A man has been convicted of manslaughter for killing a 26-year-old in Whistler almost four years ago.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) says Dedaar Jhooty was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on Tuesday in connection with the death of Henry Garcia Molina.
IHIT says police were called to investigate after a verbal altercation escalated near Whistler Village on Aug. 14, 2021. Investigators say Molina was waiting for a cab with a friend when the confrontation began between the friend and a group of males.
Molina was ultimately stabbed and would later die of his injuries.
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Just days after his death, Molina’s family and police put out calls to the public for help.
“Henry’s life did not deserve to be taken away so brutally,” the family wrote in a previous statement shared by police.
The homicide team said at the time of the incident that it had identified “several persons of interest,” and that there were likely “multiple individuals involved in the murder.”
Jhooty was arrested in June of 2022 and later charged with manslaughter. He pleaded guilty in July last year.
His sentence comes with a DNA order and a lifetime firearms prohibition.
