Overview
- Columbus police said the hooded figure in neighborhood surveillance near the Tepes’ home was Michael David McKee and that a vehicle tied to him arrived and left around the time of the shootings.
- Investigators reported recovering firearms from McKee’s residence, including one preliminarily connected by ballistics to the homicides.
- McKee, 39, was arrested Jan. 10 in Rockford, Illinois, and made a first court appearance Jan. 12 where his public defender indicated he plans to plead not guilty.
- He is charged with premeditated aggravated murder in the Dec. 30 killings of Monique and Spencer Tepe inside their Columbus home.
- The couple’s two young children were found unharmed, and a family member told ABC News that Monique had described emotional abuse during her prior marriage to McKee.