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Almost disappearing amongst the many horrors of the current news cycle, is the story of a teen girl who was found cooked to death inside a walk-in oven in the Walmart where she worked.

The poor girl, identified as 19-year-old Gursimran Kaur, was discovered by her own mother, who according to family members, worked alongside her at the superstore for the last two years.

Kaur’s mom found her daughter’s “charred remains” inside the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Walmart’s large walk-in bakery oven Saturday night, according to a GoFundMe set up for her family.

The mom first became concerned when she hadn’t heard from her daughter for more than an hour, as she would regularly check in on their shifts together, per The New York Post.

Other co-workers speculated that she was busy assisting a customer in the sprawling store, but the mother’s unease deepened when Kaur abruptly stopped answering her phone, a behaviour that was decidedly out of character.

As her search spiralled into a frantic panic, she eventually opened the oven door, prompted by another staff member who had noticed “leakage” coming from the area hours later. What she discovered was a harrowing scene that would haunt her forever.

“Imagine the horror that her mother experienced who herself opened the oven,” a family spokesperson wrote on a fundraiser page.

The nature of Kaur’s death remains under investigation by local police who say it is unclear if any criminality is suspected.

“The investigation is ongoing. We’re still working with Occupational Health and Safety and the Medical Examiner’s Office. We’re allowing them to do their part so there’s no updates at this time,” Constable Martin Cromwell of the Halifax Regional Police told The Post on the phone Thursday morning.

The retail giant said it was working with cops and “out of respect for the associate and their family, we cannot provide any additional information,” noting that staff members were given access to virtual and on-site support, including grief counselling.

“It’s pretty distressing, you know, young people come here with all kinds of hopes and dreams and they’re working hard and then this is what happens,” Satnam Singh Randhawa, chair of the Maritime Sikh Society board, told CBC News.

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.

[source:nypost]