A former prosecutor has raised issues concerning the proof in opposition to surgeon Michael McKee, who’s charged with murdering his ex-wife and her dentist husband of their Ohio dwelling final month — after it took 11 days to arrest him.
McKee was busted on Saturday, ending a frantic multi-day manhunt for the shooter who allegedly killed Monique Tepe, 39, and her husband Spencer Tepe, 37.
He was cuffed after police traced his automobile to the Columbus home the night time of the murders.
Former prosecutor Matt Murphy instructed Information Nation that investigators at the moment are poring via “an avalanche of proof” — however he famous that McKee had ample time to attempt to cowl his tracks for the reason that Dec. 30 slayings.
“This man was a vascular surgeon, proper? So he’s heard of DNA earlier than,” Murphy instructed “Banfield” on Monday.
“He’s obtained 11 days to wash issues,” he added.
Nonetheless, Murphy mentioned errors may have been made.
“But in addition for the overwhelming majority of murders, it’s the killer’s first rodeo. And if you consider something you’ve finished for the primary time, and you consider all of the errors, particularly that is what’s referred to as a double. Really, it’s a home violence, double murder,” he mentioned.
A key piece of proof, in line with the ex-prosecutor, will seemingly be footprints exterior the home and the footwear McKee wore when he allegedly broke in round 3:30 a.m. and shot the couple upstairs, leaving their two younger youngsters and canine unharmed.
“Any footwear that he’s obtained, I assure they’re already in police custody, they usually’re going to be checked out by forensics. And what they’re going to search for is what’s referred to as GSR or gunshot residue,” Murphy instructed the community.
McKee’s automobile “arrived simply previous to the homicides and left shortly after,” detectives famous within the charging paperwork, including that the automobile was later discovered close to his office in Rockford, Sick., some 325 miles away.
Extra protection on the deaths of the slain Ohio dentist and his spouse
McKee and Tepe have been married from 2015 till she filed for divorce in 2017, which was believed to be amicable, in line with the Columbus Dispatch. The couple had no youngsters collectively.
Police haven’t launched a motive for the killing, however family of the Tepes mentioned they “all anticipated” McKee to be arrested.
McKee is charged with two counts of homicide, court docket paperwork state. He’s anticipated to be extradited to Ohio, the place he’ll seem in court docket for a listening to.
The Tepes have been discovered shot to demise after considered one of Spencer’s colleagues turned nervous when he didn’t present up for work at Athens Dental Depot, and carried out a wellness examine after attempting to succeed in him for 3 hours.
One other of the couple’s buddies instructed 911 dispatchers he may hear their youngsters, ages 1 and 4, crying inside the house when he additionally checked in on the household.
