James Handy Murder Suspect Faces June 22 Competency Hearing Over 81-Year-Old Actor's Death
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Updated · Deadline · Jun 6
James Handy Murder Suspect Faces June 22 Competency Hearing Over 81-Year-Old Actor's Death
3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Jun 6
Summary
A Los Angeles judge paused murder proceedings against 44-year-old Michael Ray Gledhill and set a mental competency hearing for June 22 before the case can move forward.
District Attorney Nathan Hochman’s office filed a felony murder complaint Friday, alleging Gledhill unlawfully killed James Handy on June 3; a conviction could bring 26 years to life.
Handy, 81, was found unconscious with chest wounds in the front yard of a Tarzana home Wednesday morning and was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital.
Police said Gledhill, the son of Handy’s girlfriend, flagged down officers at the scene and identified himself; on a 911 call, he said, “I just killed the man of sin.”
Gledhill remains jailed on $2.02 million bail as the case shifts first to whether he is mentally competent to face the murder charge.