Police ID Wendy's Finger Owner
Severed Finger Linked To Associate Of Woman Who Claimed To Find It In Her Chili
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Play CBS Video Video Wendy's Finger Pointing Investigators in San Jose think they now know where that finger came from that a woman claimed she found in a bowl of chili at Wendy's. Manuel Gallegus reports.
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Portion of a human finger that a woman says she found while eating a bowl of chili at Wendys restaurant in San Jose, California. (AP)
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Anna Ayala appears in Justice Court in Las Vegas at the Clark County Courthouse. (AP)
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The news initially aroused sympathy for Ayala, but suspicions grew as questions were raised about her story.
Wendy's had said no employees at the San Jose store had missing fingers, and no suppliers of Wendy's ingredients had reported any finger injuries. Authorities said there was no evidence the finger had been cooked, and also said Ayala had a history of filing claims against businesses.
As scrutiny mounted, Ayala withdrew a claim she had filed against the chain.
In addition to attempted grand larceny in the Wendy's case, his wife is charged with grand larceny in an unrelated matter.
Plascencia remains in jail in Nevada, but Davis said he would be extradited soon to San Jose. He was charged with identity theft, fraudulent use of official documents, failure to pay child support and child abandonment in the case involving his children.
Police received a number of tips about the possible source of the finger, including one about a rural Nevada woman whose finger tip was bitten off by a spotted leopard kept as a pet. Police also recently searched a ranch north of Guadalajara, Mexico, owned by a relative of Plascencia.
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