Fundraiser for family of woman found dead inside baking oven in Halifax Walmart paused as donations hit $200K

The online fundraiser for the woman found dead in a Halifax Walmart baking oven has been paused after it raised close to $200,000 in donations, quadrupling the original $50,000 goal of the GoFundMe page. The Maritime Sikh Society had set up the campaign to to cover funeral costs, and they say they’ve started distributing funds to the family. Halifax police say they have no new updates on the investigation as of this writing.

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