The case of the couple who found the thumb in their chili is about to wrap up with a possible 13 years in prison for the two conspirators.
[Anna] Ayala claimed to have found the fingertip March 22 while dining with her family at a Wendy’s in San Jose. The Dublin, Ohio-based fast food chain claimed it lost $2.5 million in sales because of the bad publicity.
A search for the finger’s owner eventually led to one of Placencia’s co-workers, who lost it in an industrial accident, police said.
Plascencia bought the fingertip from Brian Rossiter for $100 and told him what he and Ayala were planning, according to court documents. Rossiter later told police the couple offered him $250,000 to keep quiet, the prosecution filing said.
