Police in Ohio have released video of a “person of interest” in the murders of a Columbus dentist and his wife on December 30.
Columbus Division of Police say they believe Spencer and Monique Tepe were gunned down in the upstairs of their home sometime between 2 and 5 a.m. that morning. The video shows a person in jeans and a dark hoodie walking in the alley near the Tepe home “during that time frame.”
Police were called to the home later on December 30 when Spencer Tepe, 37, did not show up for work, as CrimeOnline reported. An officer who went to the home at about 9 a.m., got no answer at the door, and left.
Police received two more calls around 10 a.m., with one man reporting that he was at the home and could hear children inside. A second co-worker called around that time as well, saying she was concerned and was on her way to the home. A third call came in minutes later from a friend who said he had gone to the home when Tepe didn’t answer the phone and could see his body inside.
The couple’s two children, both under 6, were inside.
“Our entire lives are never going to be the same again,” Rob Misleh, Spencer Tepe’s brother-in-law, told WSYX. “The children are doing well. They’re young, so they’re not quite aware. They’re getting all the love and attention they possibly can at the moment. The support our family has received has been bigger than a village.”
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[Featured image: Spencer and Monique Tepe/GoFundMe]
