SPENCER & MONIQUE TEPE: Columbus, Ohio dentist and wife murdered - 30 Dec 2025 *ARREST* (2 Viewers)
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GrandmaBear
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It's just a short.
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It's actually 5 years old. Their 5th anniversary was later this month, or would have been sadly.
I don't know. Everyone even friends just glows about them and I guess they thought that video was the best way to show how well they were thought of, the family and friends they had, and how much they were in love.
I wonder though myself. It isn't what I'd necessarily think to put out five years later upon their deaths. I'm not knocking it really, I just think there's maybe an illusion here or appearance matters...? Or perhaps they are thinking of the kids one day and if they ever look at this case and such that they will see a narrative of the love the parents had for each other and them. Beats me.
I'd just think they'd go for recent family photos, heck there was just a recent Christmas, maybe more recent gatherings with family or friends, etc. I do think when just a clip or two was shown of the wedding that news asked for the full video perhaps, I think it was something like that.
It also occurred to me if he does such for a living that it might bring him further business... Not a nice thought but it crossed my mind. If he is a videographer or photographer, etc. I don't know what he does.
I saw a comment which I take with a grain of salt as comments aren't necessarily truth by any means that the BIL had already addressed this 911 call and that he said it was another couple at a party at Spencer and Monique's. Could be I guess but if there were other people around, why would she need to call 911 over an argument with her husband, she'd have help there...? And she was allegedly crying even when the dispatcher called back. Odd. I guess even if that is the case though it shows things weren't always rosy at their parties or with friends or whoever it was either.
GrandmaBear
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And I never heard the BIL say that. Unless it was recent or on Fox or something. I've watched most on this case other than things that are clearly duplicates of the same old news.
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I like Ashleigh. I remember her from CourtTV before they ruined it with TruTV.
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Yeah. You don't call 911 for no reason.
GrandmaBear
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She kind of turns me off these days. On occasion. Mostly I guess she's okay. There are others I like better. She regurgitates a lot of the same things more than once puts them out like they are new, etc. but that's probably the station too.
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Exactly. No one does. I called LE recently and it was for a big enough deal but I didn't classify it as important as like a crime so I looked up the nonemergency number and called that instead. I didn't want to take up 911 time from something more important. SO yeah, you don't call 911 for no reason.
Wanting to jump in on this case, I looked up this timeline. Sharing it here for others who are new to the case:
Except people do. Obviously not in this case, but if you search for statistics on how many 911 calls are actual emergencies... Most estimates are that 15% anywhere up to 40% of all calls to 911 are NON emergencies.
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Relative Says Crying Woman Who Made 'Domestic Dispute' 911 Call '100%' Wasn't Ohio Dentist's Wife
Monique and Spencer Tepe were found fatally shot in their home in December.
Relative Says Crying Woman Who Made 'Domestic Dispute' 911 Call '100%' Wasn't Ohio Dentist's Wife
A "domestic dispute" 911 call traced to Monique and Spencer Tepe's home months before the couple's slayings was not made by Monique, a relative says.Rob Misleh, Monique's brother-in-law, has responded to reports of the April 911 call released this week where a woman is heard crying over a "domestic dispute."
"I one hundred percent know that is not Monique's voice," Misleh tells PEOPLE, adding that the voice did not sound like anyone else he knew either.
"Whatever FOX News showed, I think it just maybe pinged at their address, that's probably a neighbor," he says. "It's so obviously not Monique's voice. It's not them."
In the call, made in the middle of the night on April 15, a woman is heard weeping and telling the dispatcher that she no longer needed help and was just being "emotional." When asked why she had called in the first place, she responded, "because me and my man got into it, but I'm OK, I promise."
Misleh, who is married to Spencer's sister, initially told the Surviving The Survivor Podcast that the 911 call was made during a house party at the Tepes home, but now clarifies to PEOPLE that the incident he recalled on the podcast was from years earlier, and he had mixed up dates.
However, he maintains definitively that the woman who made the 911 call in April is not Monique either, especially given the language on the call.
"She said 'my man,' I don't know who that could've been," Misleh says, adding that that's not how Monique spoke.
He shared with PEOPLE a video from the couple's wedding where Monique spoke, further asserting that the voice is different from the call record released by FOX News.
This reminds me of the murder of Elizabeth Barraza, the woman who was shot while setting up for a yard sale. They have grainy video of the suspect and vehicle, but have never found her killer.
“When I look at this video, I see an individual that, you know, has taken some care to try to cover his face and that I see a bigger person that appears to be comfortable walking where they’re going,” Trombitas said.
He said he doesn’t see a visible weapon. He also looks at things like height, weight, clothing and movement.
“Somebody that knows an individual that maybe walks like that; everybody has their own gait and their own walk,” Trombitas said.
Trombitas said this person may not be involved in the crime, but may know something. He said that is why neighborhood canvassing is so important in a case like this.
“I want to talk to everybody in the area to see if they saw anything,” he said. “You know, it’s possible somebody was out letting their dog out and they saw a guy walk by and, you know, so you need to go out and really do a good canvass. And that would include also any businesses in the area.
“Because it’s possible, if this was a targeted shooting, that this individual that’s responsible may have hit a bar or a restaurant, not be familiar with the people that worked there, for example, and did you see anybody strange or different and matching this kind of a description and see if they have any video and things like that?” Trombitas said.
He said investigators also collected crime scene evidence like DNA and fingerprints inside the house. Trombitas said investigators are also likely doing victimology on both Spencer and Monique to understand relationships in their lives. He said this includes neighbors, co-workers, family and others.
“You want to try to establish some type of a motive,” Trombitas said. “Why would somebody want to target these two individuals? There had to be a reason why and it had to be so severe that you would want to kill not one, but both of them.”
He said investigators have likely already done an interview with their four-year-old child, accompanied by a trained child forensic specialist, wanting to determine if the child saw anything, recognized a suspect, or heard any noises.
“On one hand, as an investigator, would be great if they saw something that could help us out, but on the other hand, as a parent, you know, I hope they didn’t see or hear anything because that would be something awful to carry the rest of your life,” Trombitas said.
He said what may be the most important is the tips from the public, adding that it’s important for investigators to look into all possible theories.
“You want to follow the evidence in that because if you have an idea of maybe the path you want to go down, but it’s not matching up with any of the evidence or the information that you’re collecting, you’re maybe going down the wrong path, so you need to be aware of the possibility that what you’re thinking may not be really the thing,” Trombitas said.
He said someone knows something and said no tip is too small because investigators never know what information can break the case.
Retired FBI agent explains what investigators are seeking in couple’s killing
Trombitis has worked on hundreds of significant cases in his career. He said this is a solvable case. He addressed a video released by the Columbus police on Monday, showing someone the department said was a person of interest in the incident.“When I look at this video, I see an individual that, you know, has taken some care to try to cover his face and that I see a bigger person that appears to be comfortable walking where they’re going,” Trombitas said.
He said he doesn’t see a visible weapon. He also looks at things like height, weight, clothing and movement.
“Somebody that knows an individual that maybe walks like that; everybody has their own gait and their own walk,” Trombitas said.
Trombitas said this person may not be involved in the crime, but may know something. He said that is why neighborhood canvassing is so important in a case like this.
“I want to talk to everybody in the area to see if they saw anything,” he said. “You know, it’s possible somebody was out letting their dog out and they saw a guy walk by and, you know, so you need to go out and really do a good canvass. And that would include also any businesses in the area.
“Because it’s possible, if this was a targeted shooting, that this individual that’s responsible may have hit a bar or a restaurant, not be familiar with the people that worked there, for example, and did you see anybody strange or different and matching this kind of a description and see if they have any video and things like that?” Trombitas said.
He said investigators also collected crime scene evidence like DNA and fingerprints inside the house. Trombitas said investigators are also likely doing victimology on both Spencer and Monique to understand relationships in their lives. He said this includes neighbors, co-workers, family and others.
“You want to try to establish some type of a motive,” Trombitas said. “Why would somebody want to target these two individuals? There had to be a reason why and it had to be so severe that you would want to kill not one, but both of them.”
He said investigators have likely already done an interview with their four-year-old child, accompanied by a trained child forensic specialist, wanting to determine if the child saw anything, recognized a suspect, or heard any noises.
“On one hand, as an investigator, would be great if they saw something that could help us out, but on the other hand, as a parent, you know, I hope they didn’t see or hear anything because that would be something awful to carry the rest of your life,” Trombitas said.
He said what may be the most important is the tips from the public, adding that it’s important for investigators to look into all possible theories.
“You want to follow the evidence in that because if you have an idea of maybe the path you want to go down, but it’s not matching up with any of the evidence or the information that you’re collecting, you’re maybe going down the wrong path, so you need to be aware of the possibility that what you’re thinking may not be really the thing,” Trombitas said.
He said someone knows something and said no tip is too small because investigators never know what information can break the case.
GrandmaBear
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Well sure, even children have called it accidentally or as a prank. And some think every little thing in their life is an emergency. Add in if you are not home and don't have a nonemergency number handy, or don't have it for the area you might be traveling in or through, people probably call that at times too.
In this case though, the woman said they were in an argument and she called and that sounds like a classic domestic to me. It's doubtful it's the first argument they ever had, most couples have quite a few throughout their time together. So my take on her calling 911 is that it was more than she said shortly after that when the dispatcher called her back.
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I never heard the recording, just saw and heard the transcript. Someone in chat did say that the BIl said it wasn't her but that wasn't confirmed, that I knew of, the call was on news. The chat comment said a woman at a party he said and this confirms that.Relative Says Crying Woman Who Made 'Domestic Dispute' 911 Call '100%' Wasn't Ohio Dentist's Wife
Monique and Spencer Tepe were found fatally shot in their home in December.people.com
Relative Says Crying Woman Who Made 'Domestic Dispute' 911 Call '100%' Wasn't Ohio Dentist's Wife
A "domestic dispute" 911 call traced to Monique and Spencer Tepe's home months before the couple's slayings was not made by Monique, a relative says.
Rob Misleh, Monique's brother-in-law, has responded to reports of the April 911 call released this week where a woman is heard crying over a "domestic dispute."
"I one hundred percent know that is not Monique's voice," Misleh tells PEOPLE, adding that the voice did not sound like anyone else he knew either.
"Whatever FOX News showed, I think it just maybe pinged at their address, that's probably a neighbor," he says. "It's so obviously not Monique's voice. It's not them."
In the call, made in the middle of the night on April 15, a woman is heard weeping and telling the dispatcher that she no longer needed help and was just being "emotional." When asked why she had called in the first place, she responded, "because me and my man got into it, but I'm OK, I promise."
Misleh, who is married to Spencer's sister, initially told the Surviving The Survivor Podcast that the 911 call was made during a house party at the Tepes home, but now clarifies to PEOPLE that the incident he recalled on the podcast was from years earlier, and he had mixed up dates.
However, he maintains definitively that the woman who made the 911 call in April is not Monique either, especially given the language on the call.
"She said 'my man,' I don't know who that could've been," Misleh says, adding that that's not how Monique spoke.
He shared with PEOPLE a video from the couple's wedding where Monique spoke, further asserting that the voice is different from the call record released by FOX News.
Now here he is saying he mixed it up and said the one he was thinking of was years earlier, so what they had TWO from their house at different times? One at a party (he was thinking that one at first) and then this one?
I don't know what happened here or that they weren't the perfect couple but I find the fact there were two kind of notable. They may well be the perfect couple but a wedding doesn't show that to me, nor do pictures.
So at minimum they had two people (probably different ones) at two different times in distress. One years ago as he said at a party, and this one in April of just this past year.
And it can't be many years ago past like five as they met and got married not long after the way I take it. So five or six at most probably.
The other reason that is concerning is that if it were not Monique then who was at their house? Who are they having around them or staying with them even?
Because someone did this to them.
GrandmaBear
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I think this one is going to have an arrest. The video I don't think is by far all they have.
Most experts or talking heads I've heard say it was high percentage someone they knew for one. Victomology does matter, what was going on in their lives, what was each doing, who did they know, etc. There are said to be a lot of cameras in the area but no one seems sure which ones are working.
I tend to think they have a good idea of who but are building the case and being very careful with what they release.
Of course one said it could be that, OR it could be they have no leads at all...
I think the key reason most are interested in this is it IS a mystery so far. It COULD be a stranger of course but most feel not.
I mean we know so little they could have even had someone staying in the home with them. Seriously. And that person did it. Could be a stranger. Could be a jealous lover. An ex. Could be family... BOTH were taken out. Although the second one could be due to being a witness, just really hard to say.
It's a mystery at this point and I think that's why it caught so many people's interest. Of course he was a dentist and the wedding video shows a picture perfect couple with their friends and family and that may have caught some but that's not my interest in it. It is that it just isn't known what the motive or reason could have been or who.
GrandmaBear
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Wasn't it "my man" that the BIL said Mo (what they call her) wouldn't say, she wouldn't talk like that? Well in her voews she said something like I knew God would lead me to "my person". That sounds very much like talking that way to me/very similar.
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Glad to see others now interested in this case. It truly is a whodunit.
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haven't heard that though much but targeted I have heard. he was shot more than once. she once it is assumed but we don't know for sure but seems the case. at first we heard they were in different rooms but i think that might have been an assumption just because he was seen through a window by the bed and she was not. i don't think we actually know. there's a lot the public doesn't know.
they found three bullet casings, 9mm. So there were at LEAST three shots, more if the perp picked some up and couldn't find others. Chances are he didn't pick any up. That doesn't sound like a hit man but who knows...