A B.C. Supreme Court judge has sentenced 25-year-old Dedaar Jhooty of Delta to three and a half years in prison for the 2021 stabbing death of Henry Stanley García Molina in Whistler.
The sentence, imposed July 8, also carries a lifetime firearms ban and a court-ordered DNA submission. “Mr. García Molina had his whole life ahead of him, which was taken away due to a senseless act of violence,” Sgt. Freda Fong of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said after the hearing, adding that investigators’ thoughts remain with the victim’s family.
The case began shortly after 2 a.m. on Aug. 14, 2021, when Sea-to-Sky RCMP were called to the Whistler Medical Clinic after García Molina, 26, arrived with stab wounds and later died. Witnesses told police the attack occurred in the 4100 block of Village Green. IHIT, working with local RCMP, forensic services and the BC Coroners Service, collected extensive video footage that helped identify suspects.
Jhooty was arrested on June 22, 2022, and charged with manslaughter. He pleaded guilty on July 16, 2024, leading to this week’s sentencing and the close of nearly four years of investigative and court proceedings stemming from the late-night incident in Whistler Village.