Help has poured in for the household of Gursimran Kaur, a 19-year-old Walmart worker discovered useless earlier this month in a walk-in oven at a Canadian Walmart retailer. The Maritime Sikh Society, to which Ms Kaur’s household belongs, introduced in an replace on their GoFundMe page on Friday, October 25, that that they had raised over $194,949 to help her “bereaved household,” a few of whom had been in India and have been working to journey to Canada for her funeral.
“We need to categorical our deepest gratitude to everybody who has donated to assist Gursimran Kaur’s household throughout this unimaginable time. Your kindness and generosity have been a supply of power for the household as they navigate by way of this tragedy,” a consultant of the group shared.
The society additionally introduced that they’d “flip off donations” to start “distributing the funds to the household,” with the contributions meant to assist them within the coming steps.
“… We can not thanks sufficient for standing with them throughout this painful interval,” the consultant continued. “Thanks once more to your assist, compassion, and for being part of this effort to assist Gursimran’s household of their time of want.”
In accordance with Halifax Regional Police, Ms Kaur was discovered useless inside an oven within the bakery part of a Halifax Walmart on the night time of Saturday, October 19.
The Maritime Sikh Society described Kaur as “a younger lovely lady who got here to Canada with large goals.” She had been on the retailer along with her mom, who, after shedding contact along with her for an hour, finally discovered her contained in the oven. Each Kaur and her mom had been employed on the Walmart retailer for 2 years.
Constable Martin Cromwell instructed PEOPLE on Oct. 25 that police haven’t but decided how Kaur entered the oven, noting that the investigation is “complicated.”