Herald admits possible goof in Dorchester murder story

Strangely, though, the correction to the story that alleged Boston police had detained two people in connection with the Dorchester quadruple slaying did not run on page 1. The Herald writes today:

While saying certain aspects of the story were inaccurate, police sources acknowledged others "were not beyond the realm of probability."

On its blog yesterday, the Boston Police Department said the Herald story was:

NOT TRUE

The Herald, though, now says its sources (presumably not the same ones who said two possible perps were in custody) said:

major points in the story were correct.

My standard newspaper disclosure.