Jennifer Gould

I promise.

While the caller insisted the fight was not physical, Monique's brother-in-law, Rob Misle, says the voice is, quote, obviously not Monique and, quote, suggesting a guest or third party was involved in the late night drama.

The mystery deepens as a neighbor just down the street reported a terrified 911 call on December 19th, just 11 days before the murders, claiming a stranger was smashing and banging on her door at 2.30 a.m.

The woman told dispatchers someone was trying to get in, but the intruder vanished before police arrived at the home, located just a three-minute walk from the Tepe's.

The nightmare officially unfolded on the morning of December 30th, when Spencer's boss at Athens Dental Depot called 911 from Florida, frantic because the devoted dentist, who was always on time, had failed to show up for work.

Coworkers and a friend rushed to the Wineland Park residence after an uneventful police response and were met with the sound of children crying inside.

Looking through a window, they made a bone-chilling discovery.

Spencer's body was crumpled on the floor and a pool of blood next to the bed.

Officials say Spencer had reportedly been blasted multiple times and Monique was hit in the chest with a bullet sometime between 2 a.m.

and 5 a.m.

The calculated violence stands in jarring contrast.

to the couple's private life.

Friends say the Tepes were, quote, madly in love, end quote, end quote, still acted like newlyweds as they approached their fifth anniversary.

In a tragic twist of fate, the couple was brutally slaughtered inside the very house where they were married back in 2021.

Detectives recovered nine millimeter spent shell casings on the second floor but found no weapon and no signs of a break-in.

Authorities have emphatically dismissed the possibility of a murder-suicide.

The hunt continues also for a person of interest caught on grainy surveillance footage trudging through a snow-dusted alley behind the home during the morning hours in which authorities believe the couple was killed.

Clad in a dark hooded coat and light pants, the figure moves with a calculated slowness and their face is not seen.

Authorities have been tight-lipped about a possible motive in the murders as the Tepe children remain with relatives.

Columbus police are desperate for leads.