The wife of an Ohio dentist who was later killed did not place a 911 call reporting a “domestic dispute” months before their deaths, a family member said. The call was made by someone attending a house party the couple was hosting, he said.
Police said they responded to the Columbus, Ohio house around 10 a.m. on Dec. 30, when they found Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, both dead with apparent gunshot wounds. Two young children were located inside the house unharmed. Police don’t believe their deaths were a murder-suicide, adding there were no signs of forced entry and no weapon was found, according to WSYX. Detectives believe the murders happened between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Dec. 30.
Fox News Digital obtained a 911 call placed by an unknown woman at the same house where Spencer and Monique were killed. In the 911 call, made on April 15, 2025 at 2:45 a.m., the woman told the operator, “me and my man got into it.” She could be heard crying while she was talking to the 911 operator and eventually said she didn’t need police officers to come.
While a name wasn’t included in the dispatch logs, Spencer’s brother-in-law Rob Misleh told the “Surviving the Survivor” podcast that the person who called 911 was “not Monique,” but someone who attended one of their house parties.
Spencer and Monique Tepe were found dead on Dec. 30. (Rob Misleh)
“So first off, if you listen to the voice, it’s quite clearly not Monique. Everybody has seen the wedding video and has heard Monique talk and it’s obviously not Monique who’s calling. Furthermore, I’ve been very outstated that Spencer and Monique had people over a lot.”
“I think sometimes at these parties, people get a little too drunk,” he added. “And from multiple people that I’ve talked to that were at this party have all stated, yes, we remember this happening. Somebody, the woman had just a little bit of a freak-out for lack of a better term. Maybe, you know, was having some mental health issues at the time. But she called the cops from her cellphone.”
Misleh said, “she was at this party and she just had kind of a lapse psychologically, I think at the time.”
Police told the Columbus Dispatch on Jan. 8 that the caller was not Monique and that police have no record of calls from the Tepes’ address or related to them.
Read a transcript of the call below:
Operator: “Hi, this is 911. We just got a hang-up call. Is everything OK?”
Female voice: “Yeah, I’m sorry. I’m OK.”
Operator: “Are you sure?”
Female voice: “Yeah, yeah, I’m OK, sorry.”
Operator: “Well, it sounds like you’re crying. Do you need police, paramedics or anything?”
Female voice: “No, no. No, I’m OK. I promise. I’m just emotional. [inaudible]”
Operator: “Well, can I ask what had you called 911 in the first place?”
Female voice: “Because me and my man got into it, but I’m OK, I promise.”
