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 they’d raised over $194,949 to help her “bereaved household,” a few of whom had been in India and had been working to journey to Canada for her funeral.
“We wish 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 energy for the household as they navigate by this tragedy,” a consultant of the group shared.
The society additionally introduced that they might “flip off donations” to start “distributing the funds to the household,” with the contributions supposed 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 on your assist, compassion, and for being part of this effort to assist Gursimran’s household of their time of want.”
In line with Halifax Regional Police, Ms Kaur was discovered useless inside an oven within the bakery part of a Halifax Walmart on the evening of Saturday, October 19.
The Maritime Sikh Society described Kaur as “a younger stunning woman who got here to Canada with large desires.” She had been on the retailer along with her mom, who, after dropping contact along with her for an hour, ultimately 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 “advanced.”