Originally Posted By: GaryH


As for the story - it certainly seens to fit, Mirra would have been about that age in 1953. I suprised he told the cops ANYTHING!


Yeah. What I noticed with those older articles (and this may well also be the case with newer articles), sometimes the numbers showing age or addresses are not accurate. They are often close, but still not accurate. I think it has to do with the stress the reporter deals with to keep up with the story´s deadline. In cases where the police don´t know the individuals who are being arrested, they very often provide reporters with faulty inormation.

According to google maps, the address of 415 Madison Street is non existent. The street ends at 412. So it´s very possible that the reporter who wrote about the Mirra stabbing simply confused the numbers. It´s understandable. Mirra´s home address back then was at 115 Madison Street.


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