Tepe killings were a “domestic violence” attack by ex-husband, police say

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Columbus police officials provided an update on the Tepe murders on Wednesday, calling the killings "a domestic-violence-related attack."

CPD Chief Elaine Bryant also shared new details about what her department's investigators have discovered about suspect Michael McKee.

"Multiple weapons were taken from the property of McKee," she said during CPD's first news conference about the case, 16 days after Spencer and Monique Tepe were found shot to death in their Weinland Park home. "And there is a preliminary link ... to one of the weapons that ties it to the homicides."

McKee is the ex-husband of Monique Tepe and is accused of killing her and her husband in their home on Dec. 30.

McKee was arrested in Illinois on Saturday and is now charged with two counts of aggravated murder - premeditated, which could bring the death penalty if he's convicted in the case. McKee appeared in court Monday in Illinois and waived his right to extradition.

The Tepes' two children -- ages 4 and 1 -- were found unharmed inside the home.

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