Michael McKee, 31, the ex-husband of Monique Tepe, has been arrested and charged with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Monique and her husband Spencer Tepe. McKee was booked at the Winnebago County Jail in Illinois on an out-of-state hold, according to court records.
Monique Tepe, 39, and Spencer Tepe, 37, were found dead in their Columbus home on December 30. Court documents confirm McKee and Monique were married from August 2015 to May 2017. Detectives identified a vehicle linked to McKee and later located it in Rockford, Illinois, where evidence tied him to its ownership.
Rob Misleh, Spencer Tepe's brother-in-law, released a statement following the arrest, expressing gratitude to law enforcement and calling the arrest an important step toward justice. The couple's two young children, aged 1 and 4, were unharmed and have been cared for by Misleh.
McKee, an Ohio State-trained doctor, holds active vascular surgery licenses in Illinois and California. His Nevada medical license lapsed in mid-2025, and he is named in an ongoing personal injury lawsuit in Nevada. Columbus police previously released surveillance footage of a hooded person near the Tepe home around the time of the murders, which are believed to have occurred between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.
