Halifax police say no evidence of foul play in death of employee at Walmart bakery

Halifax police say the death of a 19-year-old woman found dead last month inside a large oven at a Walmart in the city’s west end is not suspicious and there is no evidence of foul play.

The body of Gursimran Kaur, a Walmart employee, was found in a commercial oven in the store bakery on Oct. 19.

Halifax Regional Police offered a short update in a news release on the case Monday, but did not say how Kaur died, only that the death was not suspicious.

Kaur immigrated to Canada with her mother about two years ago. She was described as a “young beautiful girl who came to Canada with big dreams,” in an online fundraising page organized by the Maritime Sikh Society. 

The society said Kaur’s body was found in the oven by her mother, who also worked at the store.

The Mumford Road store reopened to customers on Monday. 

Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour lifted a stop-work order for the store’s bakery and a piece of equipment on Oct. 28. 

Walmart said last week the bakery oven was being removed from the store. Removing the oven had always been part of a standard remodel program being implemented across the country, the company said.