TEPE DOUBLE MURDER: SHOT 16X WEARING WEDDING BANDS
episodePreviously titled “TEPE DOUBLE MURDER: SHOT 16X WEARING WEDDING BANDS” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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He saw the video of her wedding.
What were the initial reports about the Tepe murders?
There's a body, there's a body.
He appears dead. I had quite a journey to get to you. Sixteen bullets. A motive for murder. He's been bubbling and brewing and simmering. Just pure hatred. It was his final dominance and triumph.
If I can't have you, no one else will.
On December 30, 2025, at approximately 10.04 a.m., Columbus Police Patrol officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of North 4th Street on a well-being check. Officers arrived at the scene and located the two adult victims suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. We now know that they were identified as Mr. Spencer Tepe and Mrs. Monique Tepe. Their two small children were also found in the residence physically unharmed. Who would murder a husband and wife in their own home around Christmas, leaving their children, their tots, upstairs to come down the next morning and find mommy and daddy dead? Everybody and their brother was calling 911 about the dentist not showing up to work and the wife not picking up the phone.
Police go to the scene but see nothing. Listen. I guess I would like to ask for a wellness check on an individual at their home.
This individual, Spencer, works with me, and he did not show up to work this morning, and we cannot get a hold of him or his family.
He is always on time, and he would contact us if there is any issues whatsoever. And I just don't know how else to say this. We're very, very concerned because this is very out of character, and we can't get in touch with his wife, which is probably the more concerning thing. When Dr. Spencer Tepe doesn't show up for work at Athens Dental Depot in Columbus, Ohio, coworkers are so shocked they call their boss, the owner of Athens Dental, Dr. Mark Valrose. Valrose is on vacation in Florida, but Spencer not showing up is so unusual, coworkers felt the need to let Valrose know. Valrose tries to contact Spencer and failing at that, Tepe's wife, Monique, as she's even more predictable than her husband.
Unable to reach either Tempe, Valrose calls 911 in Columbus, Ohio at 9.03 a.m. requesting a wellness check. What's the emergency there?
Our boss did not report to work. We haven't been able to get a hold of him for three hours. We are on site and we can hear. Okay, I just talked to somebody there.
Okay, I'm just making sure somebody called. Officers arrive at the Tepe residence at 9.22 a.m. Officers knock on the front door multiple times but get no response.
Checking the door and windows, officers see no sign of disturbance. At the back door, officers again knock multiple times, no response.
Repeating the process, officers fail to get a response and file the report in their logbook, no response. So all these 911 calls are coming in.
How did police respond to the wellness check request?
The dentist hasn't shown up. The dentist hasn't shown up. Why are they that upset about a teeth cleaning or a cavity being filled? Let's listen to more. Okay, we do have officers responding there. Do you know if he's been ill or anything like that?
No, no, I was just listening yesterday.
What's the emergency there, police or medical?
Maybe both, I guess. I don't know.
It looks like we already had a call out there. They knocked on the front door and back door multiple times, and there was no answer.
Yeah, no answer. I can hear kids. inside, and I swear I think I heard one yell, but we can't get in.
Straight out to investigative reporter, journalist, author of Down the Hill, My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi. You know her well. Susan Hendricks. Susan, thank you for being with us. So, I'm not sure. I'm just playing a selection of 911 calls to dispatch. Who's getting more and more PO'd? That's a Latin phrase from law school. And they're like we we sent somebody they and they left nobody answered but then you've got neighbors and co-workers now all walking around the house and they hear a child screaming inside and the dispatch officer just really was just too busy doing her nails absolutely naz you could hear it in her voice and her pauses even i was listening to all the 911 calls and she's thinking
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:18
2
What were the initial reports about the Tepe murders?
0:18–3:16
3
How did police respond to the wellness check request?
3:16–6:48
4
What details emerged from the autopsy reports of Spencer and Monique Tepe?
6:48–10:21
5
What evidence linked Michael McKee to the crime scene?
10:21–16:44
6
What role did surveillance video play in the investigation?
16:44–21:01
7
How did Michael McKee's alibi fall apart during the investigation?
21:01–28:11
8
What were the findings from the autopsy regarding the shooting?
28:11–57:35
Speakers
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