A newly unsealed affidavit reveals Michael McKee was at Spencer and Monique Tepe's Columbus home on December 6th, 2025—three weeks before prosecutors say he returned to murder them both. According to the Columbus Dispatch, video showed McKee going into the home and leaving "a few hours later" while the Tepes were 200 miles away at the Big Ten Championship game. WOSU reports he walked through the yard. Either way, Monique found out. She left the game at halftime, upset about something involving her ex-husband. Twenty-four days later, Spencer and Monique were found shot to death in their second-floor bedroom. The affidavit details eight years of alleged threats. Witnesses told investigators McKee said he could "kill her at any time," that he would "find her and buy the house right next to her," that "she will always be his wife."

Witnesses also told investigators that during the marriage, McKee allegedly strangled Monique and forced unwanted sex on her. Strangulation is the single greatest predictor of future lethality in domestic violence cases. Yet Columbus police confirmed there were no prior reports filed. No restraining orders. Nothing on paper. The Tepes' two young children—ages 1 and 4—were asleep in the house, unharmed. McKee was arrested at a Rockford Chick-fil-A eleven days after the murders. He's pleaded not guilty to four counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated burglary. This episode examines what the unsealed documents reveal about the alleged planning behind these killings, the psychology of someone who refuses to accept that a relationship has ended, and the brutal reality that leaving, divorcing, and rebuilding doesn't always protect you from someone who never recognized your right to leave.

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