Police issue major update after worker's charred remains found in Walmart walk-in oven

The remains of Gursimran Kaur, 19, were tragically recovered wrong the walk-in oven of the Walmart she worked astatine successful Halifax, Nova Scotia, connected October 19 by her distraught mum

The horrific decease of a Walmart worker who baked to decease successful a walk-in oven aft a workfellow spotted a "leakage" is not being treated arsenic suspicious, according to police.

Gursimran Kaur, 19, was tragically recovered wrong the walk-in oven of the Walmart she worked astatine successful Halifax, Nova Scotia, connected October 19 by her distraught mum, who had became acrophobic aft she had been missing for implicit an hour. Kaur's mum went to the bakery conception to effort and find her girl erstwhile a workfellow noticed a "leakage" coming from the walk-in oven.

Tragically, erstwhile the mum opened the door, she discovered her daughter's charred remains. Emergency services were called to the store wherever they confirmed Kaur had died wrong the oven.

“Gursimran Kaur was lone 19 years old, a young beauteous miss who came to Canada with large dreams,” a spokesperson for the household said successful a GoFundMe appeal. "Imagine the fearfulness that her parent experienced - who herself opened the oven. As you each know, her charred remains were recovered wrong the walk-in oven successful the bakery aft a fewer hours."

The store remained unopen througout the probe arsenic it conducted renovations - including removing each walk-in ovens. Now, constabulary person concluded their investigation, which was initially called "complex".

"The constabulary probe determined the decease is not suspicious and determination is nary grounds of foul play", said the Halifax Police Department connected Monday. "Investigators met with household to stock this update and widen condolences. Our thoughts stay with them astatine this hard time."

Police did not bespeak a origin oregon mode of death. Gursimran was a subordinate of the section Sikh community, having lived successful Canada for astir 3 years. Her dada and member are surviving successful India and trying to question to Canada, with wealth raised by the GoFundMe helping to screen question expenses.

“Our deepest thoughts stay with the household and our associates arsenic they proceed to grieve,” Walmart Canada spokesperson Amanda Moss told USA Today. “Our store remains closed arsenic we implicit the renovations that were already underway. We look guardant to welcoming customers backmost to a remodeled store successful the coming weeks.”