The psycho surgeon accused of gunning down his ex-wife and her new husband allegedly pumped almost two dozen bullets into the couple after breaking into their Ohio house, post-mortem reviews confirmed.
Monique and Spencer Tepe had been discovered with a complete of 16 gunshot wounds — together with to their heads — when Michael McKee, a vascular surgeon in Illinois, allegedly trekked to their Columbus house and killed the sleeping couple on Dec. 30, in line with the Franklin County Coroner’s Workplace, Individuals reported.
Monique — who was married to the alleged killer for 2 years earlier than she filed for divorce in 2017 — suffered 9 gunshot wounds, together with to her proper cheek, a number of to her torso and three to the chest.
The coroner dominated the 39-year-old died from “gunshot wounds of the pinnacle, trunk, and extremities with visceral, skeletal, and mushy tissue accidents,” the outlet reported.
Her husband, Spencer, 37, was shot seven instances, together with as soon as within the head, his post-mortem report confirmed.
McKee beforehand warned his ex-wife that he may kill her at “any time” as a part of a marketing campaign of abuse the unfolded throughout and after the tip of their marriage, in line with court docket paperwork obtained by the Columbus Dispatch.
After the couple died, a minimum of one witness instructed investigators that Monique had described moments when McKee “pressured undesirable intercourse,” strangled her, and wielded his menacing warnings, together with that he “would discover her and purchase the home subsequent to hers, that she is going to at all times be his spouse,” court docket information confirmed.
The chilling paperwork additionally revealed that McKee was caught on video driving close to Monique and Spencer Tepe’s Columbus house on Dec. 6 earlier than strolling onto the property to scope out the home.
McKee left the house “a number of hours later” after sinisterly surveilling the residence whereas the couple was on the Massive Ten Championship soccer sport.
Monique then left the sport early at halftime and Spencer instructed pals she “was upset about one thing involving her ex-husband,” prosecutors alleged.
The accused killer returned to the couple’s house — 325 miles from his own residence in Rockford, Illinois — simply weeks later, to fatally shoot the Tepes of their house, leaving their two crying kids unhurt.
Surveillance footage captured his automotive close to the property quite a few instances, together with earlier than and after the “focused” killings, which occurred round 3:50 a.m.
Police tracked the silver SUV — tied to McKee’s earlier addresses — to a hospital the place he labored and nabbed him almost two weeks afterward Jan. 10 at a close-by Chick-fil-A, in line with the court docket docs.
He has since pleaded not responsible to 4 counts of aggravated homicide and one depend of aggravated housebreaking.
McKee, who’s booked at Franklin County Jail, faces a most sentence of life in jail with out the potential for parole if convicted within the double homicide case.
