In his dating profile, Michael David McKee looked like the perfect catch.
Handsome. Successful. A surgeon with a bright smile, expensive hobbies and a passion for travel.
But behind the polished photos and playful bios, police now believe the 39-year-old doctor was planning something far darker.
Because just months after flashing that charming grin online, McKee is accused of driving more than 325 miles — with murder on his mind.
A deadly journey
Authorities say McKee traveled from Illinois to Columbus, Ohio, before fatally shooting his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her new husband, dentist Dr. Spencer Tepe, inside their home on December 30, 2025.
The couple’s two small children — just one and four years old — were inside the house when the gunshots rang out.
Miraculously, they were found unharmed.
Their parents were not.
Investigators say surveillance footage and vehicle tracking placed McKee near the home shortly before and after the killings.
Within days, he was arrested.
Multiple firearms were seized from his Illinois property — and one weapon has already been preliminarily linked to the murders through ballistic testing.
Prosecutors have since upgraded the charges to premeditated aggravated murder.
Yet McKee, through his public defender, insists he will plead not guilty.
The dating profile that haunts investigators
As detectives worked to piece together his final movements, an unsettling discovery emerged.
An old Bumble dating profile.
The account — first uncovered by the True Crime Mama page and later verified — shows McKee presenting himself as a youthful, carefree 32-year-old surgeon.
In the main photo, he beams into the camera, tanned and relaxed, wearing a lilac sweater… and holding a childhood dinosaur lunchbox labeled “Mike.”
In his bio, he described a life filled with hot yoga, travel plans, electric motorcycles and perfected chocolate chip cookies.
He listed himself as 6’2”, active, a social drinker, never a smoker — and someone who “wants children someday.”
His interests?
Art. Design. Basketball. Skiing. Rock music.
Nothing — absolutely nothing — hinted at violence.
Yet police now believe this smiling man may have been planning revenge.
A marriage that ended… but never truly ended?
McKee and Monique married in 2015 and divorced less than two years later.
On paper, it looked simple. No children. No messy legal battles. Monique even kept her maiden name.
But family sources now say the truth was far darker.
“He was emotionally abusive,” one relative told investigators.
“He threatened to kill her multiple times while they were married.”
Friends described McKee as introverted and unstable, while Monique was warm and social.
Despite the divorce, sources say the fear never truly left her.
And yet — in the days before the murders — Monique and Spencer reportedly told no one they felt in danger.
A night of horror
Police believe the couple may have been asleep when they were shot.
Their throats and bodies riddled with bullets.
Their children just steps away.
Investigators are now treating the killings as a domestic-violence-related crime, though no clear motive has yet been officially confirmed.
A troubled past resurfaces
As the criminal case unfolds, McKee’s past is drawing new scrutiny.
Court records show he was already facing serious legal trouble.
In Nevada, he had been named in multiple medical malpractice lawsuits.
Attorneys say they spent years trying — and failing — to track him down.
Wrong addresses. Dead phone numbers. Disappearing acts.
One lawsuit alleges a surgical device fractured inside a patient’s leg during an operation.
By the time the case intensified, McKee had vanished from Las Vegas.
One lawyer said it was “highly unusual” — and deeply alarming — for a doctor to simply disappear while facing such serious claims.
Silent in court… and facing life behind bars
At his first court appearance, McKee waived extradition without saying a single word.
He will soon be transferred to Ohio, where he faces the possibility of life in prison without parole — or even the death penalty.
His family has declined to comment.
The malpractice suits remain pending.
And the haunting question remains:
How did a smiling surgeon with a promising life become the prime suspect in one of the most chilling double murders of the year?
Because in those dating photos…
No one could have guessed what he was capable of. 😈🔥
