Overview
- Michael David McKee, 39, was arrested Jan. 10 in Rockford, Illinois, and is charged in Ohio with two counts of aggravated premeditated murder in the Dec. 30 deaths of Monique and Spencer Tepe.
- Columbus police say multiple firearms were seized from McKee’s property, and one has a preliminary ballistics match to evidence from the Tepes’ home.
- Investigators linked a hooded figure and a vehicle seen on neighborhood surveillance to McKee and tracked the car to Illinois, where ATF agents arrested him.
- McKee remains jailed in Winnebago County after waiving extradition, and his public defender says he will plead not guilty, with a Jan. 23 hearing scheduled in Illinois.
- The couple were found shot inside their Columbus home, with no obvious signs of forced entry; their two young children were discovered in the house unharmed.