How Michael McKee Got Licensed to Operate—And What It Reveals About a Broken System

Michael McKee faces four counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Monique Tepe and Dr. Spencer Tepe. The evidence prosecutors have described is substantial—ballistic analysis allegedly linking a firearm from his property to shell casings at the scene, surveillance footage reportedly tracking his movements, and a firearm suppressor. Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant called the December 30th killings a "targeted" and "domestic violence related attack." The couple was found shot to death in their Columbus home while their two young children, ages four and one, were discovered unharmed inside. McKee pleaded not guilty at his January 23rd arraignment and remains in custody without bond. But the murder charges reveal something else: a broken medical licensing system that allowed McKee to keep practicing. His Nevada medical license had expired in June 2025. Court records show he was added to a malpractice lawsuit just months before the killings. He allegedly provided fake addresses on official documents. Yet for eleven days after the alleged murders, McKee was still employed as a vascular surgeon at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois. He went to work. He potentially operated on patients. How does a doctor evading a malpractice lawsuit with an expired license in one state get credentialed to perform surgery in another? We expose the National Practitioner Data Bank—a database Congress created specifically to catch problem doctors—that the public cannot access and many state boards never check. The numbers are damning: over 500 doctors disciplined in one state practicing elsewhere with clean records. More than 250 who surrendered licenses operating in new states with zero consequences. No federal law. No real accountability. Just a system designed to protect physician mobility over patient safety. This is the story of how Michael McKee got licensed. And how many other doctors just like him are out there right now.

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