Michael McKee Case: How Investigators Tracked a Surgeon to a Double Murder in 11 Days

Michael McKee Case: How Investigators Tracked a Surgeon to a Double Murder in 11 Days

Published: February 2, 2026

Duration: 18:10

Two bodies discovered in a Columbus, Ohio home on December 30th. Eleven days later, a vascular surgeon is in custody 350 miles away. No eyewitnesses. No forced entry. A suspect who allegedly went dark on his cell phone for 18 hours and used stolen license plates from two different states. How did investigators connect the dots this fast?

Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the forensic architecture of this case — the surveillance footage analysis that first identified Michael McKee's vehicle, the NIBIN ballistics database that allegedly linked a firearm found in his Chicago condo to the crime sc...