{"id":4831,"date":"2026-06-05T18:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/james-handys-girlfriend-speaks-out-after-son-allegedly-murders-top-gun-maverick-actor\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:13:56","slug":"james-handys-girlfriend-speaks-out-after-son-allegedly-murders-top-gun-maverick-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/james-handys-girlfriend-speaks-out-after-son-allegedly-murders-top-gun-maverick-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"James Handy&#8217;s girlfriend speaks out after son allegedly murders &#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129865733.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>James Handy\u2019s girlfriend, Wendy Gledhill, said she\u2019s in disbelief that her son, Michael Gledhill, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/04\/celebrity-news\/high-top-gun-maverick-jumanji-actor-james-handy-dead-at-81-killed-by-girlfriends-son\/\">allegedly fatally stabbed the \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d actor.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just trying to make it through one day at a time, a minute at a time,\u201d 76-year-old Wendy <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/05\/us-news\/james-handys-girlfriend-breaks-silence-after-her-son-allegedly-killed-top-gun-maverick-actor\/\">told The California Post<\/a><strong> <\/strong>outside her home in the Los Angeles area city of Tarzana\u00a0on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy added that she \u201cloved James and my son\u201d and \u201ccan\u2019t believe\u201d that Gledhill allegedly murdered the \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d actor. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>James Handy\u2019s girlfriend, Wendy Gledhill, told The California she \u201ccan\u2019t believe\u201d her son, Michael Gledhill, allegedly murdered the \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d actor. <span class=\"credit\">Larry Riley\/Ifc Prod\/Marlboro Road Gang Prod\/Kobal \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wendy said she\u2019s \u201ctrying to make it through one day at a time\u201d following the tragic incident (Handy is seen above in an episode of \u201cCastle\u201d). <span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just trying to \u2026,\u201d she added before stepping inside.<\/p>\n<p>One of Wendy and Michael\u2019s neighbors told The California Post the 44-year-old sometimes acted bizarre and paranoid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looked really rugged \u2026 he looks like he doesn\u2019t really change his clothes,\u201d neighbor Joheina Quibol said. <\/p>\n<p>Quibol, who said she believes Michael struggled with mental health issues, claimed Michael once came to her home and asked her father about cameras they had inside the house. <\/p>\n<p>She described Michael\u2019s behavior as \u201cparanoid\u201d during the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Fox11<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Fox11<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Handy was repeatedly stabbed in the chest by Michael at the Gledhill family home\u00a0in Tarzana\u00a0Wednesday morning<\/p>\n<p>When cops arrived on the scene, they discovered Handy unconscious in the front yard of the home, suffering from stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p>He was rushed to a local hospital and pronounced dead there, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Michael has been named the suspect in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/05\/celebrity-news\/top-gun-maverick-actor-james-handys-murderer-called-911-with-chilling-confession\/\">a chilling 911 call<\/a>, Michael told dispatch, \u201cI am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Fox11<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before his arrest, Michael <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/05\/us-news\/james-handy-girlfriends-son-seen-calmly-walking-away-from-where-top-gun-maverick-actor-was-stabbed-to-death\/\">could be seen on a neighbor\u2019s doorbell camera<\/a> walking away from the home where Handy was murdered.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Michael allegedly flagged officers down when they arrived and told them he stabbed Handy.<\/p>\n<p>Michael has been charged with one count of murder. He\u2019s reportedly being held at Van Nuys Jail, with his bail set at $2\u00a0million.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This story is developing\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/05\/celebrity-news\/james-handys-girlfriend-speaks-out-after-son-allegedly-murders-top-gun-maverick-actor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Handy\u2019s girlfriend, Wendy Gledhill, said she\u2019s in disbelief that her son, Michael Gledhill, allegedly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129865733.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}