HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A Walmart employee was found dead inside the store’s walk-in oven, but officials have not yet said how the 19-year-old woman died.
A police officer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was called to the store on Saturday night and found the woman in the oven in the store’s bakery department, The Washington Post reported.
The woman was not identified by police, who said that the investigation “is complex and involves several partner agencies,” so it may take some time to get answers on how the woman died.
The Maritime Sikh Society in Halifax started a GoFundMe campaign, identifying her as Gursimran Kaur, NBC News reported. Both she and her mother worked at the Walmart for two years, the fundraiser said.
NBC News reported that Kaur’s mother had looked for her daughter after not seeing her for an hour. She asked other people in the store and tried to call her but couldn’t reach her.
Kaur and her mother …