Teen Walmart worker found burned to death in walk-in oven ID’d — and was found by her mom
Updated Oct. 24, 2024, 9:38 a.m. ET
The teen Walmart employee found cooked to death inside a walk-in oven has been identified as 19-year-old Gursimran Kaur — as it was revealed that she was discovered by her own mother, according to family members.
Kaur’s mom found her daughter’s “charred remains” inside the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Walmart’s large walk-in bakery oven Saturday night, according to a GoFundMe set up for her family.
The pair worked together at the superstore for the last two years.
The mom became worried when she hadn’t heard from her daughter, who would regularly check in on their shifts together, for more than an hour.
Other co-workers believed she was likely helping a customer in the vast store — but the mother became increasingly concerned after Kaur stopped answering her phone, which is unlike her.
As her search turned to panic, she opened the oven door after another staff member noticed “leakage” coming from the area hours later — and was confronted with the traumatic scene.
“Imagine the horror that her mother experienced who herself opened the oven,” a family spokesperson wrote on a fundraiser page.
The nature of Kaur’s death remains under investigation by local police. It remains unclear if any criminality is suspected, authorities said.
“The investigation is ongoing. We’re still working with Occupational Health and Safety and the Medical Examiner’s Office. We’re allowing them to do their part so there’s no updates at this time,” Constable Martin Cromwell of the Halifax Regional Police told The Post on the phone Thursday morning.
He was unable to say when more information about the incident would be available.
Walmart Canada did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment on Thursday.