Walmart Employee Was 'Locked In' Store's Oven Before Death: Emergency Audio
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A harrowing recording of an emergency call has shed some light on the death of a 19-year-old Walmart worker in Canada.
More disturbing details have emerged after a 19-year-old Walmart employee was found dead in the store’s walk-in bakery oven over the weekend.
In roughly 90 seconds of emergency call recordings released by the Daily Mail on Tuesday, a dispatcher tells peers about a request to respond to a female “locked in an oven in the bakery” at a Halifax, Nova Scotia, Walmart.
“Oven is on, unsure if the staff are able to turn it off,” they relayed.
Another dispatcher later told co-workers, “The person trapped in the... on their... do we have the powers off for that, does the staff want to turn the power off? … In case we do make contact.”
In response, a separate emergency dispatcher says the woman “was out of the oven upon arrival” and law enforcement was handling the matter.