UTAH MAN BUSTED FOR GIVING COPS THE FINGER

Severed finger found in driver’s wallet during traffic stop 

 

By Emily Crane

 

New York Post

February 11, 2022

 

 

Officers with the Orem Police Department in Utah said they found a "severed finger in a cloth wrap" inside a man's wallet after they pulled him over for a broken headlight

 

 

Police made a grim discovery during a Utah traffic stop this week: a severed finger stashed in a man’s wallet.

The rotting body part was found wrapped in cloth when cops pulled over Victor Naum Chavez-Zuniga, 27, in Orem on Thursday for having a busted headlight, KSL reported.

“The finger had what appeared to be pus and blood on it,” police said. “The joint was beginning to turn green, and the fingernail appeared to be decayed.” 

The digit also gave off a “noticeable foul smell” when it was unwrapped, officers added.

It wasn’t immediately clear whom the finger belonged to.

Officers had carried out the search of Chavez-Zuniga’s vehicle and belongings after realizing he had several active warrants against him.

He was arrested on one count of abuse or desecration of a dead human body and booked into the Utah County Jail.