Ex-boyfriend pleads guilty in Kiran Dhesi killing
Posted February 15, 2022 5:39 pm.
Last Updated February 15, 2022 7:44 pm.
The man charged with murdering Kiran Dhesi in 2017 has pled guilty to manslaughter and indignity to human remains Tuesday. Harjot Singh Deo will be sentenced later this month.
Nineteen-year-old Bhavkiran “Kiran” Desi was found dead in August of 2017, her body in a burned-out SUV in Surrey.
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Her family made an emotional plea for information in December of 2018.
“Since her murder, we have been struggling with the reality that we can never see her sweet face again. Our broken hearts will never heal, and we have no answers as to why this has happened to her,” her sister Anjali Dhesi said. “My sister had the brightest smile and the purest heart of anyone I’ve ever met.”
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Kiran had received a kidney transplant six months before she was killed.
“Kiran made her family whole and our lives meaningful. We remember her not only as a daughter but as a survivor,” her sister continued.
In May of 2019, Deo was arrested at Vancouver International Airport and charged with second-degree murder. Police said he and Dhesi were “in a romantic relationship.”
Later that month, Deo’s mother was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact to murder. In total, four of Deo’s family members were charged in connection to Dhesi’s killing. His sister, brother, and a member of Deo’s extended family, were been charged with accessory after the fact to murder and indignity to human remains.
Deo was released on bail in October of 2019, and subject to strict conditions.
