Illinois surgeon Michael McKee evaded medical malpractice suit for years before allegedly killing ex-wife, dentist husband

Illinois surgeon Michael David McKee evaded a medical malpractice lawsuit for years before he allegedly killed his ex-wife and her dentist husband in their Ohio home in December.McKee, a 39-year-old vascular surgeon, allegedly failed to train a physician’s assistant, leading to a patient being injured during treatment and needing emergency surgery in 2023, according to Las Vegas-based lawyer Dan Laird, according to WSYX on Tuesday.Laird said he was duped during his two-year pursuit of McKee when the suspected double-murderer’s surgery group allegedly handed out fake addresses and “questionable” state-issued phone numbers.“Interestingly, the address that was given to us by the surgery group that he worked for turned out to be a fake address,” Laird told the outlet, referencing Las Vegas Surgical Associates LLP.“It was an address that doesn’t exist.”McKee was named in the medical malpractice suit from a client of the surgical group after a procedure allegedly went wrong, requiring the patient to undergo an emergency surgery, according to KSNV, citing court records.Laird claimed that McKee failed to train a physician’s assistant, which led to the patient’s injury.McKee held a medical license in Nevada for just over two years before it expired last June — six months before he allegedly killed his ex-wife, Monique Tepe and her husband, Spencer.

The Nevada lawyer was mystified over McKee’s disappearance, claiming it was not normal for doctors to vanish.“They tend to be highly responsible people,” he told WSYX.“They’re not the kind of people who just disappeared suddenly, and this was very surprising to us.”In October, Laird reached out to McKee’s colleagues, including Dr.

Peter Caravella, who was named alongside the surgeon in the lawsuit, during his search for the missing doctors just months before the gruesome murders“He said he has no idea where Dr.Michael McKee is now,” Laird recalled.

“He just disappeared.”A judge side...