Walmart Employee Found Dead Inside Store Bakery's Walk-in Oven

Local authorities said that a "complex" investigation was underway.

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An employee at a Nova Scotia Walmart was found dead inside the walk-in oven in the store's bakery department earlier this month, according to reports.

Police responded to a "sudden death" at the Halifax store on Oct. 19. A GoFundMe page set up for the worker's family identified the victim as Gursimran Kaur, 19, who had worked at the store for two years.

Kaur's mother, who also worked at the store, found her in the oven, reports indicated.

Halifax Regional Police said that an investigation was underway, but cautioned that the probe would be complex and involve numerous additional agencies, and could take "a significant amount of time." A manner and cause of death had not been confirmed as of Thursday.

The GoFundMe page — which has since reached its fundraising target — said that Kaur, originally from India, was "a young beautiful girl who came to Canada with big dreams."

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