James Handy’s Official Cause of Death Revealed as Stabbing, Homicide
James Handy Death: Michael Gledhill, Son of Actor’s Girlfriend, Charged in Fatal Stabbing
More details have emerged about James Handy‘s death.
Days after Top Gun: Maverick actor’s shocking murder, it’s been confirmed that he died as the result of a stab wound to the torso and neck compression, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office records obtained by People.
On June 3, Handy, 81, was fatally stabbed by Michael Gledhill, the son of his girlfriend Wendy Gledhill, at a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Tarzana where the three resided, authorities alleged in a June 5 press release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.
Gledhill, 44, was later charged with one count of murder “with a special allegation that he personally used a deadly weapon, a knife,” according to the June 5 press release.
L.A. County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman reflected on Handy’s death in the press release at the time, saying, “This is not how anyone’s life should end, stabbed in the chest and left dying in the front yard of a home.”
