Overview
- Officers responded to the 19200 block of Erwin Street after a 911 call and found 81-year-old James Handy unconscious with a stab wound to the chest; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
- A 911 caller said, “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin,” according to police dispatch records released by the LAPD.
- Michael Gledhill, 44, the son of Handy’s girlfriend, flagged down officers at the scene, identified himself as the person police were looking for, and was arrested at the home.
- The Los Angeles County District Attorney formally charged Gledhill with murder and he is being held at Van Nuys Jail on $2,000,000 bail while investigators continue to probe the case and have not disclosed a motive.
- Handy was a veteran character actor with nearly 150 screen credits, his death has drawn industry attention, and authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the LAPD Robbery‑Homicide Division.