(NewsNation) — Police released a 911 call from the home of Spencer and Monique Tepe months before the couple’s deaths, in which a woman reported to the dispatcher what was described as a domestic dispute.
NewsNation obtained phone records from police just one day after a person of interest was seen on video walking in an alley by the Tepes’ home hours before they were discovered dead.
The records showed the woman told the dispatcher, “Me and my man got into it.” The woman also said “no” when asked if there was any physicality involved. She requested there would be no police response.
Rob Misleh, the couple’s brother-in-law, denied the woman’s voice on the call was not Monique Tepe’s, according to NewsNation affiliate WCMH-TV.
Spencer and Monique were found gunned down on Dec. 30 after several 911 calls from colleagues and loved ones hours later. Spencer Tepe’s co-workers notified police that he’d not shown up to work and Monique Tepe was not answering her phone.
Investigators said the couple appeared to have been shot after shell casings were found in the home. The couple’s two kids, both younger than 6, were left unharmed, with no sign of forced entry and no firearm found at the scene.
Officials say police are treating the case as a homicide and have ruled out the incident as a murder-suicide.
Police are still searching for a suspect and the motive behind the killings.