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Der Helm
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the company had conducted a thorough internal investigation that included lie-detector tests on employees.
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Merusk
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Are you missing a finger?
Um no.
The machine says you're lying, are you sure?
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Trippy
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Woman in Wendy's Finger Case ArrestedBy CHRISTINA ALMEIDA, Associated Press Writer
LAS VEGAS - The woman who claimed she found a finger in her bowl of Wendy's chili last month has been arrested, the latest twist in a bizarre case about how the 1 1/2-inch finger tip ended up in a bowl of fast food.
Anna Ayala was taken into custody late Thursday at her Las Vegas home, police said.
Authorities would not provide details until a news conference Friday in San Jose, Calif. — the city where Ayala claimed she bit down on the finger in a mouthful of her steamy stew.
Ayala's 18-year-old son, Guadalupe Reyes, said he had gone to the store around 9 p.m. when he got a phone call from a friend who was back at the Las Vegas home.
"We rushed back and she was already gone," Reyes said.
Reyes said he had no other details and was waiting to hear from his mother.
Ohio-based Wendy's International Inc. did not immediately return a call Friday.
Ayala's claim that she found the finger tip, complete with a well-manicured nail, on March 22 initially drew sympathy. But when police and health officials failed to find any missing digits among the workers involved in the restaurant's supply chain, suspicion fell on Ayala, and her story has become a late-night punch line.
Ayala hired a lawyer and filed a claim against the Wendy's franchise owner, Fresno-based JEM Management. But after police searched her home in Las Vegas and continued to question her family, she dropped the lawsuit threat, saying the whole situation was just too stressful.
"Lies, lies, lies, that's all I am hearing," Ayala said after police started questioning her. "They should look at Wendy's. What are they hiding? Why are we being victimized again and again?"
As it turns out, Ayala has a litigious history. She has filed claims against several corporations, including a former employer and General Motors, though it is unclear from court records whether she received any money. She 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 she did not get a dime.
Earlier Thursday, Wendy's International Inc. announced it had ended its internal investigation, saying it could find no credible link between the finger and the restaurant chain.
Sales have dropped at franchises in Northern California, forcing layoffs and reduced hours, the company said. Wendy's also has hired private investigators, set up a hot line for tips and offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who provides information leading to the finger's original owner.
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Samprimary
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Wendy's took a bum rap.
They've lost millions of dollars on account of that lady, even though it turns out that Wendy's chili is perfectly fine and finger-free.
She's a career scammer, too. She waived extradition to California, where she faces charges.
Grand theft larceny, to the tune of the 2 million plus that Wendy's has suffered.
And where the hell did that finger come from?
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WayAbvPar
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And where the hell did that finger come from? You want a finger? I can get you a finger by 3. With nail polish and everything. |
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Mmmmm, candy-coated finger crunchies.
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Nazrat
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Maybe they need to look at the finger eating custard machine. 2 severed fingers in one year? Yep, sounds like it must be negligent workers.
FEED ME!!![/machine]
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Shockeye
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The long national nightmare is over. Wendy's Finger Traced to Woman in CustodyBy GREG SANDOVAL, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago SAN JOSE, Calif. - The finger that a woman said she found in a bowl of Wendy's chili came from an associate of her husband who lost the digit in an industrial accident, police said Friday.  "The jig is up. The puzzle pieces are beginning to fall into place," Police Chief Rob Davis said. The man is from Nevada and lost a part of his finger in an accident last December, Davis said. His identity was traced through a tip made to Wendy's hot line, he said. He said authorities "positively confirmed that this subject was in fact the source of the fingertip." Anna Ayala, the woman who said she found the finger, was arrested last month at her suburban Las Vegas home. Ayala said she bit down on a 1 1/2 inch-long finger fragment while dining with her family in March at a San Jose Wendy's. But authorities had said they believed the story was a hoax. Wendy's had offered $100,000 for information on the origin of the finger. |
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Paelos
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I hope she gets force-fed her own fingers in Hell!
Not really, but it would be ironic.
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Furiously
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I hope Wendy's sues her for damages now.
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