Disturbing new twist in death of Halifax Walmart worker, 19, who was 'baked to death' in industrial oven

A Walmart store's walk-in oven wherever a 19 year-old pistillate died successful horrific circumstances was not lockable, sources claim.

Canada's nationalist broadcaster CBC News said their sources had told them the appliance astatine the Halifax store 'did not lock.'

That raises disturbing caller questions astir the October 19 death, with erstwhile reports highlighting a 911 telephone that said the pistillate was trapped successful the oven.

The victim, who has not been named, emigrated from India to Canada astir 3 years ago. Police proceed to investigate, but determination is not yet immoderate proposition the pistillate fell unfortunate to foul play. 

Mourners person been arriving astatine the superstore successful droves since the tragedy, laying flowers and paying tribute to the unfortunate and her family.

Conspiracy theories astir what happened to her person swept the internet, alongside unverified reports of her identity.

But investigators person urged radical not to speculate, portion the victim's household person asked for privacy.  

The young pistillate had lone arrived successful Canada wrong the past 3 years and had formed adjacent bonds with the Maritime Sikh Society.

'It's beauteous distressing fixed young radical travel present with hopes and dreams,'  committee subordinate Satnam Singh Randhawa said.

'They're moving hard and this is what happens.' 

The oven was concern and ample capable for a idiosyncratic to measurement inside. 

Police told the work that the young pistillate had been moving the time of the tragedy. Officers are nary longer connected the scene, but an probe is inactive ongoing.

The Nova Scotia Department of Labour has since issued a 'stop enactment order' for the bakery itself, arsenic good arsenic 1 portion of Walmart equipment. They person not specified which portion of instrumentality is nether that order.

Balbir Singh, caput of the Maritime Sikh Society, said the victim's parent is besides successful Canada, and is receiving 'psychological counselling.'

'Efforts are underway to bring different contiguous household members from India,' helium said.

Singh expects a spiritual work to beryllium held successful Halifax aft the woman's assemblage is released by the aesculapian examiner, who is inactive determining her authoritative origin of death. 

Distressing audio of the exigency services dispatch telephone has since been released, detailing the unfolding calamity to archetypal responders.

The dispatch serviceman said determination was a 'female locked successful an oven successful the bakery.'

'Oven is on. Unsure if unit are capable to crook it off.' 

By the clip archetypal responders arrived connected the scene, they told dispatch the pistillate 'was retired of the oven.' 

She died astatine the scene.

Martin Cromwell, a constabulary serviceman successful Halifax, described the probe was 'complex.'

He said: 'We recognize the nationalist is involved, and we conscionable wanted to promote the nationalist to beryllium diligent with our probe and beryllium mindful that determination are household members and coworkers involved.'

Walmart Canada said they were 'heartbroken and our deepest thoughts are with our subordinate and their family. We widen our sincerest condolences to those who were closest to them.'

Staff rostered connected to enactment this week volition inactive beryllium paid contempt store closures. The store volition stay closed until further notice.

The connection continued: 'We're besides supporting our associates during this incredibly hard clip and person provided entree to 24/7 virtual attraction and volition supply on-site support, including grief counselling.'

Halifax Regional Police said: 'On October 19 astatine astir 9:30 p.m. constabulary were called to a abrupt decease astatine Walmart located astatine 6990 Mumford Road. A 19-year-old pistillate employed astatine the store was recovered deceased.

'Investigators are moving intimately with Occupational Health and Safety and the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service to find the origin and mode of death.

'The probe is successful the aboriginal stages nary further details are disposable astatine this time.'