Slain New York Times executive Jonathan McKinsey said in a court filing he lost a baby and blamed his wife

A court filing from Jonathan McKinsey, the New York Times executive prosecutors say was killed by his in-laws, describes a pregnancy he carried and the death of his newborn son.

In the 2025 filing McKinsey, a transgender man, wrote that he was terrified his wife, Candice Jang, would hurt him or the baby and that he had nowhere to go. He reportedly became pregnant using an embryo from Jang's IVF treatment about a decade before his death.

The allegations in the filing

McKinsey claimed Jang did not want to use his eggs and insulted his genetics. He said she started frequent fights during the pregnancy and made him sleep on a futon while she took the bed. He also said she once threw a cup that struck him in the stomach.

He wrote that problems began around 22 weeks while the couple was moving from Berkeley to San Jose. Although movers had been hired, he said Jang made him carry heavy boxes and he started bleeding after the move. He said she told him to be quiet when he complained of pain on the way to the hospital.

McKinsey gave birth to a son, Romeo, who died within an hour. He wrote that he was confident the heavy lifting triggered the premature labor. Jang has not publicly responded to the claims.

The murder case

McKinsey was gunned down in a parking lot in the Bay Area. Murder charges have been filed against Jang's mother and father, Shili Chen and Shouyong Zhang. Prosecutors allege the pair lay in wait and shot him with two handguns, passing them back and forth. The charges have not been proven in court.