Gursimran Kaur was in the shop with her mother

Days after an Indian-origin woman was found dead in a walk-in oven in the bakery section of a Walmart store in Canada, an employee has said she believes the 19-year-old was thrown into the oven by someone else.

Gursimran Kaur was found dead in one of the Halifax superstore’s machines on October 19. According to reports, she was found charred by her mother, who had also worked at the store for the past two years.

Last week, police said the investigation had not yet reached a point where the “cause and manner” of death had been confirmed.

“The investigation is complex and involves several partner agencies. Such an investigation could take a significant amount of time,” Halifax Regional Police said.

However, Walmart employees have suggested that she was locked in a walk-in oven and “baked to death.”

In a video on TikTok, Chris Breezie, a coworker, said the oven she used while working at Walmart turned on from the outside and the door handle was “very difficult” to open, The Mirror reported Wednesday.

Here’s a demonstration by Walmart employees showing how 19-year-old Gursimran Kaur could NOT have locked himself in the oven of a Walmart store in Nova Scotia.
The media, the Canadian police and Walmart are doing exactly what the media, the police and Crown Plaza did to Kenneka Jenkins. #CoverUppic.twitter.com/VYYOcBZL5s

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“I don’t even know if I could fit in here,” said Breezie, who claimed she was 6 feet tall, as she demonstrated how the oven at Walmart works. “I had to duck to get in.”

She pointed out that there was an emergency latch inside the oven and that there were no tasks that required an employee to physically enter the oven.

“I would never be here whether I’m cleaning it or not,” she said.

Breezie claimed that to lock the oven you have to “push” the latch “with all your might.”

“There’s no way anyone could lock themselves in there,” she said in the video.

She said she believed Gursimran Kaur was thrown into the oven by a second person.

According to The Mirror, another employee, Mary, said it “doesn’t make any sense” as the door doesn’t close on its own.

“It’s designed not to do that. You have to press it and hear the click,” she said.

“I’m not trying to theorize or conspire, it’s just hard to wrap my head around it when Walmart’s bakery ovens are so safe to use,” she added.

A stop work order has been issued for the bakery and “one piece of equipment” at the Walmart store.

In a statement, Walmart Canada said the company is heartbroken and their thoughts are with the woman’s family.