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Death of the Walmart Walk-in Ovenalso known as Teen Walmart employee dies in walk-in oven Or Death in Halifax walk-in ovenrefers to an incident in which a teenage Walmart employee was found cooked to death in a walk-in oven in mid-October 2024. The victim was Gursimran Kaur, 19, whose body was identified by her mother in a Nova Scotia restaurant. , Canada, Walmart’s large walk-in bakery. Police have not said how the teen got into the oven, prompting other Walmart employees to share footage on social media showing the oven working, suggesting Kaur’s death may have been caused by someone and not by an unfortunate accident.

Background

On October 19, 2024, police were called to a sudden death at Walmart located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A 19-year-old woman employed at the store was found dead in a walk-in bakery oven. Investigators have not yet determined the cause or manner of death of the woman, whose body was identified as that of Gursimran Kaur, 19, a member of the Sikh community, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Developments

Gursimran’s family GoFundMe campaign

On October 25, 2024, the teenager’s family created a GoFundMe sharing Gursimran Kaur’s story, giving more details about her life before the incident. As of October 27, 2024, the campaign has accumulated more than $194,000 CAD and all of the funds will directly benefit the bereaved family.

Walk-in Oven Videos from Walmart Employees

As news of the teenage Walmart employee’s death went viral, other company employees released videos demonstrating the operation of the Walmart bakery’s walk-in oven and alleging that “it doesn’t work.” There’s no way this girl is going to lock herself in this oven while she cleans it,” like TikTok. user @recoveredmom1 wrote in their October 25, 2024 post, reposting a now-deleted video of a Walmart employee. The video (see below) garnered more than 623,000 likes in two days.

On October 26, 2024, TikTok user @skylarcolburn posted a video showing “how hard it is to close the door on yourself” to the Walmart walk-in oven. The video (seen below) garnered more than 536,000 likes in one day.

Online reactions

The lack of information about how the Canadian teenager became trapped in the walk-in oven has given rise to a series of theories and social debates suggesting possible murder.

For example, on October 26, 2024, TikTok user @western.files posted a re-enactment showing how the teenager was allegedly cooked alive (see below), which received approximately 460,000 plays and 14,000 likes in one post. daytime.

The incident also went viral on Reddit, as user @StcStasi shared a photo of the Halifax Walmart store, gaining more than 3,400 upvotes and 431 comments in a week.

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