The former spouse of an Ohio dentist’s wife, implicated in a double homicide, is scheduled to appear in an Illinois courtroom this Monday afternoon as extradition proceedings are set to commence.

Michael David McKee, aged 39, stands accused of the tragic deaths of a couple in Columbus, Ohio, as revealed by police and court documents. Authorities responded to a residence in the Weinland Park area of Columbus around 10 a.m. on December 30, where they discovered Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, both fatally shot. McKee is identified as Monique’s former husband.

According to jail records, McKee was apprehended and processed at the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois shortly before noon on Saturday. He faces two murder charges in Ohio concerning the deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe.

Documents from Ohio courts indicate that Monique initiated divorce proceedings in 2017, following her marriage to McKee on August 22, 2015. Since 2020, McKee has resided in various states, including Virginia, Nevada, and Illinois, as per public records. Most recently, he relocated to Chicago, Illinois, where he practices as a vascular surgeon in the Rockford area.

Dr. Spencer Tepe, a dentist, and his wife Monique were tragically shot and killed inside their Columbus, Ohio home on Tuesday, December 29, 2025. Monique’s ex-husband, Michael David McKee, has been apprehended and charged with their murders. (Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office/Rob Misleh)

McKee is scheduled to appear in a Winnebago County (Illinois) court on Monday at 1:30 p.m., in what’s expected to be related to his extradition to Ohio. 

Charging documents indicate police were able to identify McKee by linking him to a car that arrived in the Tepes’ neighborhood shortly before the murders and left just after the homicide. The car was then located in Rockford, Illinois, and police found evidence it belonged to McKee.

Spencer and Monique Tepe pictured on their wedding day. (Rob Misleh)

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Prior to McKee’s arrest, Columbus police released surveillance video showing a “person of interest” walking in the alley near the Tepes’ house in the early morning hours of Dec. 30.

A man could be seen walking slowly in what appeared to be a dark coat and light-colored pants.

Spencer and Monique Tepe were found dead on Dec. 30 at around 10:00 a.m., when a friend went to the couple’s house and told a 911 operator that he could see a body inside.

Spencer and Monique Tepe were preparing to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary. (Rob Misleh)

“There’s a body,” the caller says. “Our friend wasn’t answering his phone. We just did a wellness check. We just came here, and he appears dead. He’s laying next to his bed, off of his bed in this blood. I can’t get closer to see more than that.”

The couple was killed one month short of celebrating their five-year wedding anniversary, Rob Misleh, Spencer’s brother-in-law, told WSYX.