Harry Lidsky, Digital Forensic Examiner, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.Prosecutors allege Banfield plotted the killings with Read more…
Michael McKee is expected to plead not guilty to the aggravated murders of Monique Tepe and Richard Tepe. His defense team sees something prosecutors don’t want jurors to notice. The murder weapon was allegedly found in McKee’s Chicago apartment—but that’s 300 miles from the crime scene in Columbus. There are Read more…
The defense came out swinging on Day 7 of the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Homicide Detective Leah Smith testified she was pressured by supervisors to support the catfishing theory before evidence backed it up. She says she was told: “There are two theories and you need to get behind the Read more…
Michael McKee allegedly drove 400 miles in the middle of the night carrying a suppressed firearm to murder his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer while their children slept down the hall. Now he sits in an Ohio jail facing four counts of aggravated murder — and based on Read more…
Before Michael McKee invoked his right to remain silent, he allegedly gave police a bogus alibi. That single decision may haunt him for the rest of his life. McKee, a Chicago vascular surgeon, is charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Read more…
The judge who presided over Richard Allen’s murder trial just announced her retirement from the bench. Frances Gull’s press release is full of praise for her Drug Court work and her belief in “second chances, rehabilitation, and redemption.” Conspicuously absent from that press release is any mention of the Delphi Read more…
The perpetrator psychology. The victim experience. The shattered aftermath. One complete breakdown. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott brings over thirty years of experience in forensic settings, domestic violence work, and trauma recovery to examine every dimension of the Tepe murder case. She’s the author of “The Minds of Mass Killers” — and Read more…
Steven Baer is a licensed fiduciary. He does this for a living. He’s not emotionally invested like family. He’s seen manipulation before. And yet Nick Reiner’s LPS conservatorship—which gave Baer the authority to force medication, to make treatment decisions, to place Nick in a locked facility if necessary—ended after just Read more…
Two children, ages one and four, were in the home when their parents were allegedly killed. They’re now orphans. Over a thousand people attended the funeral. A family will never be the same. And here’s the question that won’t leave me alone: Monique Tepe did everything right. She recognized the Read more…
Brendan Miller, Detective with the Fairfax Co. Police Department, testified today in the Brendan Banfield murder trial. Banfield, a former IRS agent, is charged with four counts of aggravated murder in the February 2023 deaths of his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at their Herndon, Virginia home.Prosecutors allege Banfield Read more…