{"id":212834,"date":"2026-06-06T03:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/son-of-james-handys-girlfriend-is-charged-with-murder-in-actors-stabbing-death-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T03:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:30:06","slug":"son-of-james-handys-girlfriend-is-charged-with-murder-in-actors-stabbing-death-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/son-of-james-handys-girlfriend-is-charged-with-murder-in-actors-stabbing-death-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of James Handy\u2019s girlfriend is charged with murder in actor\u2019s stabbing death – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man has been charged with murder in the death of actor James Handy, who was found stabbed <\/a>outside his girlfriend\u2019s Los Angeles home this week, the district attorney\u2019s office said Friday.
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The suspect in the killing, Michael Gledhill, 44, is the son of Handy\u2019s girlfriend.
Gledhill is charged with one count of murder with a special allegation that he used a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office said. If convicted, he faces up to 26 years in prison.
\u201cThis is not how anyone\u2019s life should end, stabbed in the chest and left dying in the front yard of a home,\u201d District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement.<\/a>
Handy, 81, who appeared in many film and TV roles, including as bartender Jimmy in \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d was found stabbed in the Tarzana neighborhood by police Wednesday morning, officials said.
Police have said they responded to the home where Gledhill and his mother lived <\/strong>after a 911 caller told dispatchers, \u201cI am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.\u201d
Gledhill flagged down officers, \u201ctelling them he was the one they were looking for,\u201d police said.
Court records listed an unnamed deputy public defender as representing Gledhill and listed an arraignment and plea Friday morning, but did not specify a plea. Defendants typically plead not guilty at an arraignment.
He was being held in lieu of $2 million bail Friday afternoon, according to jail records.
The special allegation of using a deadly weapon allows for a greater sentence if convicted.
Gledhill\u2019s mother, Wendy Gledhill, said earlier Friday that the family had not yet obtained legal representation.
She said she was overwhelmed following the tragedy.
\u201cI loved James, this should have never happened to him. I\u2019m sorry to his family and his friends,\u201d she said in a statement.
Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.
Andrew Blankstein is an investigative reporter\u00a0for NBC News. He\u00a0covers the Western U.S., specializing in crime, courts and homeland security.\u00a0
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