Overview
- Franklin County records show charges were raised to two counts of premeditated aggravated murder, which can carry life without parole and potential death-penalty eligibility under Ohio law.
- Michael David McKee, 39, waived extradition in an Illinois courtroom and is expected to be returned to Franklin County for prosecution, with the transfer timing not yet specified.
- Police say Spencer and Monique Tepe were killed in the early hours of Dec. 30 and discovered later that morning during a welfare check, and their two young children were found unharmed.
- Court documents detail a vehicle arriving shortly before and leaving shortly after the shootings that was later found in Rockford and tied to McKee; investigators report no obvious forced entry and no firearm recovered.
- McKee is a vascular surgeon who divorced Monique in 2017, and family and community support for the Tepes’ children has grown as forensic work continues and authorities withhold details to protect the active case.