Monique Tepe left her marriage to Michael McKee after approximately seven months. The divorce was finalized in June 2017. According to friends and family who spoke with investigators, the marriage allegedly involved strangulation, sexual violence, and death threats that continued after separation. An unsealed Franklin County affidavit states McKee told Monique he could kill her at any time, would find her and buy the house next to hers, and that she would always be his wife.

Monique rebuilt. She married Dr. Spencer Tepe in December 2020. They had two children and made a home in Columbus's Weinland Park neighborhood. On December 30, 2025, both were found shot to death inside that home. Their children were found alive.

This episode focuses on Monique's experience through the lens of psychology and neuroscience. We examine how years of alleged threats and abuse create a neurobiological condition where the brain recalibrates its understanding of danger — a process called normalization of deviance. We explore why post-separation is the most lethal window in domestic violence cases, why "just leave" fundamentally misunderstands the psychology of sustained threat, and how Monique's reported awareness of the danger coexisted with the absence of any institutional mechanism to stop it.

Court records allege McKee surveilled the Tepe home for weeks using stolen license plates and was captured on video at the property during the Big Ten Championship weekend. We trace how he allegedly moved between Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, and Illinois over a decade with no system connecting domestic violence allegations to his active medical licenses.

Michael McKee has pleaded not guilty. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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Everything investigators have been building is now on paper. The affidavit in the Michael McKee case has been unsealed and the Franklin County Coroner has released full autopsy reports for Spencer and Monique Tepe. The evidence spans eight years of alleged obsession and ends with sixteen gunshot wounds in a bedroom where two children slept feet away. Spencer was struck seven times. Monique was struck nine times. Both had defensive wounds on their hands and arms — evidence they were awake and fighting when the shooting started. A full magazine was discharged. Every round fired. The violence was contained to the bedroom but total within it — controlled enough to avoid waking the children initially, explosive enough to empty a weapon completely. That behavioral signature is what forensic psychologists call a "grievance collector" — someone who warehouses every perceived slight for years until the obsession becomes action. The affidavit traces that trajectory. Surveillance footage places McKee on the Tepe property while Spencer and Monique were at the Big Ten Championship game. Witnesses describe years of threats, including McKee allegedly telling Monique he could "kill her at any time" and that she would "always be his wife." Those statements don't exist in isolation — they form a documented escalation pattern prosecutors will present as evidence of premeditation.

Stolen license plates were linked to McKee's vehicle. A silver SUV bearing a distinctive sticker was tracked between his address, his medical practice, and the area surrounding the Tepe home. Following his arrest, investigators found fresh scrape marks where the sticker had been removed — what prosecutors will characterize as post-offense evidence destruction. McKee's cell phone went completely silent from December 29th through the afternoon of December 30th. The murders are estimated to have occurred at approximately 3:50 a.m. on December 30th. That digital blackout window is not accidental in the prosecution's theory. The firearm specifications are charged in the alternative — automatic weapon or silencer-equipped firearm. Defense attorney Eric Faddis explains that this prosecutorial hedging reveals the limits of what investigators have confirmed about the weapon and creates specific defense opportunities. McKee was a vascular surgeon licensed in four states with a decade of elite medical training. He waived extradition from South Carolina, entered a not-guilty plea, and reserved the right to address bond at a later hearing. Faddis walks through what that defense posture communicates, how historical threat evidence faces admissibility challenges, where digital silence arguments succeed and fail, and how evidence of apparent tampering gets framed by both sides at trial. The autopsy tells us Spencer and Monique died violently, defensively, and together. The affidavit tells us the prosecution believes it can prove exactly who did this, why, and how long he allegedly planned it.

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Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—Chief of the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—delivers comprehensive behavioral analysis on the McKee/Tepe double homicide and the Nancy Guthrie abduction in this full interview.

The McKee/Tepe autopsy findings are brutal. Monique Tepe shot nine times, including once in the face at close range. Spencer Tepe shot seven times, with defensive wounds to his hand and arm suggesting he tried to shield his wife in their final moments. A full magazine emptied while two children slept feet away.

Robin analyzes what the wound patterns reveal about Kevin McKee's alleged mental state during the attack. Why was Monique shot more times and at closer range? Does the face wound indicate personal rage? What do Spencer's defensive injuries tell us about the sequence?

We examine the "wound collector" profile—someone who catalogs grievances for years before acting. The affidavit alleges McKee spent eight years making threats, surveilling the Tepes, and telling Monique she would "always be his wife." Robin explains what sustains that obsession and what finally triggers action.

McKee is a surgeon. Someone trained in emotional compartmentalization and precision under pressure. His phone went dark during the murder window. The SUV allegedly used had stolen plates. The window sticker was scraped off after arrest. Can anything break someone who allegedly planned this for nearly a decade?

We also cover the Nancy Guthrie abduction—an 84-year-old woman taken from her Tucson home with ransom notes sent to media outlets demanding bitcoin. Robin decodes the behavioral signals and explains how investigators read witnesses and separate truth from deception.

Two cases. One expert. The behavioral analysis that reveals what most people miss.

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