A Lincoln Park man accused of killing his ex-wife and her husband in their Columbus home will be sent back to Ohio to face charges in the couple’s deaths, according to the Winnebago County sheriff’s office.
Michael McKee, 39, waived extradition during a brief appearance in Rockford on Monday afternoon before Winnebago County Judge Donald Shriver, according to court records and authorities.
McKee, listed in court records as a Lincoln Park resident, is charged with killing his ex-wife, 39-year-old Monique Tepe, and her second husband, 37-year-old dentist Spencer Tepe, late last year in a headline-making case.
The couple left behind two children, according to their obituary. According to a criminal complaint filed Saturday in Franklin County, Ohio, the children were found unharmed in the home when Columbus police arrived for a well-being check the morning of Dec. 30. Their parents had suffered fatal gunshot wounds, the complaint stated.
The complaint described how police used neighborhood security footage to track a suspect, later identified as McKee, to a vehicle near the scene of the crime. The car, which was linked to McKee, was found in Rockford on Saturday, according to the complaint. Columbus police said Saturday that McKee had been arrested “without incident” in Rockford.
It wasn’t immediately clear when Ohio authorities would get McKee, a Winnebago County sheriff’s spokesperson said.
