{"id":331947,"date":"2026-01-16T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ex-husband-indicted-by-grand-jury-in-slaying-of-couple-found-in-their-ohio-home"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:42:03","slug":"ex-husband-indicted-by-grand-jury-in-slaying-of-couple-found-in-their-ohio-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ex-husband-indicted-by-grand-jury-in-slaying-of-couple-found-in-their-ohio-home","title":{"rendered":"Ex-husband indicted by grand jury in slaying of couple discovered of their Ohio dwelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">Columbus, OHIO &#8212; <\/span>An Ohio grand jury has indicted a man in the double homicide of his ex-wife and her husband who were killed in their Columbus home last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Court records show a Franklin County grand jury charged <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michael-mckee-spencer-monique-tepe-dentist-killed-9ec689320e27da89617165a151b95d54\">Michael David McKee<\/a> on Jan. 16, with aggravated murder and aggravated burglary while using a firearm suppressor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">McKee, 39, a vascular surgeon who was living in Chicago, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ohio-couple-killed-03f47d11f7d14f3a5581933b0f2a5013\">is charged<\/a> in the shooting deaths of 39-year-old Monique Tepe, from whom he was divorced in 2017, and dentist Dr. Spencer Tepe, 37, in their home on Dec. 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No attorney for McKee was listed on court documents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities apprehended McKee in Rockford, Illinois, last weekend. The hospital where he worked \u2014 OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center \u2014 has said it is cooperating with the investigation. He is currently being held after he <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/exhusband-charged-murder-court-couple-ohio-illinois-766c773c8a02bd3f914249493bb32399\">waived his right<\/a> to an extradition hearing Monday. His next hearing in Winnebago County, Illinois, is scheduled for Jan. 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said in an Associated Press interview Wednesday that authorities now believe McKee was the person seen walking down a dark alley near the Tepes&#8217; home in <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/police-release-footage-of-a-person-of-interest-in-the-killing-of-an-ohio-dentist-and-his-wife-2f4d6bc808fe49ca82f51440d69c1c44\">video footage<\/a> from the night of the murders. His vehicle has also been identified traveling near the house, and a firearm found in his Illinois residence also matched evidence at the scene, she said. Authorities have not disclosed what type of firearm was used in the slaying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ohio-couple-killed-03f47d11f7d14f3a5581933b0f2a5013\">His arrest<\/a> Saturday attracted national attention, capping off nearly two weeks of speculation surrounding the mysterious killings. No obvious signs of forced entry were found at the Tepes\u2019 home. Police also said no weapon was found there, and murder-suicide was not suspected. Nothing was stolen, and the couple\u2019s two young children and their dog were left unharmed in the home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Byrant said police are encouraging the public to keep the tips coming. She said emails, phone calls and other messages left with CPD helped them to gather enough evidence to make an arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">\u201cWe want to thank our community specifically for stepping up, reaching out, giving us the information and being open to sharing that with us,&#8221; she said. \u201cIt has been tremendous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/husband-indicted-grand-jury-slaying-couple-found-ohio-129290691\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbus, OHIO &#8212; An Ohio grand jury has indicted a man in the double homicide of his ex-wife and her husband who were killed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10032,2679,8376,10031,7028,8621,1108,10033,8375,10034,9593],"class_list":["post-331947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-byrant","tag-dentist","tag-elaine-bryant","tag-franklin-county","tag-illinois","tag-michael-david-mckee","tag-ohio","tag-ohio-dwelling","tag-tepes","tag-tepes-dwelling","tag-vascular-surgeon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331949,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331947\/revisions\/331949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}