‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Actor Found Stabbed To Death In Los Angeles Home

This is a dark report.

Actor James Handy was found stabbed to death inside his Los Angeles home on Wednesday.

The man accused of killing Handy is the 44-year-old son of Handy’s girlfriend.

Handy was known for his roles in the hit movies Jumanji and Top Gun: Maverick.

Fox News reported more on Handy’s tragic murder:

James Handy’s girlfriend’s son has been charged with murder, after the actor was found stabbed to death outside his home in Tarzana.

According to a press release from the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, Michael Gledhill, 44, is facing up to 26 years to life in prison if he is convicted as charged.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney, Nathan J. Hochman, issued the following statement: “This is not how anyone’s life should end, stabbed in the chest and left dying in the front yard of a home. The victim, James Handy, deserved to live out his later years enjoying what he had worked so hard for and enjoying it with those he loved and cared about.”

The statement continued, “Like all murder victims, his life mattered and the person who inexplicably and violently took it must be held accountable for his actions.”

The press release stated that Gledhill was charged with one count of murder with a special allegation that he personally used a deadly weapon, a knife.

Here’s video footage of the alleged killer:

The New York Times provided details of the 911 call allegedly made by Gledhill and its absolute sinister:

The 911 call was as chilling as it was cryptic: “I am the Son of Man. I just killed the man of sin.”

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When police officers arrived shortly after the call to a middle-class neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, they discovered James Handy, a character actor in such films as “Logan,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Arachnophobia,” stabbed to death on a front lawn. He was 81.

A 44-year-old man who is the son of Mr. Handy’s girlfriend was arrested on a murder charge, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department. The man, Michael Gledhill, is being held on $2 million bail.

At a hearing on Friday afternoon, Javier Trincado, a public defender, told the court that Mr. Gledhill couldn’t assist in his own defense, and the case was transferred to a mental health court. Mr. Gledhill did not appear.