“We do not believe anyone else was involved in the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death,” Martin Cromwell, public information officer for Halifax Regional Police, said Monday.

Summary

Police have ruled out foul play in the death of Gursimran Kaur, a 19-year-old Walmart employee found dead in a walk-in bakery oven at a Halifax, Canada, store on October 19.

After interviews, video reviews, and collaboration with labor and medical officials, investigators concluded no one else was involved.

Kaur’s mother, also a Walmart employee, discovered her daughter after a frantic search.

The store remains closed, and the oven is being removed. Workplace safety officials are now leading the investigation.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    61·
    9 hours ago

    This statement from police also kinda sounds like suicide:

    https://globalnews.ca/news/10871561/halifax-walmart-death-no-foul-play/

    In a Monday update, Halifax Regional Police (HRP) said investigators had met with the family to share the findings, and that the family has asked for privacy.

    A police spokesperson declined an on-camera interview on Monday but in a video statement, Const. Martin Cromwell said while the department understands the public’s interest in the case, “there are questions that may never have answers.”

    Cromwell also reminded people to be “mindful of the damage public speculation can cause.”

    “This woman’s loved ones are grieving,” he said.

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      33·
      8 hours ago

      I don’t know what Canadian police are like but in the US they often call things suicide just to close cases. I never trust it.