The son of James Helpful‘s girlfriend has been charged with homicide … a day after the enduring actor was stabbed to loss of life at his house.
In line with authorities … Michael Gledhill, 44, was simply charged with one depend of homicide with a particular allegation that he personally used a lethal weapon, a knife.
Los Angeles County District Lawyer Nathan Hochman mentioned in a press launch … “This is not how anyone’s life should end, stabbed in the chest and left dying in the front yard of a home. The victim deserved to live out his later years enjoying what he had worked so hard for and enjoying it with those he loved and cared about.”
As TMZ beforehand reported … police have been known as to the actor’s L.A. house yesterday morning, the place Helpful was found within the entrance yard, having been stabbed. He died from his wounds. Gledhill was arrested a short while later.
The suspect’s mom advised TMZ … Gledhill had turn into more and more paranoid and had been prescribed medicine for his situation after his July 2025 schizophrenia analysis. Nevertheless, she says she lately discovered he had stopped taking his meds a few week earlier than cops discovered James stabbed to loss of life exterior her house.
If convicted as charged, Gledhill faces as much as 26 years to life in state jail.
