Family who said disfigured three-year-old was thrown out of KFC DENY their story is a hoax after investigation found they never even went to restaurant - but still received $30,000 from fast-food giant
By David Mccormack
Published: 04:37, 24 June 2014 | Updated: 18:55, 24 June 2014
A family who said their three-year-old child was thrown out of KFC because her scarred face was 'scaring customers' have denied the story was a hoax - as an investigation has claimed.
Victoria Wilcher, who lost an eye in a dog attack, made headlines earlier this month after her family posted a photo entitled 'Does this face look scary to you?' on a Facebook page, Victoria's Victories.
The allegations against KFC drew widespread condemnation and prompted the chain to donate $30,000 towards Victoria’s charity, as an independent review was launched into the incident.
An unnamed source involved in the investigation told the Laurel Leader-Call that all the evidence in the case suggests the story told by Victoria's grandmother, Kelly Mullins, on May 15 was a hoax.
Hoax victim? An unnamed source involved in the investigation has said that all the evidence in the case points towards the matter being a hoax and that Victoria Wilcher, three, wasn't asked to leave a KFC in Mississippi because her injuries were 'scaring other customers'
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Hoax victim? A source involved in the investigation said all the evidence in the case points towards the matter being a hoax and that Victoria Wilcher, three, wasn't asked to leave a KFC in Mississippi
After reviewing surveillance tape from the Woodrow Wilson Drive branch – and another in Jackson - investigators found that the woman and the little girl didn't even visit the restaurant that day.
The grandmother had also previously told WAPT that she ‘ordered a sweet tea and mashed potatoes and gravy’ at the restaurant before they were asked to leave.
But a review of transactions on May 15 at both Jackson locations found those items weren’t included in the same order at any point.
And no one matching the description of Mullins or Victoria visited either restaurant, the Leader-Call reported. 'It just didn’t happen,' the source told the newspaper.
But despite the findings, the little girl's family has insisted that they are telling the truth.
'I promise its not a hoax,' said a statement the girl's Facebook group, likely written by her aunt, who maintains the page. 'I never thought any of this would blow up the way it has.'
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