WATCH: Bodycam for Ohio dentist murders shows police went to wrong home before couple was found dead

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Newly released assemblage camera video shows a Columbus constabulary serviceman went to the incorrect code during an archetypal payment cheque earlier an Ohio dentist and his woman were recovered changeable to decease wrong their home.

Columbus Division of Police Chief Elaine Bryant confirmed Thursday that an serviceman went to the incorrect code during the archetypal payment check, according to WBNS-10TV. Bryant said the serviceman believed helium was astatine the close determination and followed protocol, but the mates was not discovered until co-workers went to the couple's location astir 40 minutes later.

"The serviceman did everything that helium was expected to do," Bryant said, adding that the effect was aboriginal determined to beryllium astatine the incorrect address.

The victims were identified arsenic 37-year-old dentist Spencer Tepe and his 39-year-old wife, Monique, who were recovered dormant wrong their Weinland Park location connected Dec. 30. Investigators person ruled retired a murder-suicide.

911 CALL AT OHIO DENTIST'S HOME REPORTED 'DOMESTIC DISPUTE' MONTHS BEFORE HE AND WIFE FOUND SHOT DEAD: RECORDS

Columbus constabulary  officers doing a wellness cheque  successful  Ohio

Body camera video shows a Columbus constabulary serviceman knocking connected the doorway of the incorrect location during an archetypal payment check. (Columbus Police Department)

Roughly 40 minutes aft the archetypal payment check, constabulary received different telephone aft Tepe’s co-workers became acrophobic erstwhile helium failed to amusement up for work. A person went to the couple's house, wherever they were yet discovered.

The assemblage camera video shows a Columbus constabulary serviceman arriving astatine a residence that was aboriginal determined to beryllium the incorrect code for the payment check. In the video, the serviceman is seen knocking connected the beforehand doorway respective times and repeatedly calling out, "Anyone home?" but receives nary response.

Spencer and Monique Tepe outside

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

The serviceman past walks astir the exterior of the home, including checking the backyard, earlier returning to the beforehand of the spot and leaving the scene. Police aboriginal confirmed the serviceman had been dispatched to the incorrect address.

SLAIN OHIO DENTIST'S BROTHER-IN-LAW SAYS 'DOMESTIC DISPUTE' 911 CALL CAME FROM PARTY GUEST, NOT WIFE

A Columbus constabulary  serviceman  adjusts transgression  country   portion    aft  officers responded to the location  of Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe

A Columbus constabulary serviceman adjusts transgression country portion aft officers responded to the location of Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe, wherever the brace were recovered changeable to decease successful Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 30, 2025.  (The Columbus Dispatch via USA Today)

Bryant acknowledged nationalist interest surrounding the lawsuit but said investigators are limiting what they merchandise publically to support the integrity of the investigation.

"We cognize radical are acrophobic and we cognize that radical person a batch of questions," Bryant said. "What we’re asking for is patience arsenic it relates to this investigation."

Spencer and Monique Tepe connected  wedding day

Spencer and Monique Tepe connected their wedding day. (Rob Misleh)

Detectives accidental they are reviewing a ample measurement of evidence, including surveillance video, and person received tips done telephone calls, emails, societal media messages, texts and in-person submissions.

FRANTIC 911 CALLS DETAIL MOMENTS BEFORE COLUMBUS DENTIST AND WIFE FOUND DEAD: 'THERE'S A BODY'

A Columbus constabulary  serviceman  adjusts transgression  country   portion    aft  officers responded to the location  of Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe

A Columbus constabulary serviceman adjusts transgression country portion aft officers responded to the location of Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe, wherever the brace were recovered changeable to decease successful Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 30, 2025.  (The Columbus Dispatch via USA Today)

Earlier this week, Columbus constabulary released grainy surveillance video of a idiosyncratic of involvement seen walking done a adjacent alley adjacent to the Tepe location during the aboriginal greeting hours of Dec. 30. Investigators judge the killings occurred betwixt 2 a.m. and 5 a.m., and authorities are urging anyone with video, photos oregon different integer grounds from that timeframe to interaction police.

Asked Thursday if constabulary judge the idiosyncratic successful the video is the fishy oregon conscionable idiosyncratic who was determination astatine the clip of the murders, Bryant said: "Evidence is going to springiness america that accusation arsenic we proceed to excavation and stitchery arsenic overmuch arsenic we can. Right now, we cognize that they were there."

Investigators person said determination were nary evident signs of forced introduction into the location and that nary limb has been recovered. No fishy has been arrested.

Ohio dentist Dr. Spencer Tepe and his wife, Monique Tepe

Ohio dentist Spencer Tepe and his wife, Monique Tepe, were recovered changeable to decease wrong their location successful Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 30, 2025. (Athens Dental Depot)

Both of the couple’s young children were recovered harmless wrong the home.

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Bryant said detectives are continuing to reappraisal video and grounds and promised further updates erstwhile possible.

Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report. 

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].

Stepheny Price is simply a Writer astatine Fox News with a absorption connected West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, nationalist and planetary transgression stories, homicide cases, and borderline security.

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