A Sikh organization has confirmed the identity of the 19-year-old woman who tragically died in a Walmart bakery oven, stating that her mother, who works at the store, was the one to find her body.
The Maritime Sikh Society identified the victim as Gursimran Kaur, a Sikh woman from India who immigrated to Canada with her mother a few years ago.
Balbir Singh, secretary of the society, reported that Kaur’s mother is still in shock but has permitted the release of details for an online fundraising campaign.
As of midday Thursday, the GoFundMe page had raised over $90,000, noting that the mother became frantic when her daughter stopped answering her phone during her Saturday night shift.
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