Overview
- Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, were found shot to death in their Columbus home on Dec. 30, and their children, ages 1 and 4, were discovered unharmed inside.
- Court records show Michael David McKee, 39, has been charged with two counts of murder and was taken into custody in Rockford, Illinois, by Winnebago County authorities.
- Investigators linked a vehicle seen on neighborhood cameras arriving before and leaving after the shootings to McKee and later located that car in Illinois with evidence tying him to it.
- Authorities have not released a motive, and the coroner has described the deaths as apparent homicides by gunshot wounds while final determinations remain pending.
- The deaths were discovered during a welfare check after Spencer missed work, with police later acknowledging an initial response to the wrong address as tips flowed in from a person-of-interest video.