Violent Crime

A newly unsealed probable‑cause affidavit says Michael David McKee, a 39‑year‑old vascular surgeon and Monique Tepe’s ex‑husband, was captured on video entering and later leaving the Tepes’ Columbus property on Dec. 6 while the couple was away and includes allegations he had threatened and abused Monique. McKee was arrested in Rockford, Illinois, extradited to Ohio and indicted on multiple aggravated‑murder and related firearm and burglary charges after investigators say surveillance and license‑plate data tracked his vehicle near the home the night of the Dec. 30 killings, a gun seized from his property produced a preliminary ballistic link to casings at the scene, there were no signs of forced entry, and the couple’s two young children were found unharmed.

Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding — accused by U.S. authorities of running a cocaine‑trafficking ring and orchestrating the killing of a witness in Medellín — surrendered to U.S. officials at the American embassy in Mexico, was taken into custody Thursday and flown to California, where FBI agents escorted him in handcuffs off a plane at Ontario International Airport. The FBI, which added him to its Ten Most Wanted list with a reported $15 million reward, says Wedding is an “extremely violent” suspect believed responsible for multiple murders abroad and that he allegedly used a Canadian website to help identify the Medellín target.

Lafayette police say Tippecanoe Superior Court Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, were shot inside their Mill Pond Lane home after an assailant knocked, said “We have your dog,” and fired through the front door around 2:15 p.m.; both were wounded (Meyer in the arm, his wife in the hip) and remain hospitalized in stable condition, and police say there were no prior recorded threats or 911 calls from the address. A multi‑agency manhunt involving Lafayette PD, Indiana State Police, the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office, West Lafayette PD, the Tippecanoe County prosecutor and the FBI is ongoing with no arrests, suspect description or motive released; Kimberly Meyer and local leaders have publicly thanked investigators and responders, and the attack has drawn attention in part because Meyer presided over the high‑profile Natalia Grace case.

Ahmad Jihad Bojeh, who lived next door to the rental, was charged with three counts of premeditated murder and resisting arrest after deputies found him in his home about an hour following a random, "senseless" shooting that killed three tourists minutes from Disney's Magic Kingdom; he is being held without bond. Bojeh had a 2021 not‑guilty‑by‑reason‑of‑insanity verdict in an attempted first‑degree murder with a firearm and aggravated battery case and has prior arrests for felony drug possession and misdemeanor resisting an officer, prompting Sheriff Christopher Blackmon to call him a "frequent flyer" and Attorney General James Uthmeier to fault a suspended state attorney for not contesting the insanity defense.