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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.
“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.
