Diane Menashe Beat 14 Murder Charges for Dr. Husel — Now She's Defending Michael McKee
Diane Menashe Beat 14 Murder Charges for Dr. Husel — Now She's Defending Michael McKee  
Podcast: Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
Published On: Sun Feb 01 2026
Description: Diane Menashe is a 27-year veteran of criminal defense in Columbus who specializes in cases that look unwinnable. In 2022, she co-led the defense of Dr. William Husel, the Mount Carmel physician charged with murdering fourteen ICU patients through allegedly lethal fentanyl doses. She called one witness. Husel was acquitted on all fourteen counts. She also kept cop-killer Quentin Smith off death row. Now she's representing Michael McKee—the vascular surgeon accused of driving 325 miles in the middle of the night to execute his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Dr. Spencer Tepe while their two young children slept nearby. McKee pleaded not guilty Friday to four counts of aggravated murder. The evidence police have described is staggering: ballistics allegedly matching a gun found at his property to shell casings at the scene, vehicle tracking from Ohio to Illinois, Ring camera footage, a firearm suppressor that screams premeditation, and no forced entry. So how does Menashe attack this case? Defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down her likely strategy—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 that complicates the premeditation narrative. Menashe's philosophy is simple: she doesn't put on a defense case. She picks apart the prosecution's evidence piece by piece and lets it collapse under its own weight. McKee isn't fighting for freedom. He's fighting for degrees of punishment. And Menashe is the best in the business at finding daylight in the darkness. Two children lost their parents on December 30th. The man accused of making them orphans just hired Columbus's most formidable defense attorney.#MichaelMcKee #MoniqueTepe #SpencerTepe #DianeMenashe #WilliamHusel #BobMotta #AggravatedMurder #ColumbusOhio #TrueCrime #HiddenKillersJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.