Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer delivers a comprehensive analysis of two cases that expose how badly systems can fail.

First, the Michael McKee investigation — the surveillance footage, the NIBIN ballistics match, the multi-agency coordination that led to an arrest eleven days after Spencer and Monique Tepe were found dead. Then the behavioral profile: eight years of alleged death threats, strangulation, and pre-offense surveillance. Why did no one intervene?

Then the WSU lawsuit — the families of the Idaho Four have taken Washington State University to federal court, alleging 13 complaints about Bryan Kohberger were ignored. A professor predicted he'd become dangerous. Female students created their own warning systems. The institution allegedly had protocols and didn't use them.

Coffindaffer connects the dots between both cases and what they reveal about accountability.

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Court documents paint a picture that extends far beyond December 30th, 2025. Michael McKee allegedly told Monique he could "kill her at any time," that he would "find her and buy the house right next to her," and that she would "always be his wife." Witnesses described strangulation and forced sex during their marriage. Surveillance footage allegedly captured him at her Columbus home three weeks before her murder — while she was 200 miles away at a football game.

The divorce was finalized in 2017. There's no record of criminal charges, restraining orders, or intervention in the eight years that followed. Then Monique and Spencer Tepe were found dead.

Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the behavioral warning signs. She explains what possessive language reveals about how McKee allegedly viewed the relationship, why strangulation is the strongest predictor of future lethality, and how high-functioning professionals hide this kind of obsessive violence. We examine how Monique's remarriage and children may have functioned as triggers — and why the system consistently fails people in her position.

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New court documents in the Spencer and Monique Tepe murder case reveal disturbing allegations about what Monique may have known before December 30th. According to the unsealed affidavit, witnesses told detectives that Michael McKee — Monique's ex-husband — allegedly threatened to kill her, told her she'd "always be his wife," and was captured on surveillance at her Columbus home while she was out of town. Friends say she left the Big Ten Championship game at halftime, upset about something involving McKee. Three weeks later, both she and Spencer were dead. Today we're asking the hard question: If she knew — why didn't she report it? And would it have mattered? We break down Ohio stalking laws, the psychology of why victims don't report, and what the system would have actually done if she had called. Plus — resources for anyone listening who may be in a similar situation right now.

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Eleven days. That's how long it took investigators to go from discovering Spencer and Monique Tepe's bodies in their Columbus home to arresting Michael McKee 350 miles away in Rockford, Illinois. No eyewitnesses. No forced entry. A suspect who allegedly went completely dark on his cell phone during the murder window and used stolen license plates to avoid detection.

Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the investigation piece by piece. The surveillance footage analysis that identified McKee's vehicle. The NIBIN ballistics database that allegedly linked a gun found in his Chicago condo to the crime scene. The multi-agency coordination between Columbus Police, FBI, Chicago PD, and Illinois authorities.

We examine what investigators look for when a phone goes silent for 18 hours, how stolen plates from two states complicate vehicle tracking, and why the firearm suppressor allegation transforms this from a crime of passion into alleged premeditated execution. Coffindaffer explains what made this case move fast — and what typically turns investigations like this into cold cases.

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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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Two children lost their parents on December 30th. Over a thousand people attended the funeral for Monique Tepe and her husband Dr. Spencer Tepe. And the man accused of making them orphans just hired Columbus's most formidable defense attorney. Michael McKee pleaded not guilty Friday to four counts of aggravated murder. His attorney, Diane Menashe, spoke for him. Menashe is the 27-year veteran who walked Dr. William Husel out of a Columbus courtroom after fourteen murder charges. Every single count. Not guilty. She called one witness. She also kept cop-killer Quentin Smith off death row. That's who McKee hired. Another doctor facing murder charges. Another case where the evidence seems overwhelming. The evidence police have described is staggering: ballistics allegedly linking a weapon from McKee's property to shell casings at the scene, vehicle tracking showing the 325-mile drive from Columbus to Illinois, surveillance footage allegedly placing McKee in the alley behind the Tepe home, a firearm suppressor, and no forced entry.

Defense attorney Bob Motta joins us to analyze how Menashe might attack this case—the ballistics science that isn't as solid as prosecutors want juries to believe, the murky video identification, and the eight-year gap between McKee's divorce and the alleged murders. Menashe's philosophy: she doesn't put on a defense case. She picks apart the prosecution's evidence and lets it collapse under its own weight. McKee isn't fighting for freedom. He's fighting for degrees of punishment. This is what money buys in the American justice system—not innocence, but the absolute best fight money can afford.

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Michael McKee faces four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Monique Tepe and Dr. Spencer Tepe. The evidence prosecutors have described is substantial—ballistic analysis allegedly linking a firearm from his property to shell casings at the scene, surveillance footage reportedly tracking his movements, and a firearm suppressor. Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant called the December 30th killings a "targeted" and "domestic violence related attack." The couple was found shot to death in their Columbus home while their two young children, ages four and one, were discovered unharmed inside. McKee pleaded not guilty at his January 23rd arraignment and remains in custody without bond. But the murder charges reveal something else: a broken medical licensing system that allowed McKee to keep practicing. His Nevada medical license had expired in June 2025. Court records show he was added to a malpractice lawsuit just months before the killings. He allegedly provided fake addresses on official documents. Yet for eleven days after the alleged murders, McKee was still employed as a vascular surgeon at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois. He went to work. He potentially operated on patients. How does a doctor evading a malpractice lawsuit with an expired license in one state get credentialed to perform surgery in another? We expose the National Practitioner Data Bank—a database Congress created specifically to catch problem doctors—that the public cannot access and many state boards never check. The numbers are damning: over 500 doctors disciplined in one state practicing elsewhere with clean records. More than 250 who surrendered licenses operating in new states with zero consequences. No federal law. No real accountability. Just a system designed to protect physician mobility over patient safety. This is the story of how Michael McKee got licensed. And how many other doctors just like him are out there right now.

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Michael McKee faces four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Monique Tepe and Dr. Spencer Tepe—charges carrying life without parole. The evidence against him is reportedly overwhelming: ballistic matches linking a firearm from his property to shell casings at the scene, vehicle surveillance tracking his 300-mile drive from Chicago to Columbus, a confirmed ID as the figure in alley footage near the Tepe home, and a firearm suppressor that screams premeditation. Eleven days after the killings, investigators say they recovered the murder weapon. So what defense options does McKee actually have? Former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis spent years in the Special Victims Unit handling first-degree murder cases and has tried 45+ jury trials. He breaks down exactly what the state needs to prove, how prosecutors weaponize contradictory alibis, and why charges were upgraded from murder to aggravated murder. We examine the forensic evidence, the alleged pre-murder stalking, and family testimony describing emotional abuse during a seven-month marriage with no police reports to back it up. We also analyze McKee through the Dark Triad framework—narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—to understand how these personality patterns typically manifest when someone faces consequences they cannot escape. A man who allegedly evaded a malpractice lawsuit nine times may be psychologically incapable of accepting accountability. The rationalization, projection, and denial that characterizes certain personality types may prevent him from ever taking a plea deal—even when dying in prison is the alternative. His ego may be his undoing.

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