The surgeon accused of killing his ex-wife and her dentist husband at their Ohio residence was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury Friday in reference to their murders.
The five-count indictment handed down towards Michael McKee consists of 4 counts of aggravated homicide and one rely of aggravated housebreaking — and mentioned that on the time of the killings he was armed with a weapon geared up with a silencer.
“McKee has a firearm that was geared up with a firearm muffler or suppressor on or about his particular person or underneath his management whereas committing the offense,” the indictment states.
If convicted, McKee, 39, faces a most time period of life in jail with out parole.
McKee, who lives in Chicago, is the ex-husband of Monique Tepe, 39, who was discovered useless along with her 37-year-old husband, Spencer Tepe, final month at their Columbus residence.
He was arrested Saturday by brokers of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Rockford, Illinois, about 90 miles west of Chicago, the place he’s listed as a vascular surgeon at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Middle.
McKee appeared in an Illinois courtroom Monday and was represented by a public defender who mentioned the doctor plans to plead not responsible.
He’s anticipated to be extradited to Columbus, however as of Friday he was nonetheless being held within the Winnebago County Jail in Rockford, police mentioned.
McKee was indicted two days after police mentioned {that a} weapon linked to the deaths of the couple was discovered at his residence.
Thus far, police haven’t revealed a motive for the murders.
“What we will say, this was a focused assault,” Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant mentioned Wednesday. “This was a home violence-related assault.”
There have been no earlier reviews or calls involving the ex-husband on the Tepes’ residence, which the couple moved into in 2020, Bryant mentioned.
McKee and Monique Tepe married in 2015 and divorced due to “incompatibility” two years later, after they have been already dwelling individually, information present.
Relations mentioned they lived collectively for under seven months and alleged that McKee was emotionally abusive.
The Tepes have been found useless at their Columbus residence on Dec. 30.
A good friend of the slain dentist known as 911 after he stopped by the Tepes’ residence to examine on him and located him mendacity subsequent to his mattress in a puddle of blood. The couple’s kids have been additionally within the residence and weren’t harmed.
Police have mentioned there have been no indicators of compelled entry on the home, however they haven’t defined how McKee allegedly obtained inside his ex-wife’s residence.
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