Tepe Double Murder: How Prosecutors Plan to Prove Dr. Michael McKee Committed Premeditated Execution

Tepe Double Murder: How Prosecutors Plan to Prove Dr. Michael McKee Committed Premeditated Execution

Published: January 23, 2026

Duration: 18:13

Monique Tepe and Richard Tepe were shot to death in their Columbus home while their children slept nearby. Eleven days later, police say they found the murder weapon in the Chicago apartment of Monique's ex-husband—Dr. Michael McKee. Now McKee faces two counts of aggravated murder, and prosecutors appear to be building a case for premeditated execution. But how do you prove premeditation when the divorce happened eight years before the killings? When there are no eyewitnesses? When the defendant is a board-certified surgeon with no criminal history who presents well in front of a jury? 

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