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The morning of December 30, 2025, began like any other at Athens Dental Depot in Ohio. Employees arrived at their office for their usual workday expecting to see Dr. Spencer Tepe, the reliable dentist who was never late. But Spencer, he wasn't there when he should have been. And his absence was so out of character and so unusual that it resulted in a 911 call asking for a wellness check just before 9am at 8:58am Dr. Mark Voros, the owner of the business, called 91 1. He's been very reliable and we cannot get in touch with him, his wife, his family, anyone that lives in that house. We're very, very concerned because this is very out of character and we cannot get in touch with his wife, which is probably the most concerning thing, end quote. He also told the operator that the couple had two little kids. And again emphasizing his concern. And the operator on the phone, and this is just my opinion, she sounded like she did not want to be bothered saying, okay, well, people, sometimes people just don't show up for work. Maybe he is sick, I don't know which. Okay, fair. Sometimes people don't show up for work. But Spencer wasn't only a dentist. He was a dentist who helped run the entire office. And he always would let someone know if he was either running late or if his schedule was going to look any different that day. He always gave someone a heads up. What he never did was just not show up without telling anyone anything. And that day on December 30, what nobody knew yet was that just hours earlier, between 2 in the morning and 5 in the morning, someone had entered the Tepe home. Someone who knew exactly where to go. Someone who had been watching, waiting and planning. And in those dark early hours of the morning, two lives were brutally taken while their children slept just rooms away. Spencer Lewis Tepe was the kind of guy who just got along with everyone. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he grew up in Mason and graduated from Mason high school in 2007 before attending Ohio State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in biology while double majoring in Spanish. It was his passion for helping others that led him to pursue dentistry, and he earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Ohio State in 2017. At 37 years old, Spencer had built a thriving practice at Athens Dental Depot, where he specialized in comprehensive dentistry and implant therapy. There, he was known by those around him for his warm, welcoming personality. Colleagues at his place of work described him as intelligent, reliable, and deeply committed to his patients. And beyond his professional life, Spencer was a devoted family man and friend. He was a huge fan of the Cincinnati Bengals as well as the Ohio State Buckeyes. And he gave back to his community through a program called Big Brothers and Big Sisters, which is an amazing program, by the way. His family remembers him as, quote, a devoted and proud father, a loving partner, and a friend to everyone that he met. So Spencer wasn't only a great person overall, great human being, as well as a great mentor, but he was also a great husband. His wife was a woman called Monique Francis Tepe, and she was too, the kind of person that people around had absolutely nothing but good things to say about. Friends and family members describe her as loving, patient, and a joyful mother whose warmth defined her. Monique Tepe was passionate about bringing people together, and she always made sure that those closest to her were aware of just how much she loved them them. After enrolling at Ohio State University In September of 2005, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology and Education in June of 2009. She continued her education at Ohio State, earning her master's degree in early childhood education in 2011. But at 39 years old, Monique had found what she felt was her real calling in life, and that was caring for children. With her background in childhood education, she worked at a daycare while pursuing her master's degree. Still, all while bringing warmth and attention to every single thing that she did. She was an excellent baker, a thoughtful planner, and someone who made everyone around her instantly feel at home. Growing up, Monique played soccer, she was a runner, she loved horses, and she was also an avid book reader. Her kindness and caring nature touched every single person who knew her. And just like Spencer, you can tell from looking both of them up and they were so incredibly loved. The couple got married in January of 2020 and they were proud parents to two beautiful children, a 17 month old and a 4 year old. They also had a dog, a golden doodle, and overall, their marriage was a beautiful, healthy one. Their family was literally everything but both of them had ever dreamt of, and their home was filled with love, happiness, and the Sound of their children's laughter Tragically, that house, their home, their safe space, would ultimately be the place in which Spencer and Monique's lives would be tragically cut short. I hope that gives you guys an idea of the kind of people that we're talking about here, because as you guys know, I always think it's so important that you guys learn about the victims in their lives before learning about the tragic events that happened to them. But back to December 30th of 2025. So the 911 call asking for a wellness check on Spencer and Monique was made at 8:58am By 9:16am Authorities had arrived at their house. A Columbus police officer showed up to conduct the wellness check. But he knocked and knocked and knocked on the door and he got no answer. He went back around, he checked the backyard, he knocked on that door. He walked around the house to see if he could see a sign of anyone being inside of that house. He did everything that he was supposed to do, but he couldn't get an answer. So eventually he just left. We later find out that that officer went to the wrong address entirely. He was at the wrong house. So even though he knocked on a door, checked the backyard, walked around and waited for someone to come answer the door, it didn't matter because it wasn't the right location. Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant would later acknowledge this crucial error. At 9:56 in the morning, a man who described himself to be a friend of Spencer's also called 911. He had walked over to Spencer and Monique's house himself. He wanted to set his own two eyes on the situation because, concerned for Spencer and his entire family, it was only growing by the minute. He called and said, I can hear kids inside. And I swear I think I heard one yell, but we can't get in. At this point, I don't know if I need to break the door and to get into the house or what I, end quote. And the operator again says, okay, well, we've already sent an officer out there for a wellness check and he got no answer, but we'll send him back to you. And then immediately after, pretty much at 9:58am Another call comes in expressing the same urgent concern from Spencer's employee co workers saying, quote, our boss did not report to work. We haven't been able to get a hold of him for three hours. We are on site and we can hear kids inside, end quote. And the operator cuts off the person on the phone saying, I just talked to somebody there again with Such a dismissive tone of voice. And the woman on the phone says, okay, well, I just wanted to make sure that somebody called with each 911 call. By the way, if you guys haven't listened to the recordings, the operator seems to get less and less patient. She's literally not having it. And obviously, looking back now, knowing what we know, knowing what the situation really was, that operator sounds very bad. And I completely understand, of course, that she obviously didn't know what the situation was. And I would hope that if she did, in hindsight she would have spoken differently to everyone that called 911. All I'm saying is that if I was concerned about something or someone like these people very obviously were, and that operator answered my phone call, I would lose it because she literally sounds like she is so annoyed that the calls keep coming in. Instead of thinking, oh, wow, these people are so worried. This is really concerning. She catches a little bit of an attitude for some reason. You guys should listen to the cause. It adds a level of frustration. I'll say. And then at 10:03 in the morning, a friend of Spencer's who had also shown up to their house managed to see inside. And what he witnessed was. Would haunt him forever. He calls and he gives the address. And the operator again, with very little patience, says, we've got several calls on what's changed since the last person I talked to. And in a voice breaking down with emotion, you can feel his hurt through the phone. It's so sad. He told the 911 dispatcher, oh, there's a body. There's a body. And in my opinion, and a lot of diff. A lot of people's opinions that I've listened to speak on this case. You can hear a baby crying in the background on that phone call, which is even more heartbreaking. Spencer Tepe was lying off the side of his bed in a pool of blood. The caller hadn't set eyes on Monique yet. But finding Spencer in the way or seeing Spencer in the way that he did was enough for officers to get an idea of the crime scene. And on the call. The friend, his name is Alex, he says he appears dead. Police arrived at the scene and confirmed the worst. Spencer and Monique Tepe were both dead. Both had suffered gunshot wounds. It has been reported that there were three shell casings found at the scene, and it's believed that Spencer was shot twice, while Monique was shot once. There was also no sign of forced entry. The two children were also found in the home physically unharmed, but having witnessed or at the Very least, probably having heard something that no child should ever experience. Not much information has been put out on the children, rightfully so. But again, we do know that they were found inside of the home. It was reported that they seem to be acting normal. One report even stating that they were, quote, happy and unsuspecting. So we could only hope that they were not aware of the situation around them, especially because they were so little. They were their babies. But the idea that they could have heard those gunshots and knowing that they were inside of that house with their dead parents for hours, and it's. It makes me sick to my stomach. There was no weapon found at the scene, immediately ruling out the possibility that Monique or Spencer had done this to their significant other before ultimately deciding to turn the weapon on themselves. And again, no indication of robbery or any other obvious motive. Investigators ruled this a double homicide. And now they would be tasked with the difficult task of figuring out what really happened. As you can imagine, and I'm sure, as you know, as soon as this horrible crime hit the news, people in the area began talking, and people online began speculating almost immediately. And a big point of conversation after learning that there was no sign of forced entry led to the question of questions, I should say plural. Was this intentional? Was this targeted? Could it have been someone in Spencer and Monique's life who knew them well? And that really the last option really began to feel like the most probable cause. Because there were no signs of forced entry by the crime scene alone, it became public knowledge that this probably wasn't a robbery gone wrong or a crime of opportunity. All signs led and pointed to this being done on purpose. However, for five days, the community was left in the dark about how the investigation was going and left to wonder what was really going on behind the scenes. And in those days following the night of the crime, an old 911 call from back in April of 2025 resurfaced and only added more confusion to those following the case. So investigators were doing what they always do in homicide cases. They dug into everything. Every detail, every lead, every piece of history connected to that address. 1411 North 4th Street, Columbus, Ohio. And that's when they found it. Buried in the 911 call logs from months earlier was a strange, unsettling, recorded call, to say the least, a call from that exact address. And it was logged on April 15th of 2025, more than eight months before the murders. That call was made at 2:45 in the morning, when most everyone in the world, everyone in that neighborhood should have been asleep. The dispatcher can be heard answering the 911 call. 911. What is the address of your emergency? But whoever called did not say a word. Someone called 911, but hung up before even speaking to the operator. No voice, no cry for help, no explanation. Just silence. And then nothing. The line went dead. After the call ended. The operator returned the phone call to try and figure out what was going on. And. And a woman's voice can be heard answering, saying, hello. The operator says, hi, we just got a call. Is everything okay? And the woman on the phone, whoever it was, at least to me, sounds so scared. The call so sets to listen to again because we don't know what the situation was. But she says, oh, sorry, I'm okay. And the operator says, are you sure? And then it sounds like the caller starts crying, almost saying, yeah, I'm sorry. I'm okay. I'm sorry. She says she got into an argument with a boyfriend, but again says that she's okay. I'm okay, I promise. I'm okay. I promise. And asking multiple times if she needed any help at all, if she needed a police or an ambulance. The phone call then just ends. The person on the phone didn't want any help, and that was that. So that recording of that phone call resurfaced. CBS News obtained the 911 call through a public records request and. And reported on it early January 2026, just days after the Tepper murders made national headlines. And this again had so many people speculating, was someone trying to get help back in April? Was it a previous attempt on their lives? Did Monique or Spencer call for help but then end up hanging up because they were scared? Was the killer already stalking them eight months earlier? And why didn't the police show up for that phone call? It was a lot, but the connection there, it eventually went away after authorities, as well as those close to Monique, said that that voice was 100% definitely not Monique. And whoever the caller was never actually gave an address. But the call itself was traced back to what looked to be Spencer and Monique's house. However, now I guess it's safe to say that it could have been a neighbor's house or someone's house nearby. But that aside, even if it wasn't Monique, I hope that whoever made that phone call is safe, because in my opinion, she sounded so scared. And I hope that whoever it was is out of the situation that she was in. It wasn't until January 5th that we got the first big break in the case. Of Spencer and Monique. Six days after the murders, Columbus Division of Police released the surveillance footage to the public on social media and via news media. The footage shows a person of interest walking in the alley near the Tepe residence during the time frame of 2 to 5 in the morning on December 30th. You can't see the person's face, but you can see that they're walking alone, wearing what looks to be a black hoodie and light pants, with their head down and their hands in their pockets. That footage came from a neighbor security camera that captured the alley behind the Tepe household. Assistant Chief Greg Bodker said releasing information publicly required a careful balance and that detectives only released that video after ensuring that it would not compromise the investigation. So even though they were unable to identify this person through the video footage, it was huge because authorities were hoping that by releasing this video to the public, someone would recognize the person's clothing, the person's mannerisms, even the way that the person was walking. And the Columbus police urged community members to contact authorities if they recognized or thought that they recognized the person in the video. Around the same time, yet another recording of a 911 call was released. But this time it wasn't a phone call from eight months ago. It was a call from just 11 days before the murders took place. A December 19, 2025, 911 call was made by a neighbor living near Spencer and Monique Tepe. When the operator answered, the woman reported that someone was banging and knocking on her door at 2:30 in the morning. Now they're smashing on my door. I think they're trying to get in. They're banging on my doors. The operator asks, okay, someone's banging. Someone's knocking. Do you know who it is? The caller says, no, she couldn't see who it was. The person was outside in the dark, pounding on her door so hard that it sounded like they were trying to force their way inside. She was not only scared, not to mention this was in the middle of the night, but she was also extremely confused. According to dispatch logs, the Problem left at 2:44am Meaning whoever was banging on this woman's door in the middle of the night, I guess, gave up and left after about 3:13 minutes. Police responded to that 911 call. They took a report, but that was that. When that information was released to the public, it again only added to the speculations that were already going on. Because could it could that have meant that the killer had been in the area trying to figure out what house was Monique And Spencer's before going back and completing the job 11 days later. Who knows? But the thought of it alone is terrifying. But then the conversations and the speculations and discussions about who Monique and Spencer's killer was came to a screeching Halt on Saturday, January 10th of 2026, when a person was arrested in connection to the murders. And who was that person? 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He played football there before enrolling at Ohio State University In September of 2005, the exact same semester that Monique began her academic career there. Both graduated with bachelor degrees in June of 2009. But while Monique pursued her passion for education, Michael's path led him to medicine. He earned his medical degree from Ohio State in 2014 and completed a general surgery residency, eventually specializing in vascular surgery. By all accounts, he was building a successful medical career and apart from that, he was someone that Monique found funny, kind and promising. So it comes to no one's surprise that when the two of them met, they found a liking towards each other. They started talking more and more, getting closer and closer, and eventually the two of them began dating. And then In August of 2015, Michael McKee and Monique got married in Columbus, Ohio. However, the marriage that began with hope for their future would quickly unravel into something dark and terrifying. According to court documents and witness statements, the marriage was rocky and unstable from the beginning, really all because of Michael. Friends and family members later told police that Monique had confided in them about Michael's violent behavior and about how on the inside he wasn't the person that he presented himself to be. There was a darker, angrier, scarier side to him that thankfully not a lot of people saw. But Monique started to experience what that was, learning and seeing this completely new side to him that she didn't like, a side of him that she grew to be very scared of. One time, Monique told a friend that Michael had strangled her throughout their marriage and after getting angry over something I'm sure he had no right to be angry about. But the thing that stood out to investigators the most when they started to learn about Michael and Monique and their marriage were the threats. According to the probable cost affidavit, another person told police that Michael had made terrifying promises to Monique. He had told Monique that he could kill her at any time and would find her and buy the house next to her, anywhere she, so that she would always be his wife. End quote. By May of 2017, less than two years after their wedding, Monique couldn't take it anymore. She knew that this life that she was living, this marriage she was in, was no way to live and she wanted out. So she filed for divorce. At the time, the two of them were already living apart, with Michael living in Virginia. And By June of 2017, the divorce was finalized. After the divorce, both Monique and Michael went their separate ways, building new lives in different states. Michael's medical career took him across the country. He completed a two year fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of Maryland Medical center in October of 2022. He obtained medical licenses in multiple states, California, Illinois, Nevada. Though his Nevada license had expired back in June, his Illinois medical license became active in October of 2024. And by late 2025, Michael McKee had settled in Chicago's Lincoln park neighborhood and was working as a vascular surgeon at OSF St. Anthony Medical center in Rockford, Illinois. Those who knew him professionally said that he appeared to be a successful surgeon building his practice. However, there were troubling signs because Michael McKee was among doctors named in a personal injury lawsuit in Las Vegas court in 2023. Later it would be discovered that he was named in a medical malpractice lawsuit where he allegedly supervised a treatment in which an 8 inch piece of plastic was left inside of a patient in July of 2023. Meanwhile, the Monique was doing her own thing, rebuilding her life in Columbus. She had found love again with Spencer Tepe, a kind and devoted man who shared the same values and hopes and dreams as she had. And as we know, they got married in 2020 and created the family that Monique had always wanted. The family that she had always dreamt of. She had a happy life. She had a good husband. She had a close relationship with her family members. For Monique, the nightmare involving Michael McKee seemed to be over. She had managed to escape her previous abusive marriage. She had found true love. She was raising her children in a home filled with nothing but joy. She had no way of knowing that nearly 300 miles away in Chicago, her ex husband had never truly let her go. The date of December 6, 2025, would later be proven to be crucial to the investigation because while Spencer and Monique traveled to Indianapolis to watch the Big ten championship football game, someone was watching their home. Surveillance footage would later reveal that Michael McKee was on the curtilage of the Tepes property that day. Curtilage is the legal term for an area immediately surrounded a home, including a yard in the driveway. By the way, he had walked through their yard examining the property while the couple was miles away from home at the game. According to the affidavit, Michael McKee was not on the schedule at OSF St. Anthony Medical center that day, which is why he would have had the time to drive all the way to Ohio. He had traveled from his work in Rockford, Illinois to Columbus, Ohio, a journey of approximately 300 miles to surveil his ex wife's house. And actually, something must have happened that day in Indianapolis that set off alarm bells for for Monique. Her friends later told investigators that she ended up leaving the Big ten championship game early. And when they asked Spencer why, he told them, quote, she was upset about something involving her ex husband and wanted to go back to the hotel. So what had Monique discovered while she was in Indianapolis? Did she somehow sense that she was being watched? Did someone see or catch something suspicious and tell her about it? The exact details remain unclear and unfortunately we will never know. But it sounds like in her gut, Monique knew that something was terribly wrong. Three weeks and four days later, on December 30th, Michael McKee would return. And that time he would put his plan into action. And by the way, this is fairly recent. He has been arrested and charged, but his trial hasn't happened yet. So technically, Michael McKee is innocent until prov proven guilty in a court of law. Just have to make that clear. On December 29th, at approximately 5pm Michael McKee left his phone at OSF St. Anthony Medical center in Rockford, Illinois. According to the affidavit, the phone sat unused in Illinois for about 17 hours from December 29 through noon on December 30. This I think we can assume, was Michael's calculated attempt in creating an alibi. And then on December 30th, sometime between midnight and two in the morning, surveillance cameras captured a silver SUV arriving in Spencer and Monique's neighborhood, parking near their home on north fourth Street. During the investigation, police tracked this vehicle to Michael McKee's former home address and his current work address in Rockford. Hours later, between 2 and 5 in the morning, the killings occurred. And what exactly happened in those dark hours, as well as how Michael managed to get into the house, leaving no signs of forced entry, will likely never fully be known unless he confesses, which I kind of have a feeling he's not going to. And obviously that's really puzzling considering that from everything that we know about Monique, their marriage, and how she felt towards Michael, it's highly, highly debatable that she would have gone and opened the door for him and invited him inside, especially in the middle of the night. So there's still a lot of confusion with that. But what is known, according to the Franklin County Coroner's office, is that both victims died from gunshot wounds. The court documents describe the weapon as an automatic firearm with a suppressor, a silencer designed to muffle the sound of gunshots. The use of that suppressor also explains why neighbors didn't report hearing gunshots go off in the middle of the night. It also of course, suggests that this was premeditated. This was a weapon obtained and prepared specifically for this purpose. We know that the two kids were inside of the house at the time of the crime, but that thankfully, they were at least physically unharmed. Although the psychological trauma of losing both parents in such a violent way is immeasurable. The family's goldendoodle was also inside of the home and survived. Between five in the morning and shortly thereafter, the silver SUV was captured on surveillance cameras leaving the neighborhood. Authorities obtained footage of this car, ran the plates, and that is ultimately would lead them to the name Michael McKee. On January 9th, investigators located the silver SUV in the parking lot at OSF St. Anthony Medical center in Rockford at Michael's place of work. And finally, on January 10th, at approximately 10pm, 39 year old Michael David McKee was arrested while he was at a Chick Fil a on North Perryville Road in Rockford, Illinois. During the investigation, police recovered multiple weapons from Michael's property. Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryan stated that there was a preliminary link tying one of those weapons to the homicides. The though she didn't elaborate on the kind of weapons that were found. Needless to say, the investigation against him was mounting. Surveillance footage placing him at the tepes property on December 6, his vehicle arriving in Columbus before the murders and leaving afterwards. His phone left behind in Illinois to create a false alibi. Weapons linked to the crime, a history of abuse and threats against Monique. Everything that they had pointed authorities to feeling confident that they had their guy. Michael McKee was initially booked in Illinois and charged with two counts of murder. Since then, his charges have been upgraded to four counts of aggravated murder, two for each victim, one for prior calculation and design, and one for actually committing the crime, as well as one count of aggravated burglary while using a firearm suppressor. On January 12, Michael appeared in court in Illinois for an extradition hearing and he waived his right to fight extradition. He also indicated that he intended to plead not guilty to the charges against him. And throughout the entire time, he appeared very calm, showing little to no emotion. If convicted, Michael McKee is facing a minimum of life in prison with parole eligibility after 32 years and a maximum term of life in prison without the possibility, possibility of parole. But as of today, he remains in custody awaiting trial. So we will have to see what happens. And the two little kids, by the way, because I know you guys are wondering, are now being raised by family members who have vowed to honor Spencer and Monique's memory and, quote, protect the future of the children they loved so deeply, unquote. The TEPE family released a statement expressing their commitment to seeing this tragedy fully and fairly brought to justice. A celebration of life for Spencer and Monique was held on January 11 and hundreds of people attended to remember them. It is so, so incredibly evident that these two were people that were so loved and touched everyone's life around them. And as the legal process continues, one thing remains certain. Spencer and Monique will never be forgotten. Their warmth, their kindness, their love, not only for each other and for their children, but for everyone in their lives. These things are what define them. Not the violence and awful tragedy that took them away from this world. And in the middle of this nightmare, I'm happy to say that the community of where they lived, they are mourning with their family as well as all fighting and awaiting justice on their behalf. That is all I have for this case. Thank you guys so much for spending time with me today. I'm going to be keeping keeping up with this case. I'm sure I'm gonna make a follow up video when it gets to the trial. But yeah, if there's anything that I missed or do you think I should have included in this video and I didn't, please leave it down in the comments below. Yeah. Thank you guys for spending time with me today and for listening to Spencer and Monique's story. I hope you guys are having the best day. If not, go do something to make it the best day. Make somebody happy. And I will see you in my next video. Massive kiss on the forehead to every single one of you. You. Thank you guys so much for tuning into this episode of I Wish you were here. As a reminder, you can listen to this podcast any way you get. Your podcast video version is also available on YouTube. Love you.