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Elderly couple pleads not guilty to murdering son-in-law, a NYT executive, at local park

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The couple accused of killing their son-in-law, New York Times executive Jonathan McKinsey, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, a defense attorney said Monday.

Defense attorney Curtis Briggs argued that his client, Shili Chen, who is married to Shouyong Zhang, did not premeditate the shooting, NBC Bay Area reported . Instead, Briggs told NBC Bay Area that the couple, both 77, acted out of concern after seeing something disturbing while their son-in-law had a supervised visit with his children.

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