Ohio dentist double murder: Fmr police chief reveals ‘multitude’ of reasons ex-husband allegedly killed couple
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Michael David McKee, a vascular surgeon, was arrested in Illinois and charged with allegedly killing Ohio dentist Spencer Tepe and his wife Monique Tepe on Dec. 30.
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Court documents show Monique filed for divorce in 2017, just two years after the pair got married on Aug. 22, 2015. McKee has lived in various states, including Virginia, Nevada and Illinois, since 2020, according to public records. McKee recently moved to Chicago, Illinois, and was a vascular surgeon in the Rockford, Illinois, area.
McKee, who appeared in a Rockford, Illinois courtroom on Monday afternoon, waived his extradition rights and his attorney indicated he'll plead not guilty after going back to Ohio. He's charged with two counts of premeditated aggravated murder charges in Ohio in relation to Spencer and Monique's deaths. McKee was booked at the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office in Illinois just before noon Saturday, jail records show.
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