The indictment comes after the Columbus Division of Police provided new details in the investigation during a media briefing.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The ex-husband suspected in the murders of a Weinland Park couple last month has been indicted by a grand jury.
Documents from the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas state that Michael McKee is charged with four counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated burglary in the deaths of Spencer and Monique Tepe.Â
According to Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Shayla Favor’s office, all counts include a three-year firearm specification for using a gun to commit aggravated murder and a six-year firearm specification for using a firearm suppressor.
He was previously charged with two counts of premeditated aggravated murder.
If convicted, McKee faces a minimum of life in prison with parole eligibility after 32 years.
The indictment comes after the Columbus Division of Police provided new details in the investigation during a media briefing.
Spencer and Monique were found dead inside their Weinland Park home on Dec. 30 after concerned co-workers called police and asked for a welfare check.
Police wrote in an affidavit that detectives identified a suspect through neighborhood surveillance video. The suspect was tracked to a vehicle that arrived before the homicides and left after. Detectives found the vehicle in Rockford, Illinois, and found evidence that McKee had ownership of the vehicle.
McKee was arrested on Jan. 10.
Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant revealed that investigators recovered multiple weapons from McKee’s property, one of which is preliminarily linked to the homicides of the couple.
Bryant added that what happened to Spencer and Monique was a targeted domestic violence attack. Specifics on what kind of weapons were recovered were not shared.
McKee made his first court appearance in a Winnebago County, Illinois, court on Jan. 12 and waived his extradition hearing, meaning he will be transported to Ohio to be arraigned on his charges in Franklin County. His public defender indicated he plans to plead not guilty.
Documents from the Winnebago County Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Court state that McKee’s extradition “will not be feasible” by Jan. 19 and will happen later than expected.