Cardboard box could help solve fatal Portland explosion mystery

By Megan Levy
Updated October 14 2015 - 8:13am, first published 7:33am
John Burrows, 58, a well-known local greyhound trainer was blown up outside his Portland house. He is pictured here with his wife Shirley. Photo: Wolter Peeters
John Burrows, 58, a well-known local greyhound trainer was blown up outside his Portland house. He is pictured here with his wife Shirley. Photo: Wolter Peeters
A metal plate retrieved from the scene of the blast that killed greyhound trainer John Burrows. Photo: NSW Police
A metal plate retrieved from the scene of the blast that killed greyhound trainer John Burrows. Photo: NSW Police
John Burrows, a local greyhound trainer, with Sandy, one of his greyhounds. Photo: Wolter Peeters
John Burrows, a local greyhound trainer, with Sandy, one of his greyhounds. Photo: Wolter Peeters
The home of well-known local greyhound trainer John Burrows, in Wolgan Street, Portland.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
The home of well-known local greyhound trainer John Burrows, in Wolgan Street, Portland. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Police believe this cardboard box was used to conceal the bomb that killed John Burrows. Photo: NSW Police
Police believe this cardboard box was used to conceal the bomb that killed John Burrows. Photo: NSW Police

A torn cardboard box and a twisted metal plate could be the key to help solve the suspected murder of a 58-year-old greyhound trainer who police say was blown up in a deliberate act in the NSW central tablelands earlier this year.

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