Home of Woman Who Found Finger Is Searched
Investigators have searched the Las Vegas home of a woman who claimed she scooped up a finger along with her chili at a Wendy’s restaurant last month.
The San Jose Police Department, working with its counterparts in Las Vegas, served the warrant Wednesday as part of the investigation into how a finger ended up in Anna Ayala’s bowl of chili.
“We are looking into every aspect in this case,” San Jose police spokeswoman Gina Tepoorten said. “We are talking to people she knows as well as the finder of the finger.... We want to determine who this finger belongs to and how it ended up in a bowl of chili.”
Police would not say what was listed in the warrant.
Ayala, 39, was at the San Jose restaurant March 22 when she claimed she scooped up the 1 1/2 -inch-long fingertip. She later filed a claim with the franchise owner, Fresno, Calif.-based JEM Management Corp.
Wendy’s spokesman Bob Bertini would not comment on the police investigation.
There was no answer at a phone listed for an Anna Ayala in Las Vegas.
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