{"id":731931,"date":"2026-06-12T12:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/731931\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:27:12","slug":"top-gun-maverick-actor-james-handy-died-from-stab-wound-and-neck-compression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/731931\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Actor James Handy Died From Stab Wound and Neck Compression"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ James Handy
\n Died From Stab Wound, Neck Compression …
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\n June 12, 2026
\n 3:08 AM PDT
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\n June 12, 2026
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“Top Gun: Maverick” actor James Handy<\/a> not only died from being viciously stabbed, but he also suffered “neck compression,” which was another huge factor in his demise, according to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner.<\/p>\n

The M.E. ruled that Handy was killed by a stab wound to the torso and neck compression, which is when the spinal cord or the nerve roots of the neck are squeezed or put under abnormal pressure.<\/p>\n

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As we reported, Handy, 81, was allegedly attacked with a knife by his girlfriend’s son, Michael Gledhill<\/a>, inside Handy’s L.A. home on June 3, authorities said.<\/p>\n

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Police found Handy seriously wounded in his front yard — and the actor was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Gledhill allegedly walked away from the crime scene<\/a> and was caught on Ring camera footage — obtained by TMZ — casually passing by a neighbor’s house. But he didn’t get far … police officers quickly arrested him after heading back to the house, also on video.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman charged Gledhill with one count of murder<\/a> with a special allegation that he personally used a deadly weapon, a knife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Top Gun: Maverick’ James Handy Died From Stab Wound, Neck Compression … Medical Examiner Rules Published June 12,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-731931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}