	They had a four-year-old daughter and one-year-old son and a golden doodle.
0:27.0	They had a home in Columbus, Ohio, a place they loved so much.
0:30.6	They got married inside it back in 2021.
0:34.4	They were less than a month away from their fifth wedding anniversary.
0:38.3	Spencer was a dentist.
0:39.5	Monique was a stay-at-home mom with a background in childhood education.
0:43.1	By every account, they were exactly what they appeared to be.
0:46.3	A young couple building a life, raising kids, doing the things you're supposed to do.
0:55.4	Three weeks before he died, Spencer's co-workers posted birthday wishes on social media.
1:03.0	Photos showed him smiling in his dental office holding a bunch of balloons.
1:07.8	That was December 9th.
1:10.6	And by December 30th he was gone both of them were shot inside the same home
1:18.4	where they'd exchanged vows their children were in another room alive thank, but unharmed.
1:29.0	But alone with whatever happened in that house until someone finally broke in to find them.
1:37.7	And here's the part that should unsettle you.
1:40.0	As of right now, as of this recording, there's no suspect, no arrest, no motive that police are willing to share publicly, no weapon recovered, and no signs of forced entry.
1:49.4	Which means whoever killed Spencer and Monique Tepe either had a key, was let inside, or found another way in that didn't leave a mark.
1:59.6	None of those options are confronting.
2:07.0	We don't know what is going on here.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tony Brueski, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Tony Brueski and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.