Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
29%
7 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
66/100
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The trans New York Times executive who was allegedly killed by his in-laws was once pregnant with a son who died shortly after he was born, according to court documents — in a loss he blamed on his wife.
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he → kill → wife
In a court filing from December 2025, reviewed by the California Post, Jonathan McKinsey described the pregnancy and alleged abuse he suffered from his estranged wife Candice Jang.
asserted
he → review → wife
“I was terrified of Candice hurting me or the baby, but had nowhere to go and limited options, as a pregnant transgender man,” he said, according to a filing.
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he → terrify → filing
McKinsey, 40, was allegedly fatally shot by Candice’s parents Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, who took turns shooting him.
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who → shoot → him
The incident allegedly happened in the parking lot of Dublin Sports Ground in the Bay Area on Sept. 26.
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incident → happen → Sept.
Zhang and Chen were charged with murder and remain in jail without bail.
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Zhang → charge → bail
They’ve yet to be sentenced, but could face life in prison without parole if convicted.
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They → ’ve → parole
More than a decade before the alleged killing, McKinsey apparently became pregnant with an embryo that was created from Candice’s IVF treatment.
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that → allege → treatment
McKinsey had at first suggested the couple use his own eggs, but Candice allegedly said she didn’t want to have a child with his “f—ed up genetics”, according to McKinsey’s court statements.
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she → suggest → statements
“While I was pregnant, Candice regularly started fights with me because she was jealous that I was carrying the baby,” McKinsey alleged in his court declaration.
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McKinsey → start → declaration
“She forced me to sleep on the futon in our living room, while she slept in the bed.
asserted
she → force → bed
On one occasion, she threw a cup at me and hit me in my stomach.”
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she → throw → stomach
McKinsey said he and Candice eventually moved from Berkeley to San Jose in early 2015 and he started suffering from severe nausea at 22 weeks pregnant.
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he → say → weeks
“Despite us having hired movers, Candice forced me to move heavy boxes during the move,” he wrote.
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he → hire → move
“Once the move was completed, I noticed that I had started bleeding.”
asserted
I → complete → ?
As he went to the hospital to get things checked, McKinsey claimed Candice kept berating him.
asserted
Candice → go → him
“While Candice drove me to the emergency room, she screamed at me repeatedly and told me to ‘shut up,’ when I expressed I was in pain,” he said.
asserted
he → drive → pain
Their son Romeo Preston McKinsey was born, but he only survived for less than an hour, according to court documents.
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he → bear → documents
“I am confident that being forced to move the heavy boxes triggered my premature labor and ultimately caused the death of our son,” McKinsey said.
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McKinsey → force → son
The alleged terror McKinsey faced during his 2015 pregnancy wasn’t the only he said he had horrific encounters with Candice.
asserted
he → allege → Candice
In Aug. 2013, the couple also had an argument involving a frying pan and dead cockroach.
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couple → have → pan
“…she hit me in the head with a frying pan.
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she → hit → pan
She threatened to keep hitting me unless I agreed to eat a dead cockroach she had found on the ground,” McKinsey alleged in court documents.
asserted
McKinsey → threaten → documents
“Candice then sterilized the cockroach and made me eat the whole thing.”
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me → sterilize → thing
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