Surgeon accused of killing ex-wife and dentist husband gets first look at Ohio court with legal eagle defense

A surgeon accused of sidesplitting his ex-wife and her dentist hubby successful Ohio has pleaded not blameworthy aft helium was extradited to look execution charges.

Michael McKee was arrested connected Jan. 10 aft allegedly shooting and sidesplitting Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, successful the couple's location successful Columbus' Weinland Park vicinity betwixt 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. connected Dec. 30. McKee is Monique's ex-husband.

McKee was arrested successful Rockford, Illinois connected Jan. 10 and was booked into the Winnebago County Jail successful Illinois, earlier helium was extradited to Columbus, Ohio, wherever he's being held astatine the James A. Karnes Corrections Center. He faces upgraded premeditated aggravated execution charges successful narration to the deaths of Spencer and Monique.

McKee appeared remotely astatine the arraignment proceeding connected Tuesday from jailhouse and pleaded not blameworthy to 4 charges of premeditated aggravated execution with firearm specifications and aggravated burglary. Three aggravated execution charges see specifications alleging McKee of utilizing oregon displaying an automatic firearm oregon silencer, and the 4th alleged that a firearm was displayed oregon brandished.

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Michael McKee allegedly changeable Monique and Spencer Tepe astatine their Columbus location 8 years aft his divorce. (Rob Misleh | Winnebago County Sheriff's Office)

McKee is being represented by lawyer Diane Menashe, who manages her ain steadfast and has been a lawyer for 27 years. Menashe antecedently represented Dr. William Husel, an Ohio doc who was acquitted of 14 counts of execution aft prosecutors alleged that helium prescribed excessive symptom medicine to his patients in the Columbus-based Mount Carmel Health System.

Charging documents bespeak constabulary were capable to place McKee by linking him to a car that arrived successful the Tepes' vicinity soon earlier the murders and near conscionable aft the homicides. The car was past located successful Rockford, Illinois, and constabulary recovered grounds it belonged to McKee.

Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant earlier told Fox News Digital that respective weapons were taken from McKee's property, adding that a preliminary nexus was established that 1 of those firearms to the murders.

One of Spencer and Monique's friends recovered the mates dormant connected Dec. 30 astatine their home, according to a 911 call.

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Spencer and Monique Tepe were recovered dormant connected Dec. 30. (Rob Misleh)

"There's a body," the caller says. "Our person wasn't answering his phone. We conscionable did a wellness check. We conscionable came here, and helium appears dead. He's lying adjacent to his bed, disconnected of his furniture successful this blood. I can't get person to seeing much than that."

Monique and McKee were joined for 7 months aft their wedding connected Aug. 22, 2015, earlier they divided up, tribunal records show. McKee was completing his residency astatine the Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic erstwhile Monique filed for divorce, penning that the 2 were "incompatible."

Monique and Spencer's 2 children were recovered harmless astatine the location aft the shooting. Rob Misleh, Spencer's brother-in-law, told People that the couple's 1-year-old kid was apt stuck successful a crib erstwhile the shooting happened.

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Spencer and Monique Tepe pictured successful wedding photos. (Rob Misleh)

"[He] was successful the crib right, and was incapable to get retired of the crib connected his ain and besides it was astatine a clip helium would've been good awake by this time," helium said. "From the timeframe that we know, 2 a.m. to 5 a.m., [when the murders took place], the kids would've been successful their beds truthful we presume that not they did not spot anything."

The mates was preparing to observe their five-year wedding day 1 period earlier they were killed, Misleh told WSYX.