This is I Fear You, Babe. Before we talk about how Spencer and Monique died, we talk about how they lived.

In this episode, Dino walks through the Columbus, Ohio case of Spencer and Monique Tepe as a family story first, not a headline. We start with who Spencer was as a steady, show up kind of person, and who Monique was as the connective tissue who held the center, then widen out to the patterns that too often follow people after separation.

From there, we move carefully through what is known and what is still unknown, including the early morning window investigators believe the murders occurred, the alley footage and why space matters in a neighborhood like Weinland Park, and the detail that keeps sticking in everyone’s throat: police initially going to the wrong house during the welfare check.

We keep it victim centered and non sensational, with clear labels for what can be proven versus what is still unfolding, and we end where this story really lives: in the aftermath, the children who survived, and the systems that only seem to move fast once it is already too late.

I hear you, babe.

Sources

Associated Press
https://apnews.com/article/michael-mckee-spencer-monique-tepe-dentist-killed-9ec689320e27da89617165a151b95d54

https://apnews.com/article/7af663eea9f47533079d320ef5a4bc17

People Magazine
https://people.com/inside-the-lives-of-spence-and-mo-tepe-the-murdered-dentist-and-wife-who-loved-fiercely-and-were-where-the-party-was-at-exclusive-11888403

https://people.com/michael-mckee-court-appearance-ohio-spencer-monique-tepe-11891372

10TV Columbus
https://www.10tv.com/article/news/crime/tepe-killings-timeline-ex-husband-michael-mckee-charged/530-41af1b8d-d824-43c6-83df-d019a89f2cc5

ABC6 On Your Side (Columbus)
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/one-week-later-still-no-suspect-murders-spencer-monique-tepe-columbus-ohio-person-of-interest

WOSU Public Media
https://www.wosu.org/news/2026-01-16/mckee-faces-four-aggravated-murder-charges-in-deaths-of-spencer-and-monique-tepe

Columbus Police Department
https://www.facebook.com/ColumbusPolice/videos/2510591306022306

https://www.facebook.com/ColumbusPolice/posts/1289208609903866

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