The teen Walmart employee found cooked to death inside of a walk-in oven has been identified as a 19-year-old Gursimran Kaur — as it was revealed she was discovered by her own mother, according to family members.
Kaur’s mom found her daughter’s “charred remains” inside of the Halifax, Nova Scotia Walmart’s large walk-in bakery oven on Saturday night, according to a GoFundMe set up for her family.
The pair worked together at the superstore.
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.
As her search turned to panic, she opened the oven door after another staff member noticed “leakage” coming from the area — and was confronted with the traumatic discovery.
The nature of Kaur’s death remains under investigation by local police.
It remains unclear if any criminality is suspected, authorities said.
Kaur was a member of the local Sikh community and had only lived in Canada for a few years.
The teen’s father and brother are in India and are trying to get to Canada, according to the fundraiser page.