Sat, 23 Apr 2005 01:22:28
Cops point the (chili) finger at Ayala
I hate to say ”I told you so, “ but...oh who am I kidding, I love to say “I told you so.”
Police investigating how a human finger ended up in a woman’s bowl of Wendy’s chili declared the claim a hoax Friday and arrested her on charges of attempted grand larceny.
The arrest of Anna Ayala at her home outside Las Vegas was the latest twist in a case that has become a late-night punch line, taken a bite out of Wendy’s sales and forced the fast-food chain to check its employees for missing fingers.
Ayala, 39, claimed she bit down on the well-manicured, 1 1/2-inch finger in a mouthful of her steamy chili on March 22 in San Jose. She had hired a lawyer and filed a claim against the Wendy’s franchise owner, but dropped the lawsuit threat soon after suspicion fell on her.
When asked whether police considered Ayala’s claim a hoax, David Keneller, captain of the San Jose police department’s investigations bureau, said yes.
“What we have found is that thus far our evidence suggests the truest victims in this case are indeed the Wendy’s owner, operators and employees here in San Jose,” Police Chief Rob Davis said.
Cue Nelson laugh: HA-ha. I hope she does jail time and Wendy’s sues her ass into the dirt. People like her make it hard to impossible for people who are legitimately damaged by the actions of businesses to get judgements. Screw her.
Posted by JimK at 01:22 AM on April 23, 2005
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#2 Posted by padders 
on 04/23 at 05:42 AM -
You got to wonder how someone finds a finger they can go place in the chilli! Really sucks for wendys, they will never get the money off her (if she has any) that they lost over this.
#3 Posted by davidst 
on 04/23 at 05:19 PM -
I feel compelled to point out that anyone reading the open forum would have known about this yesterday:
Anyway, the story I linked to in the OF pointed out that she actually has a history of litigation against companies. How stupid can you get? That’s exactly the kind of thing that will come out in a court case and get your ass into trouble.
As it turns out, Ayala has a litigious history. She’s filed claims against several corporations, including a former employer and General Motors, although it’s unclear from court records whether she received any money. She even said she got $30,000 from El Pollo Loco after her 13-year-old daughter got sick at one of the chain’s Las Vegas-area restaurants. El Pollo Loco officials say they didn’t pay her a dime.
Some people..
#4 Posted by JimK on 04/24 at 12:43 AM -
david: yeah, she’s a serial scammer. I bet she used to break things in supermarkets and then pull the old slip, fall, get the manager to pay you off scam too. Just *silly* stupid, amazing she even got this far with the chili finger.
padders: I would bet money she’s been sitting on this finger...had it frozen waiting for the right idea. Who knows how you get a finger...medical waste? Industrial accident? She could be friends with these two idiots. As for the money...I just hope they get a judgment against any and all future earnings. Keep this woman destitute for the rest of her life. She cost people their jobs over this scam, people that worked at fast food restaurants and likely can’t afford to *lose* their jobs.
Crazy frigging people in this world. Some are dangerous, some just make you shake your heard in befuddlement.
#5 Posted by padders on 04/24 at 02:54 PM -
Makes sense Jim, although I would think had it been frozen, you could test for that - I would think that meat that has been frozen and thawed, would show that - not sure though. How she ever expected to get away with it I don’t know.
#6 Posted by davidst on 04/25 at 09:32 PM -
padders, kindly don’t refer to a human finger as meat… maybe flesh?
*shudders*
I wonder what the woman did to induce vomiting on the spot.
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