Jonathan McKinsey transgender dad aka Dawn Finney transition from woman to man leads to diabolical family dynamics, including domestic violence, child abuse and bitter divorce and child custody hearing and the involvement of wife, Candice Jang’s parents shooting and killing son in law.
A New York Times tech executive gunned down at the hands of his Chinese in laws at a Dublin, California, parking lot over the weekend had been subjected to ongoing abuse at the hands of his in laws following transitioning from female to male.
Jonathan McKinsey, 40, was shot dead just on 3p.m, Saturday afternoon by his in-laws, Shili Chen and Shouyong Zhang. The slaying comes amid ongoing family strife and filed divorce petition by the victim’s wife, Candice Jang along with an upcoming child custody hearing.
The couple had three children and were undergoing a bitter divorce that saw both sides file restraining orders against each other and challenging each other’s right and access to their children.
NYT’s tech executive shooting death came days ahead of upcoming child custody hearing
Witnesses say Chen and Zhang took turns shooting McKinsey on the afternoon of Sept. 26 in the parking lot of Dublin Sports Grounds in the East Bay city of Dublin around 3.p.m Saturday.
Dublin police arrested and booked the pair into Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of murder. The in-laws now face a string of charges including; first-degree murder, felony conspiracy, dangerously firing a gun and child endangerment that could have caused major injury or death.
McKinsey was formerly Dawn Finney before he transitioned from female to male in 2010. He married Jang in 2011 according to court documents cited by the Bay Area News Group.
McKinsey had considerable tension with his in-laws, papers stated. He noted in his restraining order papers against Jang that her mother verbally attacked him during a visit in 2023. When McKinsey defended one of his children’s choices to wear a dress, Chen called him a ‘disgusting queer’ and a ‘pervert.’
‘She blamed me for Wyatt wanting to wear his sister’s dresses and told me to get out of ‘her house’ even though we were in the home owned by Candice and I,’ McKinsey wrote.
Fractured family life
He tried to get his wife to hire outside help to prevent Chen from taking care of their children again, but Jang allegedly refused.
His tensions with Zhang were more physical in nature. After McKinsey had a double mastectomy in 2010 as part of his transition, Zhang allegedly punched McKinsey in the chest according to documents cited by the nypost.
McKinsey was charged with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse after he was allegedly abusive to one of his children in 2018, but was ultimately released from jail on the condition that he take parenting classes.
Court records indicate Jang believed McKinsey to have a short fuse.
‘During our marriage, the children and I learned to avoid provoking Jonathan lest he became angry. In my experience, appearing agreeable or happy around him was sometimes a means of avoiding his anger,’ Jang said in an August custody filing cited by the post.
Transgender dad alleges abuse
In his own restraining order filing, McKinsey also accused his wife of abuse in their relationship, including an episode where she pushed him to try to commit suicide, the documents say.
McKinsey also accused Jang of abuse, alleging that she struck him with a frying pan and repeatedly denigrated their children.
McKinsey claimed Jang told him he should kill himself because ‘no one would want to be with someone as f–ked up and transgender like you.’
Jang first filed a restraining order against McKinsey last year, alleging he ‘threatened to kill me and my parents.’
Saturday’s bloodshed came just days ahead of a Friday child custody hearing. Both McKinsey and Jang had accused the other of child abuse and challenged the other’s ability to care for their children.
McKinsey faced two misdemeanors, including cruelty to a child by endangering health and corporal injury to a child pursuant to alleged incidents involving one of his children, along with allegations of bruising his wife’s wrist. He pleaded not guilty.
At the time of his death, the father was seeking admission to a mental health diversion program that could have led to the dismissal of the charges if he completed it.
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