Spencer and Monique Tepe's Accused Killer Just Hired the Attorney Who Beat 14 Murder Counts

Two children lost their parents on December 30th. Over a thousand people attended the funeral for Monique Tepe and her husband Dr. Spencer Tepe. And the man accused of making them orphans just hired Columbus's most formidable defense attorney. Michael McKee pleaded not guilty Friday to four counts of aggravated murder. His attorney, Diane Menashe, spoke for him. Menashe is the 27-year veteran who walked Dr. William Husel out of a Columbus courtroom after fourteen murder charges. Every single count. Not guilty. She called one witness. She also kept cop-killer Quentin Smith off death row. That's who McKee hired. Another doctor facing murder charges. Another case where the evidence seems overwhelming. The evidence police have described is staggering: ballistics allegedly linking a weapon from McKee's property to shell casings at the scene, vehicle tracking showing the 325-mile drive from Columbus to Illinois, surveillance footage allegedly placing McKee in the alley behind the Tepe home, a firearm suppressor, and no forced entry.

Defense attorney Bob Motta joins us to analyze how Menashe might attack this case—the ballistics science that isn't as solid as prosecutors want juries to believe, the murky video identification, and the eight-year gap between McKee's divorce and the alleged murders. Menashe's philosophy: she doesn't put on a defense case. She picks apart the prosecution's evidence and lets it collapse under its own weight. McKee isn't fighting for freedom. He's fighting for degrees of punishment. This is what money buys in the American justice system—not innocence, but the absolute best fight money can afford.

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