4/9/2005: Finger food update
Uh-oh.
Now it turns out that Anna Ayala, the woman who found (bit into) a finger in her Wendy's chili, has a history of filing lawsuits. She sued an ex-boss in 1998 (sexual harassment, settled), a car dealership in 2000 (a wheel fell off, dismissed), another fast food joint - El Pollo Loco - in 2004 (her daughter got sick, settled), and several others.
Officials haven't said what they were looking for Thursday when they arrived at Ayala's home with a search warrant, but they don't have to. It's pretty clear that they were looking for bodies or parts based on what a resident of the household said: that officers searched freezers, a picnic cooler in the backyard and the belongings of an aunt who used to live at the house. (Ayala responded to "dead aunt" rumors yesterday, saying she didn't have a dead aunt.)
Meanwhile a San Jose Police spokesman stated the obvious: "The simple fact of the matter is that the finger came from somebody. Where's that person at?"
Ayala claims her former legal issues aren't related to her current problem. If that's true, let this be a lesson to the rest of us about crying wolf in the courts: wait to sue until you bite a finger.
This story gets better every day!
