McKee's Failed Alibi in Tepe Double Murder: Why Prosecutors Say His Own Words Will Convict Him

Jan 23, 12:00 PM

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Before Michael McKee invoked his right to remain silent, he allegedly gave police a bogus alibi. That single decision may haunt him for the rest of his life. McKee, a Chicago vascular surgeon, is charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Richard Tepe at their Columbus home. Police say the murder weapon was recovered from McKee's apartment nearly two weeks after the killings. But it's not just forensic evidence prosecutors will weaponize—it's what McKee reportedly said before he stopped talking. 

Former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis has built cases exactly like this one. He knows how prosecutors turn a defendant's own words into the most damaging evidence at trial. In this Hidden Killers interview, Faddis explains the legal mechanics of the McKee prosecution: why charges were upgraded to aggravated murder, how a contradictory alibi gets presented to a jury, and what investigators look for when establishing premeditation across an eight-year timeline. We examine the family testimony alleging emotional abuse, the reported stalking behavior days before the murders, and the challenge of prosecuting a defendant with no criminal record who presents as educated and successful. The prosecution has a story to tell about the Tepe murders. Eric Faddis shows us how they'll tell it.

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