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Blown Away: Court Supervision

A Joliet man was severely burned when he allegedly blew up his house shortly after police questioned him about his missing girlfriend.

This article was written by Patch Editor Joseph Hosey

Nobody wants to go to court on a criminal charge, but blowing up your own house—while you're still inside it—is a pretty drastic measure to take if you're trying to dodge a case.

But that's just what the police suspect James Borg was doing when he allegedly disconnected the gas line to his dryer and blew up his Joliet home.

Detectives had questioned Borg about his missing girlfriend, 52-year-old Anne Gay, just days before the explosion, said Deputy Chief Ken Kaupas of the Will County Sheriff's Department. Deputies also searched Borg's home and truck, and seized evidence, Kaupas said.

During the search, a cadaver dog discovered signs of a corpse having been inside the house, Kaupas said.

Borg, 44, suffered burns to 70 percent of his body in the explosion, Kaupas said. He remains at Loyola University Medical Center.

Here's what was going on in court last week:

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