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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The finger that a woman claimed she found in a bowl of Wendy's chili was severed in the tailgate of a truck during a work accident, an employee of an asphalt company said. Pat Hogue, an estimator with a Las Vegas asphalt maintenance company, told the San Francisco Chronicle for a story in Sunday's editions that a man he was working with lost the tip of his finger on a job five months ago. Both men were working with James Plascencia, the husband of Anna Ayala - the Las Vegas woman who claimed she found the...

Digit apparently belonged to co-worker of accuser's husbandSAN JOSE, Calif. - Police say the finger that a woman found in a bowl of chili came from an associate of her husband’s who lost the digit in an industrial accident.

Finger in Chili Woman Arrested; Claims Racial Discrimination Woman who said she found finger arrested LAS VEGAS COPS TO GIVE MORE DETAILS FRIDAY; EATERY ENDS PROBE By Sandra Gonzales San Jose Mercury News The finger finally has pointed to Anna Ayala -- the woman at the center of the Wendy's chili mystery. San Jose police confirmed that Ayala, 39, was arrested Thursday night in Las Vegas in connection with the incident. Police would not elaborate on the details until a news conference Friday. Ayala claimed to have discovered part of a human finger in her chili at a San Jose...