His meal got here with a facet of handcuffs.
Accused killer surgeon Michael McKee was busted at a preferred quick meals chain in Illinois over per week after allegedly capturing his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her new husband lifeless of their Ohio dwelling final month.
Michael McKee, 39, was nabbed at a Chick-fil-A close to his Rockford medical apply simply after 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 10 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for the twisted double slayings, in keeping with federal authorities, WTVO reported.
The vascular surgeon was employed by OSF Saint Anthony when he allegedly trekked some 325 miles to Columbus, Ohio, the place he’s accused of gunning down Monique and Spencer Tepe on Dec. 30.
McKee was taken into custody after police traced his automobile to the Tepes’ dwelling the evening of the heinous killings.
Columbus police have described the murders as a “focused” home violence act and revealed cops have recovered the gun believed to have been used to fatally shoot Spencer and Monique, who McKee was married to for 2 years.
The previous couple’s short-lived marriage resulted in 2017, when Monique, 39, filed for divorce.
Whereas court docket data indicated the cut up was amicable, her grief-stricken household has since spoken out, accusing McKee of being emotionally abusive throughout their temporary marriage.
The pair had no youngsters collectively.
Monique married her second husband, Spencer, a 37-year-old distinguished native dentist, in December 2020, in keeping with their obituary.
Prosecutors alleged the suspected gunman used a silencer when he snuck into the Tepe’s Columbus dwelling in the midst of the evening and shot them lifeless of their bed room, leaving their two youngsters, ages 4 and 1, unhurt in one other room.
Investigators haven’t decided a motive within the killings.
McKee, who holds medical licenses in each Illinois and California, was indicted on 4 counts of aggravated homicide and one rely of aggravated housebreaking.
He’s at present behind bars in Rockford, awaiting extradition to Ohio to face trial.
