Posted on 04/08/2005 7:07:27 AM PDT by Asphalt
A bizarre twist to the story of a finger found in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's. It happened a couple of weeks ago in San Jose. Now we hear that investigators got a search warrant for the Las Vegas home of the woman who found the finger. ABC7's Leslie Brinkley reports that this new twist may have something to do with the woman's dead aunt.
San Jose police confirmed today that they did go to Las Vegas and working with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, served a search warrant yesterday on a home on Coral Berry Street. They are investigating the possibility that the finger that was found in the bowl of chili in the Bay Area could belong to the deceased aunt of the woman who found the finger.
It was two weeks ago, on March 27th, that Ana Ayala found that one-and-half inch long portion of a human finger cooked into her portion of a bowl of Wendy's chili. It was determined to be a woman's finger with a manicured nail.
Forensic experts could find no match among 50 million fingerprints in the FBI database. DNA tests were conducted by the medical examiner's office. Wendy's workers were also investigated.
Now police are confirming this has turned into a criminal investigation.
Sgt. Nick Muyo, San Jose Police Dept.: "Las Vegas did assist us yesterday, I believe, in serving a search warrant down there. My understanding is that has been served and they have since cleared the scene. Our investigators have returned home, but we're not prepared to say anything at this point about what might or might not have been found."
We spoke with the Wendy's spokesperson from their headquarters in Ohio and they say it's a police matter and have heard nothing new. They would not comment further until there is more information.
On the other hand, some of the local fast food chains around here NEED to be cleaned up. We ate at Popeyes recently and it was so filthy and run down. I wrote an email to Popeyes and we noticed that they are now totally remodeling the place. They are even ripping off the roof. It was JUST FILTHY. They had SPRAY PAINTED one wall and left the other ones alone. You could tell it was spray paint, it was splotchy in the corners. They did that SO long ago that paint was chipping off. They had wallpaper and a border over by the cash register that is all peeling off. A worker there slid and almost fell on the wet filthy floor. We saw a bucket/tray of water, blood, and things that looked like chicken feet and crawfish shells in the area where they cook. I had a stomach ache all night and so did my son. We wrote to Popeyes and told them we LOVE Popeyes but we would not be back until they cleaned the place up. Looks like they got my letter.
Calm down. You and about 10,000 others. LOL.
YUCK
The chili comes from burgers that were grilled but not sold as sandwiches
Well, I guess the thinking is that if the employees have all their fingers, it can't belong to them.
Better than if it was her live aunt.
For example from the Wal-Mart Litigation Project litigation website:
Where you might see a store that offers lower prices than its competition, this site sees a goldmine:
"Imagine that you are a Wal-Mart customer. You first park your car and walk through the parking lot, onto the sidewalk, and through the front doors. Looking at the listing of cases you can see there have been lawsuits involving each of these activities; for example, customers have been injured by automatic doors. Now continue shopping. As you proceed down the aisle way all manner of injuries can occur, notably slipping and falling on wet substances (including products) on the floor. Next, consider the fact that thousands of customers are injured each year by falling merchandise. As you, the imaginary shopper, continue you may encounter falling shelves, chairs or benches that collapse, falling signs, and injuries caused by Wal-Mart employees pushing carts or pallets. Continue to pretend you are a shopper and you can visualize situations where Wal-Mart security personnel falsely accuse you of theft. Finally, you may have an unhappy experience with the items you purchased, including mis-filled prescriptions from a Wal-Mart pharmacy, or defective goods such as toys or electrical appliances."
The attorney, Lewis Laska, will sell you for $135 a packet of materials dealing with lawsuits against Wal-Mart for "Parking Lots- Uneven Surface and Protrusions." And do you think it's just reformers who refer to the "litigation lottery"? Laska is the proud author of "How Trial Lawyers Win Jackpot Verdicts in Medical Malpractice Cases," which unfortunately is not currently on the web, though Google has a cache that merits its own post. (from Overlawyered.com)
LOL!
Whats really weird is the detectives name is Inigo Montoya.
Chorus sung to the tune of, "Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder."
“Who threw the finger tip
In Ms Ayala’s chili?”
Nobody knows and they’re
Yelling down at Wendy’s,
“It’s a rotten trick that’s true,
And we’ll sue the drip that threw
The fingertip in Ms. Ayala’s chili!”
Call in the Pink Panther!
Sung to tune of Pink Panther:
Dead-aunt.....dead-aunt.......dead aunt.. dead aunt.. dead aunt.. dead aunt dead aunt........
So, if the finger was the dead aunts, it sounds like a scam to sue Wendy's. We shall see...The chili thicken's!
Ive found fingers like this in a lot of fast food ...its no big deal, I just spit em out
uunnngh
Just extra protein??? LOL
"Pull my finger..."
Whoa..., EASY there tiger!
I didn't think anybody could possibly eat Wendy's chili and not notice a foreign object on the spoon, particulary a large object like a finger.
I haven't eaten at Wendy's either. Logically, I knew it was an isolated case, but it just turned my stomach. What a horrid woman. They should sue her.
I came to that conclusion.
MY AUNT'S NAME WAS WENDY!!!!
I guess if no one was missing a digit, no dna test needed.
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