Emergency Audio Reveals Dead Walmart Employee Was Locked in Oven Before Mom Found Body

New information has emerged about the heartbreaking death of a Canadian Walmart employee. 

The 19-year-old woman, who was found dead in the Halifax, Canada store's walk-in bakery oven on Oct. 19, has been identified as Gursimran Kaur, according to NBC News.

Kaur and her mother had moved to Canada from India about two years ago, with mother and daughter both working at Walmart together, per the outlet. According to a GoFundMe set up for Kaur's family by the Sikh Society, her mother was the one who found her daughter in the oven after she had been unable to locate Kaur for over an hour. 

"The first day I saw her was the day the incident happened," Halifax Maritime Sikh Society board member Satnam Randhawa told NBC News. "She was really distraught. She was really in great pain." 

Kaur and her mother regularly attended the Sikh Society worship centers, and as Randhawa told NBC News, its members are working to fly her father and 10-year-old brother, both of whom are still in India, to Canada. 

Audio of the 911 dispatch call detailed the tragedy, with a dispatch officer telling first responders in the audio obtained by Daily Mail, "Female is locked in an oven in the bakery. Oven is on, unsure if the staff are able to turn it off."

A first responder on the scene noted in the audio that they shut off power to the oven, and that "the person was out of the oven upon arrival."

E! News has reached out to the Nova Scotia Emergency Management office for comment regarding the 911 call but has not heard back.

The Halifax Regional Police told E! News in an Oct. 24 statement that their investigators "are conducting a thorough investigation into this incident."

"The investigation into the cause and manner of death continues," they explained, "and we have no new information to share with the public at this time."

A spokesperson for Walmart had previously confirmed to E! News on Oct. 23 that the Halifax store was temporarily closed until further notice in order to accommodate the investigation.

"We are heartbroken and our deepest thoughts are with our associate and their family," the spokesperson said in their statement. "Our focus remains on taking care of our associates and making sure they have the support they need. As police have stated, this is a very complex matter and the investigation is ongoing."

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