Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

A grand jury has returned sweeping new charges in the murders of Spencer Tepe and Monique Tepe, indicting Monique’s ex-husband, Illinois vascular surgeon Michael McKee, on four counts of aggravated murder and an additional burglary charge. Court records reveal new details about how investigators believe the killings were planned, including evidence prosecutors say points to deliberate preparation and intent. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down what the indictment reveals, why the aggravated murder charges matter, and how this case against a high-achieving surgeon and former spouse is rapidly escalating.

Phantom Court Clerical Error? Family members say the warning signs were there long before Spencer and Monique Tepe were brutally murdered inside their Columbus, Ohio home, but one strange detail in the court system has raised a disturbing new question. Just months before the killings, Ohio court records show a divorce hearing was mistakenly scheduled in the long-closed case between Monique and her ex-husband, surgeon Michael McKee. The court later called it a clerical error, saying the hearing was canceled and issued by mistake, but the timing has fueled intense scrutiny over whether a clerical error or a docket mistake could have reopened old wounds.
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The Ohio murder mystery surrounding the killings of Spencer Tepe and Monique Tepe is accelerating, and what police just confirmed changes how this case looks entirely. Columbus police finally faced reporters and confirmed explosive new details about Dr. Michael McKee, Monique’s ex-husband and an Illinois surgeon now charged in the case. Investigators say weapons were recovered from McKee’s Chicago condo, including one preliminarily linked to the murders through federal ballistics analysis, as police work to piece together how this all unfolded. We are also learning startling new details about McKee’s arrest, with the ATF confirming he was taken into custody in Rockford, Illinois, prompting new questions about his movements and what happened in the final moments before police moved in. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the arrest, the press conference, the evidence police revealed, and the deeply troubling accounts from the Tepe family that suggest fear and control long before this case ever turned deadly.
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They say the threats came first, long before the night Spencer and Monique Tepe were brutally murdered inside their own home. Now, family members are breaking their silence, saying Monique’s ex-husband, surgeon Dr. Michael McKee, accused in this double murder, did not simply disappear from Monique’s life after their short marriage ended. They say he terrified her. In this episode, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down everything we know about Michael McKee, the high-achieving surgeon now charged in the murders of Monique and Spencer Tepe, from his spotless academic record and medical career to the chilling claims made by family members, the long drive investigators are reconstructing, and the haunting wedding vows Monique once spoke about wrong relationships and waterfalls of tears.
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The more that comes out, the harder it becomes to believe this was random. And the more chilling the question becomes. Was Dr. Michael McKee seething for a decade?  In a moment that felt inevitable to some and shocking to others, Dr. Michael McKee was marched into court in chains as prosecutors upgraded the charges against him in the murders of Ohio dentist Spencer Tepe and his wife, Monique Tepe. In this episode, Ashleigh Banfield walks through the courtroom moment, the upgraded aggravated murder charges, and what prosecutors now believe about how this double murder unfolded. We also dig into what those charges mean in Ohio, including the very real possibility of the death penalty.
Joining Ashleigh is Angenette Levy, host of Crime Fix on Law and Crime and an Ohio native who has been closely following this case from the beginning.
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Shocking Arrest: Surgeon Ex-Husband Charged in Brutal Ohio Dentist Murders | Dr. Michael McKee:
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Unhinged Ex-Husband? Every Clue & Everything We Know About Ohio Dentist Murders | Dr. Michael McKee
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