Shili Chen and Shouyong Zhang, both 77 years old, had been scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday to answer to the aforementioned charges.
陈世力(Shili Chen)与张守勇(Shouyong Zhang),二人皆已77岁高龄,原定于周三就上述指控出庭应讯。
On the eve of the hearing, reporters were unable to reach the couple's attorney.
庭审前夕,记者未能与这对夫妇的代理律师取得联系。
Their daughter, Candice Jang, was likewise unreachable, though she did attend Wednesday's hearing by video.
其女坎迪斯·张(Candice Jang) likewise 无从联络,惟其以视频方式出席了周三的听证会。
Jonathan McKinsey, aged 40, a games engineer at The New York Times, was shot and killed in the parking lot of a sports complex in Dublin, a city east of San Francisco.
乔纳森·麦金西(Jonathan McKinsey),40岁,系《纽约时报》一名游戏工程师,于旧金山以东都柏林市一处体育综合体的停车场内遭枪击身亡。
The Dublin Police Department stated in a press release that a sergeant was driving nearby at the time when he caught sight of the victim lying on the ground, whereupon witnesses began calling 911 and identified the couple, who were still lingering in the vicinity of the scene.
都柏林警察局在一份新闻稿中称,一名警佐彼时正于附近驾车,瞥见受害者倒卧在地,目击者随即开始拨打911并指认这对夫妇,二人仍逗留于现场附近。
Court records indicate that at the time of his death, McKinsey was embroiled in a bitterly contested divorce with Ms. Zhang, the two of them locked in a battle over custody of their three young children.
法庭卷宗显示,麦金西遇害之际,正与张女士陷入一场剑拔弩张的离婚诉讼,双方就三名年幼子女的监护权展开争夺。
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,这对夫妇互指对方在过去十余年间施以身体、情感及心理层面的虐待。
McKinsey, who is transgender, alleged that Ms. Zhang and her parents had subjected him to verbal and physical abuse on account of the gender transition he had undertaken years earlier.
麦金西身为跨性别者,声称张女士及其父母因其多年前实施的性别过渡而对他施加了言语与身体上的虐待。
He further alleged that Ms. Zhang subjected him to physical and emotional abuse during the period in which he was undergoing transition-related medical procedures.
他进而指控张女士在他接受与过渡相关的医疗程序期间,对他施加了身体与情感上的虐待。
He claimed that Zhang Shouyong had struck him in the chest with his fists during his recovery from double mastectomy surgery.
他声称,张守勇在他双乳切除术后的康复阶段,曾对其胸部施以拳击。
MacKinsey was arrested last October and charged with misdemeanor child abuse on suspicion of assaulting 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 confessed to slapping the child.
警方称,他已供认掌掴孩子。
According to court documents, prosecutors further accuse him of endangering their youngest child — when officers went to his residence to speak with him, they discovered that their two-year-old had been left home alone.
依据法庭文件,检察官还指控其危害他们最小的孩子——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 denied all of the aforementioned charges and argued in court records that he had been framed by his wife — that when she left the house, she had never told him that the child was fast asleep in a crib upstairs.
麦金西对上述指控悉数否认,并于法庭记录中辩称,其系遭妻子构陷——妻子离家之际,未曾告知他孩子正在楼上的婴儿床中酣睡。
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 persistently seeking admission to a mental health diversion program.
遇害之时,麦金西正处于保释期间,且始终力图加入心理健康转移项目。
In her application, Ms. Zhang stated that in 2010, during an argument, McKinsey seized her forearm, causing her to strike the corner of a coffee table, as a result of which a vertebra in her upper back was fractured.
张女士在其申请书中陈述,2010年麦金西于一次争执中攫住其前臂,致其撞及咖啡桌角,上背部一块椎骨因此骨折。
She further alleged that in 2023, after McKinsey forcefully pushed her eldest son's head, she proceeded to call the police.
她另称,2023年麦金西猛推其长子头部后,她遂致电报警。
Ms. Zhang also accused McKinsey of subjecting her mother to emotional abuse.
张女士还指控麦金西对其母亲实施情感虐待。
According to Alameda County court documents, McKinsey filed his own domestic violence restraining order against Ms. Zhang in December, alleging that he had endured 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月提交了其本人针对张女士的家庭暴力保护申请,声称多年来饱受虐待,包括她曾以煎锅击打其头部。
He subsequently filed for divorce and sought increased time with his three children, noting that since last autumn he had been limited to just two hours of supervised visitation per week.
他随后提出离婚,并寻求增加与三个孩子相处的时间,指出自去年秋天以来,他每周仅被限制进行两小时的监督探视。
McKinsey joined The New York Times in January 2023.
麦金西于2023年1月加入《纽约时报》。
According to the newspaper, he held the position of engineering director for The New York Times' games division and was based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
据该报称,他担任《纽约时报》游戏部门工程总监一职,常驻旧金山湾区。
A spokesperson declined to comment further.
一位发言人拒绝进一步置评。