Shili Chen and Shouyong Zhang, both 77 years old, had been scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday to face the aforementioned charges.
陈世力(Shili Chen)与张守勇(Shouyong Zhang)均已77岁,二人原定于周三就上述指控出庭受审。
On the eve of the hearing, reporters were unable to reach the couple's lawyer.
庭审前夕,记者未能与这对夫妇的律师取得联系。
Their daughter, Candice Jang, was likewise unreachable, though she did attend Wednesday's hearing via video.
其女儿坎迪斯·张(Candice Jang)同样无法联络,不过她以视频方式出席了周三的听证会。
Jonathan McKinsey, 40, a games engineer at The New York Times, was shot dead in the parking lot of a sports complex in Dublin, a city east of San Francisco.
40岁的乔纳森·麦金西(Jonathan McKinsey)是《纽约时报》的一名游戏工程师,在旧金山以东都柏林市一个体育综合体的停车场遭枪杀。
In a news release, the Dublin Police Department said that a sergeant was driving nearby at the time and saw the victim lying on the ground, and that witnesses began calling 911 and identified the couple, who remained near the scene.
都柏林警察局在一份新闻稿中称,一名警佐当时正在附近驾车,看到受害者倒在地上,目击者开始拨打911并指认这对夫妇,他们仍留在现场附近。
Court records show that at the time of his murder, McKinsey was embroiled in a fiercely contested divorce with Ms. Zhang, with both parties vying for custody of their three young children.
法庭记录显示,麦金西遇害时,正与张女士陷入一场争议激烈的离婚诉讼,并争夺三个年幼子女的监护权。
In restraining order applications filed last year, the couple accused each other of inflicting physical, emotional, and psychological abuse over the course of more than a decade.
在去年提交的限制令申请中,这对夫妇相互指控对方在过去十余年间实施身体、情感及心理虐待。
McKinsey, who is transgender, alleged that Ms. Zhang and her parents subjected him to verbal and physical abuse in connection with the gender transition he underwent years ago.
麦金西是跨性别者,他声称张女士及其父母对他多年前进行的性别过渡施加了言语和身体上的虐待。
He further alleged that Ms. Zhang subjected him to physical and emotional abuse while he was undergoing transition-related medical procedures.
他进一步指控张女士在他接受与过渡相关的医疗程序期间,对他施加了身体和情感上的虐待。
He claimed that Zhang Shouyong punched him in the chest while he was recovering from a double mastectomy.
他声称,张守勇在他双乳切除术后的康复期间,曾拳击他的胸部。
MacKenzie was arrested last October and charged with misdemeanor child abuse for allegedly beating his eldest son.
麦金西于去年10月被捕,并被控以轻罪虐待儿童,罪名系涉嫌殴打其长子。
Police say he has admitted to slapping the child.
警方称,他已承认掌掴孩子。
According to court documents, prosecutors also accused him of endangering his younger child — when officers went to his home to speak with him, they found their 2-year-old left alone in the house.
根据法庭文件,检察官还指控他危害其幼子——此前警员前往其住所与其谈话时,发现他们2岁的孩子被独自留在家中。
McKinsey pleaded not guilty to these charges and claimed in court records that he had been framed by his wife, who left home without telling him that the child was sleeping in a crib upstairs.
麦金西对这些指控表示不认罪,并在法庭记录中声称,他是被妻子陷害的,妻子离家时没有告诉他孩子正在楼上的婴儿床里睡觉。
He was released on the condition that he complete 12 parenting classes.
他以完成12节育儿课程为条件获释。
At the time of the killing, McKinsey was out on bail and had been trying to enter a mental health diversion program.
遇害时,麦金西处于保释期间,并一直在试图加入心理健康转移项目。
In her application, Ms. Zhang stated that in 2010, during an argument, McKinsey grabbed her forearm, causing her to hit the corner of a coffee table and fracture a vertebra in her upper back.
张女士在其申请书中称,2010年麦金西在一次争吵中抓住她的前臂,导致她撞到咖啡桌角,上背部一块椎骨骨折。
She also said that in 2023, after McKinsey shoved their eldest son's head, she called the police.
她还说,2023年麦金西猛推他们长子的头部后,她打电话报警。
Ms. Zhang further accused McKinsey of emotionally abusing her mother.
张女士还指控麦金西对她的母亲进行情感虐待。
According to Alameda County court documents, McKenzie filed a domestic violence protective petition against Ms. Zhang in December, alleging years of abuse, including an incident in which she struck him on the head with a frying pan.
根据阿拉米达县法庭文件,麦金西于12月提交了针对张女士的家庭暴力保护申请,声称多年来遭受虐待,包括她用煎锅击打他的头部。
He subsequently filed for divorce and sought more time with their three children, noting that since last autumn he had been permitted only two hours of supervised visitation per week.
他随后提出离婚,并寻求更多与三个孩子相处的时间,指出自去年秋天以来,他每周仅被允许进行两小时的监督探视。
McKinsey officially joined The New York Times in January 2023.
麦金西于2023年1月正式入职《纽约时报》。
According to the newspaper, he held the position of engineering director in The New York Times' games division and was based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
据该报披露,他担任《纽约时报》游戏部门的工程总监一职,常驻旧金山湾区。
However, a spokesperson declined to comment further on the matter.
然而,一位发言人对此拒绝进一步置评。