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Home of Claimant in Chili Finger Case Searched
AP
Wendy's is offering a $50,000 reward for information that will lead to the identity of the person whose finger is central to the case.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (April 7) - Investigators searched the Las Vegas home of a woman who claimed she scooped up a mouthful of finger along with her chili at a Wendy's restaurant last month.
City police, working with their counterparts in Las Vegas, served the warrant Wednesday as they investigated 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 how and how it ended up in a bowl of chili."
Police would not say what listed in the warrant.
Ayala, 39, was at the San Jose restaurant March 22 when she claimed she scooped up the 1 1/2-long fingertip. She later filed a claim with the franchise owner, Fresno, Calif.-based JEM Management, Corp.
"Just knowing that there was a human remain in my mouth ... it is disgusting. It is tearing me apart inside," Ayala told ABC's "Good Morning America" on March 28.
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.
On Thursday, Wendy's announced it would give a $50,000 reward to the first person providing verifiable information leading to the positive identification of the origin of the finger.
"It's very important to our company to find out the truth in this incident," said Tom Mueller, Wendy's president and chief operating officer.
Wendy's maintains the finger did not enter the food chain in its ingredients. All the employees at the San Jose store were found to have all their fingers, and no suppliers of Wendy's ingredients have reported any hand or finger injuries, the company said.
The Santa Clara County coroner's office, using a partial fingerprint to attempt to find a match in an electronic database, came up empty. DNA testing is still being conducted.
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You just never know whether a person is telling the truth ya know?
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AP
Wendy's is offering a $50,000 reward for information that will lead to the identity of the person whose finger is central to the case.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (April 7) - Investigators searched the Las Vegas home of a woman who claimed she scooped up a mouthful of finger along with her chili at a Wendy's restaurant last month.
City police, working with their counterparts in Las Vegas, served the warrant Wednesday as they investigated 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 how and how it ended up in a bowl of chili."
Police would not say what listed in the warrant.
Ayala, 39, was at the San Jose restaurant March 22 when she claimed she scooped up the 1 1/2-long fingertip. She later filed a claim with the franchise owner, Fresno, Calif.-based JEM Management, Corp.
"Just knowing that there was a human remain in my mouth ... it is disgusting. It is tearing me apart inside," Ayala told ABC's "Good Morning America" on March 28.
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.
On Thursday, Wendy's announced it would give a $50,000 reward to the first person providing verifiable information leading to the positive identification of the origin of the finger.
"It's very important to our company to find out the truth in this incident," said Tom Mueller, Wendy's president and chief operating officer.
Wendy's maintains the finger did not enter the food chain in its ingredients. All the employees at the San Jose store were found to have all their fingers, and no suppliers of Wendy's ingredients have reported any hand or finger injuries, the company said.
The Santa Clara County coroner's office, using a partial fingerprint to attempt to find a match in an electronic database, came up empty. DNA testing is still being conducted.
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You just never know whether a person is telling the truth ya know?
GROSS. Those floors were FULL of dirt and schlopped ice cream. We didn't have a dish washer(mechanical) there so when we were very busy for breakfast on Sundays, she would instruct us to drop the dishes in hot water (minimal soap) and then would just use them again.
