Overview
- The five-count indictment charges four counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated burglary, with specifications alleging use of an automatic firearm or a suppressor.
- Police say multiple firearms were seized from McKee’s Illinois property, and a preliminary NIBIN analysis links one recovered gun to 9mm shell casings at the scene.
- Investigators cite neighborhood surveillance and vehicle tracking showing a car tied to McKee arriving before and leaving shortly after the killings.
- Authorities reported no signs of forced entry at the Tepes’ home, and the couple’s two young children were found unharmed.
- McKee was arrested in Rockford on Jan. 10, waived an extradition hearing, and remains jailed in Winnebago County as investigators have not disclosed a motive.