Police in Canada said Tuesday they are investigating after a 19-year-old Walmart employee was found dead inside a store’s walk-in bakery oven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers responded to the Walmart — located in Halifax, Nova Scotia — on Saturday night after the employee was found dead, police said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The woman, who was an employee of the store, was located in a large walk-in oven belonging to the store’s bakery department,” Halifax Regional Police said in an\u00a0update<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Investigators are working with Occupational Health and Safety and the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cause and manner of death have not yet been determined as of Tuesday, police said, calling the investigation “complex.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “An investigation of this nature may take a significant amount of time,” police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Walmart store is closed until further notice amid the investigation, a spokesperson said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We are heartbroken and our deepest thoughts are with our associate and their family,” Walmart spokesperson Amanda Moss said in a statement to ABC News. “Our focus remains on taking care of our associates and making sure they have the support they need.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Walmart is offering employees on-site support, including grief counseling, as well as access to virtual care, Moss said in a statement to ABC News partner CTV News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration said a stop work order was issued Tuesday for the bakery and a piece of equipment at the Walmart store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “As this is an active investigation, we cannot release further details at this time,” the department said in a statement, adding workplace investigations “are complex and can take time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n