The square-jawed Illinois surgeon accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife and her dentist husband was seen in a new mug shot wearing glasses and an icy stare after he was hauled back to Ohio and booked on murder charges Tuesday.
Michael McKee, 39, was extradited to the Buckeye State, where he’s facing murder charges for allegedly killing Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer Tepe inside their home on Dec. 30, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
McKee was on the run for nearly two weeks before he was captured by federal authorities at a Chick-fil-A near his Rockford medical practice on Jan. 10.
Monique Tempe and her husband were found slaughtered in their home. GofundmeHe was in custody in Illinois until he was transferred over to Ohio and booked in Franklin County Jail on Tuesday, according to jail records.
His new booking photo shows him in a black shirt with short brown hair and some scruff. His cutting stare is paired with taut lips.
The doctor previously waived extradition at a hearing earlier this month.
The killings, which left their two young children without parents, were targeted, authorities have said.
Michael McKee, 39, was extradited to the Buckeye State, where he’s facing murder charges for allegedly killing Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer Tepe inside their home on Dec. 30, according to reports. Franklin County JailMcKee and Monique Tepe, 39, were married for about two years before divorcing in 2017.
Monique married Spencer, 37, in 2020.
The Tepes’ brother-in-law, Rob Misleh, told ABC News earlier this month that McKee was emotionally abusive during the pair’s brief marriage.
Michael David McKee was seen walking into the courtroom on Monday, January 12, 2026, in Rockford, Ill. AP“Myself and many others were well aware of, kind of, the negative impact that he had on her. And the abuse that he put her through, the torment that he put her through,” Misleh said.
McKee trekked around 325 miles and snuck into the victims’ Columbus house, where he gunned them down with a silencer in their bedroom, authorities alleged.
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The bodies were discovered after Spencer was late to work and wasn’t answering his phone, which his colleagues said was very unlike him, prompting them to rush to the house.
Photo of Monique and Spencer Tepe on their wedding day. FacebookFrantic friends and colleagues called 911 to report that they could see a body through the home’s window and heard a child screaming.
The couple was found dead inside, while the children were unharmed.
McKee is facing aggravated murder charges.
No bail has been set in the case, according to jail records.
