A Chicago surgeon is accused of shooting and killing his ex-wife and her new husband at the couple’s home in Ohio, according to police. The murder suspect was caught 400 miles away from the crime scene, after the alleged killer revealed damning evidence to authorities.

Nearly nine years after his divorce, 39-year-old Michael David McKee now stands accused of executing his ex-wife and her husband of nearly five years.

‘We will continue to honor their lives and the light they brought into this world.’

Spencer and Monique Tepe were found dead on Dec. 30 at their home in the Weinland Park neighborhood of Columbus.

Citing court documents, WCMH-TV reported that the grisly discovery came after Columbus police received a 911 call at 9:03 a.m. Dec. 30 from a co-worker of Spencer Tepe, who was concerned that he had not shown up for work that morning.

“He’s been reliable, and we cannot get in touch with him, his wife, his family, anybody that lives in that house,” the co-worker stated. “He is always on time, and he would contact us if there’s any issues. … We’re very, very concerned, and this is very out of character, and we can’t get in touch with his wife, which is probably the more concerning thing.”

During a wellness check, police reportedly discovered the couple’s bodies.

Citing police records, WSYX-TV reported that Spencer Tepe was shot multiple times, and Monique Tepe had at least one gunshot wound to the chest.

The affidavit said the couple’s two children, ages 1 and 4, and the family dog were found in the house unharmed.

Police records said there were no obvious signs of forced entry into the Tepes’ home, and no firearm was found at the crime scene.

McKee was arrested Saturday morning in Rockford, Illinois, according to jail records from the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators zeroed in on a critical detail to locate the suspected killer.

Surveillance video recorded near the crime scene showed a person of interest walking in an alley, WBNS-TV reported, adding that detectives believed the video linked McKee to a car that arrived shortly before the shooting and left moments afterward.

Police later tracked the vehicle nearly 400 miles away in Rockford where Illinois officers confirmed the vehicle was registered to McKee, according to court documents.

Citing the affidavit, the New York Times reported that police said evidence indicated McKee had been “in possession” of the vehicle before and after the deadly shootings.

Records show McKee, a vascular surgeon, holds active medical licenses in Illinois and California, the Times added.

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McKee initially was charged with two counts of murder in the couple’s deaths.

But on Monday, the charges against McKee were upgraded to premeditated, aggravated murder, records show.

The Columbus Division of Police told CNN that “detectives believe they met the elements” for McKee to face the more serious offense but did not specify what those elements are.

Premeditated, aggravated murder is a more serious offense and carries a possible life sentence without parole or the death penalty. That’s compared to 15 years to life in prison for murder.

Murder charges require prosecutors to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant “purposely cause[d] the death of another,” according to the Ohio Revised Code.

For aggravated murder, the state must prove the defendant committed the killing with “prior calculation and design,” according to the Ohio Revised Code.

Aggravated murder also can apply if the death occurred during the course of committing a separate serious crime, such as rape or burglary.

McKee waived his right to an extradition hearing, according to CNN, which noted: “A public defender representing McKee requested a speedy return to Ohio to plead not guilty in the case.”

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The Tepe family said McKee’s arrest represents an important step toward justice for Monique and Spencer.

The family said in a statement to WLS-TV, “Monique and Spencer remain at the center of our hearts, and we carry forward their love as we surround and protect the two children they leave behind. We will continue to honor their lives and the light they brought into this world.”

The family also stressed, “Nothing can undo the devastating loss of two lives taken far too soon, but we are grateful to the city of Columbus Police Department, its investigators, and assisting law enforcement community whose tireless efforts helped to capture the person involved.”

McKee married Monique Tepe — who was using her maiden name of Sabaturski at the time — on Aug. 22, 2015, according to court documents reviewed by USA Today. The couple divorced in May 2017, the documents note.

The pair had no children together, records show.

Monique and Spencer Tepe married in December 2020, according to their obituary, which reads, “Spencer and Monique met online and quickly grew their relationship into a solid foundation of love and respect with a side of goofiness.”

The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to Blaze News‘ request for comment.

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Republican Gov. Greg Abbott highlighted in his conversation on Wednesday with Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck the efforts underway in Texas to combat radical Islam and indicated that a “total ban” on Sharia may be imminent.

Abbott designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations on Nov. 18 — a designation CAIR claimed was defamatory and had “no basis in law or fact.”

‘They deleted that they were not a threat to national security.’

The Dallas Fort Worth and Austin CAIR chapters promptly sued the state, claiming that Abbott’s proclamation violated their First Amendment rights. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a response making mince meat out of the radical groups’ claims and stating, “Radical Islamist terrorist groups are anti-American, and the infiltration of these dangerous individuals into Texas must be stopped.”

Abbott told Beck that “because of the strength of our response, they were required to file an amended pleading in court” in which the plaintiffs dropped multiple assertions from their original complaint, including the claim that they were in full compliance with federal and state law.

“They deleted that they were fully in compliance with federal state law,” said Abbott.

“They deleted what they previously said, that they were not affiliated with any foreign organization. They deleted that they would not engage in terrorism. … They deleted that they were not a threat to national security.”

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The governor suggested these deletions amounted to concessions “on their part that actually they are not in compliance with the federal and state law; that they are engaged in terrorism; that they are a threat to national security.”

Blaze News has reached out to the Dallas Fort Worth and Austin CAIR chapters for comment.

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This is hardly the only battle that Islamists are poised to lose in Texas.

When asked by Beck about the “rising threat of Sharia law” in Texas, Abbott indicated a crackdown is underway and a Republican ban is in the works.

Abbott ratified legislation in September banning residential property developments like the East Plano Islamic Center community from “creating Sharia compounds and defrauding and discriminating against Texans.” The following month, he directed Paxton, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the district attorneys and sheriffs of Collin and Dallas Counties to “investigate efforts by entities purporting to illegally enforce Sharia law in Texas.”

Abbott acknowledged in his directive that the First Amendment’s protection of religious freedom “provides wide berth for religious institutions to order their own affairs under the ‘church autonomy’ doctrine,” allowing for houses of worship to adjudicate questions regarding religious doctrine, ecclesial governance, selection of clergy, or internal discipline of members.

The governor, who underscored in February that “Sharia law is not allowed in Texas,” noted that “it is different entirely, however, for religious groups to set up courts purporting to replace actual courts of law to evade neutral and generally applicable laws.”

Abbott told Beck that while state agencies have taken action against Sharia and there are already laws on the books addressing the Islamic legal system, Texas Republican voters have an opportunity to go a step further in the upcoming state GOP primary elections on March 3.

“Texas should prohibit Sharia Law” will appear as proposition 10 on the Texas GOP primary ballot.

“That will pass overwhelmingly,” said Abbott.

“It will lead to a new law with a total ban on Sharia law in the state of Texas and then it will impose a duty on the attorney general to fully enforce that ban on Sharia law.”

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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was hit by Renee Good’s car in Minneapolis reportedly suffered internal bleeding after being hit by her vehicle.

ICE agent Jonathan Ross reportedly suffered internal bleeding and was taken to the hospital after the incident with Good on January 7, according to CBS, citing U.S. officials.

Recently released footage from the officer’s perspective shows agents ordering Good to exit her vehicle before she turns her wheels toward Ross and accelerates, striking him.

‘She is a victim of left-wing ideology.’

Good, who had reportedly been following the ICE agents all day in Minneapolis, was fatally shot and died at the scene. Following the incident, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters that the officer had been hospitalized after being “hit by the vehicle.”

“The officer was hit by the vehicle,” Noem told reporters. “She hit him. He went to the hospital. A doctor did treat him. He has been released, but he is going to spend some time with his family.”

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Vice President JD Vance criticized leftist politicians like Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who point the finger at law enforcement for “causing chaos” without accepting responsibility for emboldening activists like Good to put herself in harm’s way.

“There’s part of me that feels very, very sad for this woman,” Vance said during a briefing Thursday. “Not just because she lost her life but because I think she is a victim of left-wing ideology.”

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“What young mother shows up and decides they’re going to throw their car in front of ICE officers who are enforcing legitimate law? You’ve gotta be a little brainwashed,” Vance added. “… To get to that point, you have to be, I think, radicalized in a very, very sad way.”

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The online world for Grand Theft Auto V is seeing a rare instance of censorship despite its usually anything-goes environment.

GTA Online is the game’s online platform, which has thrived for more than a dozen years since its original 2013 release.

‘Tasteless, unacceptable, and inappropriate.’

In December, publisher Rockstar Games launched a feature that allows players to design and publish their own missions online for other users to play. At this point in the game’s lifespan, this was about the only thing that users could not yet do.

It only took a few days for this feature to be immediately taken to its limits, though, as at least one user took it upon themselves to recreate the murder of Charlie Kirk, which happened on September 10, 2025.

A user named “Yaarpen98” created a mission titled “We are Charlie Kirk,” in which the gamer is meant to go on a rooftop and shoot a person standing in front of school under a fruit stand.

YouTuber ICER relayed fan reactions to the created mission, saying it had users split, with half of the fans saying it was simply dark humor and an example of player freedom. The other half of fans, he explained, described the mission as “tasteless, unacceptable, and inappropriate.”

He added some have argued that “players have crossed a line that even the developers should not tolerate.”

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As reported by Variety, Rockstar Games has banned missions of this nature and added “Charlie Kirk” to its list of prohibited terms through its “profanity filter.” Furthermore, the developers will change the name of this tool to something that reflects how it will be used to flag content violations, not just profanity.

Rockstar’s community guidelines already prohibit showcasing “violent extremism,” which includes “glorification or promotion of real-world terrorist, extremist, or criminal organizations and their ideologies.”

This rule has already been allegedly enforced in regard to rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs, after missions that recreated a raid on his home were removed.

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A user named “Vexnyllith” said he created a mission that had authorities raiding the home of a “celebrity” known for “hosting parties and is wanted for serious crimes.”

The user said he also created a mission called “Diddy Disciples,” but both missions were removed. He then vowed to create a new series of missions and advised fans to follow him.

The mission creation feature is similar to that of Hitman Online, which also sparked controversy when UFC fighter Conor McGregor was removed from the game over real-life legal troubles.

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My first experience with an activist journalist came in 2019. I had traveled to Oregon’s state capitol in support of a small group of Republican state legislators. They had refused to appear for a vote, to prevent the Democrats from passing a hotly contested education bill.

This was a strategy the Republicans had used before. Oregon is a solid blue, Democrat-run state. Often, the only tool the Republicans had to stop a bad bill was to leave town and thus deny the legislature their quorum (the necessary number of legislators needed to vote).

Did she really hate Republicans so much, she couldn’t contain her rage for the 10 seconds she was required to listen to my answer? She was a professional news reporter.

So that’s what they did. The Democrats were up to their usual money-wasting, ideology-pushing ways. So the Republicans went AWOL.

Breaking the ice

Our busload of Republican volunteers — about 20 of us — unloaded at the state capitol.

There was media everywhere. The day before, the Democrats had threatened to send the state police after the rogue legislators and drag them back to the capitol building.

To this, one of our more salty, cowboy hat-wearing legislators responded: “Send bachelors and come heavily armed.”

This was about as colorful as politics got here in Oregon.

So that’s why we were there. To show the public that those renegade Republicans had the support of their constituents.

We’d been told to look presentable and interact with the media if possible. I was wearing glasses, a sweater, and a button-down shirt. I looked like a school teacher or maybe a writer (which I am) or one of those retirees who volunteers for things (which I also am).

We gathered in the crowded capitol building. There were reporters and camera crews scattered throughout. I felt like I should break the ice and go talk to one.

I spotted a TV crew from the Portland Fox affiliate. The reporter was dressed up, hair and makeup camera-ready. She was probably 45 years old. She appeared to be a seasoned, professional reporter.

So I walked over to her and said: “Do you guys need to interview a Republican? Do you want a quote?”

“Yeah, sure,” she answered.

Spirited debate

At this point, I was still very new to politics. To me, it still seemed like a game. Like a friendly competition. But that’s what I liked about it. I enjoyed being part of a team and engaging in spirited debate with the other team.

But I also believed in fair play and maintaining a sense of humor. That was my take on the present situation. It was funny. The outlaw Republican cowboys versus the non-binary, they/them Democratic elites? This was a great story!

Which was why it was getting so much attention. And why the capitol was packed with people. Even the national news was covering it.

Seethe the day

The cameraman lifted his camera onto his shoulder. I straightened my sweater and brushed my hair back with my hand.

The reporter asked if I was ready, and I nodded. They turned on the camera.

In her professional voice, the reporter asked me if the Republicans’ leaving town was the proper way to debate an education bill.

She pointed the microphone at me, and I answered, “They’re totally outnumbered. But most people agree with them. So I do think it’s an appropriate strategy.” Or something like that.

That was it. A couple sentences. Clean and simple. She was going to need a quote from someone on the Republican side, so I gave her one.

Not only that, I knew to look at her and not the camera as I spoke. To actually listen to her question before I answered. So it would look good on TV.

But that was the problem. When I looked into her face, she was glaring at me. She had this look in her eyes. It was a look I was not prepared for. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually seen someone look at me like that.

It was a look of total hatred. Like burning, seething hatred. And it was leveled at me! And I was being cheerful and nice. I was helping her out!

Hate on the hour

That look on her face was disturbing. Once they turned the camera off, I just walked away.

What was this woman’s problem? Did she really hate Republicans so much, she couldn’t contain her rage for the 10 seconds she was required to listen to my answer? She was a professional news reporter. She was 45 years old!

If it were some 22-year-old who just graduated from “activist” journalism school, I could understand. But this was a grown woman. Had she never done this before?

Hey, lady: You’re not supposed to HATE people for having an opposing opinion. I DID YOU A FAVOR!

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‘Love’ wins

So now, several years have passed, and I see this same phenomenon almost every night on my local news. Not necessarily seething hatred. But something similar. Specifically: the constant messaging that any conservative position, on any issue, is — of course — totally evil. And that the left is always morally correct.

That’s what I saw in the eyes of that local Fox reporter. A total lack of perspective. A soulless fanaticism. She was like a “hate robot” with one mission: the annihilation of people like me!

Unfortunately, this behavior is commonplace now. The division continues to get worse. I don’t know what the solution is, except to point out that hating people, at this intensity level, can’t be good for your health. If you’re hating and seething, you’re probably hurting yourself more than anyone else.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in ceremony went as one might expect, with the young politician praising the “warmth of collectivism” while dissing the “frigidity of rugged individualism.”

And BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere couldn’t be less surprised.

“You might think, well, you know, he won the election. Sure, he was a firebrand when he was out there on the campaign tour, but what’s he really going to be like as a mayor?” Stu asks on “Stu Does America.”

“He tried to make that very, very clear in his opening speech, where he talked about ‘the warmth of collectivism,’” he adds, before playing a clip from Mamdani’s telling speech.

“We will draw this city closer together. We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism. If our campaign demonstrated that the people of New York yearn for solidarity, then let this government foster it,” Mamdani boomed.

“Because no matter what you eat, how you pray, or where you come from, the words that most define us are the two we all share: New Yorkers,” he added.

“It is unbelievable that anyone is falling for this after what has happened in our history. The ‘frigidity of rugged individualism,’ the thing that built America, he’s describing it as frigid and cold and awful, an awful experience,” Stu comments.

“And then the warmth, the warm blanket of collectivism. It’s not even hiding it. It’s not even the collectivism, the warmth of working together. He’s not even using an euphemism. He’s just coming out and saying it. He’s just saying, ‘Hey, let me just pitch this to you: Marxism,’” he continues.

“Now, of course, the warmth of collectivism is very, very known. Well known. They wrote a great book about it. It’s a little long. It’s called ‘The Black Book of Communism,’” he adds.

Stu points out that the book is a great one to have in your personal library, as it’s an “endless telling of all the horrors of the world of communism and what it has done to us over the past hundred years.”

“We’re talking about, you know, millions and millions and millions and millions and millions of people dead,” he says. “Like we’re talking nine figures of people killed by this philosophy that the people of New York were just like, ‘You know, let’s try that here.’”

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The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter, reportedly seizing a couple of her electronic devices.

The news outlet claimed that federal agents on Wednesday morning searched the home of Hannah Natanson, a Washington, D.C.-based reporter. Natanson has been responsible for “high-profile and sensitive coverage” of the federal government during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, according to the Post.

‘The alleged leaker was arrested this week and is in custody.’

The FBI reportedly searched Natanson’s electronic devices, seizing her phone and Garmin watch.

The Post alleged that the recent raid was a part of an ongoing investigation into Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a government contractor.

Perez-Lugones, a Maryland resident, is accused of unlawfully retaining national defense information, according to court records. He previously served in the U.S. Navy and held a Top Secret security clearance. Since leaving the military in 2002, he has worked as a government contractor in various capacities.

A January 9 affidavit described Perez-Lugones as currently working as a systems engineer and information technology specialist for a government contracting company based in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. His role allows him to maintain a Top Secret security clearance with access to information related to “intelligence sources, methods, and analytical processes,” which he has maintained since at least 2000, the court document read.

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In October, Perez-Lugones allegedly took screenshots of a Top Secret report, pasted the images into a Microsoft Word document, and printed it. He was also accused of writing classified information on a yellow notepad and taking the sheets of paper home on January 7. The following day, authorities searched Perez-Lugones’ home, allegedly discovering multiple documents that were marked as Secret, including a document found in his lunch box.

“One or more of these documents are related to national defense,” the affidavit read.

However, the criminal complaint did not accuse Perez-Lugones of disseminating any classified information to a reporter.

Perez-Lugones’ attorneys did not respond to a request for comment.

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In December, Natanson published a report at the Post titled, “I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal,” in which she described receiving messages from more than 1,000 current or former federal government workers eager to share how Trump’s leadership had negatively impacted workplace policies.

“People inside government agencies weren’t supposed to tell me about any of that,” Natanson wrote in the report, referring to articles in the Post that originated from tips she received from government workers.

When reached for comment, the FBI referred Blaze News to Director Kash Patel’s X post addressing the Wednesday search.

“This morning the @FBI and partners executed a search warrant of an individual at the Washington Post who was found to allegedly be obtaining and reporting classified, sensitive military information from a government contractor — endangering our warfighters and compromising America’s national security. The alleged leaker was arrested this week and is in custody. As this is an ongoing investigation, we will have no further comment,” Patel wrote.

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Democratic attorneys general from 12 states are suing the Trump administration in hopes of barring the Department of Health and Human Services from defunding various gender ideology initiatives.

President Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to gender ideology on his first day back in office, declaring in Executive Order 14168, “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality. Under my direction, the Executive Branch will enforce all sex-protective laws to promote this reality.”

James noted that in New York alone, over $80 billion in funding is at risk because of the requirement that applicants comply with the president’s reality-affirming order.

In addition to requiring every agency to use the term “sex” and not “gender” in federal policies and documentation, the order tasked each federal agency with ensuring that federal grant funds “do not promote gender ideology.”

Pursuant to the EO, the HHS released guidance to the U.S. government, the public, and external partners that sex is an immutable biological classification and that there are only two sexes, male and female.

The HHS also issued a new policy statement indicating that recipients of health, education, and research grants subject to Title IX requirements must be “compliant with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 … including the requirements set forth in Presidential Executive Order 14168 titled Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”

The Democrat-run states of California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington claim in their new lawsuit that the HHS’ enforcement of the directives in Trump’s EO violates the Administrative Procedure Act, the guarantee of separation of powers, and the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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According to the states, the grant conditions are “impermissibly retroactive because they alter conditions attached to the funds Congress duly appropriated to HHS by imposing new conditions on existing appropriations of federal funds to the States.”

They further alleged that the conditions not only constitute an attempt on the part of the HHS to unilaterally amend Title IX but are discriminatory, serving to “exclude transgender, intersex, non-binary, and gender-diverse individuals and make denial of their existence official policy.”

California Attorney General Rob Bonta — who was barred last month from enforcing laws that keep parents in the dark about whether their kids are masquerading as members of the opposite sex at school — said in a statement, “HHS has overstepped its constitutional authority and ignored proper procedures in an attempt to codify its hateful agenda.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James made clear what’s at risk for each Democratic state: tens of billions of dollars in grant funding to ideologically captive institutions. James noted that in New York alone, over $80 billion in funding is at risk because of the requirement that applicants comply with the president’s reality-affirming order.

James suggested that the directive was “cruel and unjust.”

The Democrat-controlled states want the federal court in Rhode Island to declare the policy unlawful and to block the HHS from enforcing it.

Blaze News has reached out to the HHS for comment.

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