Spencer and Monique Tepe

Spencer and Monique Tepe were shot at their Weinland Park house on Dec. 30. Monique Tepe's ex-husband, Michael McKee, has been charged in their deaths.

The affidavit said police were told by friends and family of Monique Tepe that she claimed Michael McKee was abusive and made numerous threats on her life during and after their marriage.

Michael D. McKee, 39, waived bond during his arraignment Friday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. He is charged in the shooting deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe in Weinland Park on Dec. 30, 2025.

Favor will be part of a team of three county prosecutors trying the case against suspect Michael McKee in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. McKee allegedly killed his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer Tepe in their Weinland Park home in December.

Michael McKee is charged with four counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated burglary in the Dec. 30, 2025 shooting deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe at their Weinland Park home.

Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said Michael McKee's vehicle was caught on neighborhood surveillance arriving in the area before the murders and leaving after the couple was killed.

Michael D. McKee, 39, now faces premeditated aggravated murder charges in the shooting deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe on Dec. 30, 2025.

Michael D. McKee was arrested in Rockford, Ill., on Jan. 10, 2026. McKee has been charged with two counts of murder in the Dec. 30, 2025, shooting deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe.