The authorities spent weeks searching a Wisconsin lake for the man’s body before discovering that he had moved money into a foreign bank account and had been communicating with a woman in Uzbekistan.

The Green Lake County Sheriff's Office on Friday announced it believes a kayaker, initially thought to have gone missing this summer, may have actually faked his own death.

Borgwardt's capsized kayak was first found in the western part of the lake, the following day his fishing rod and tackle box, with his wallet, keys and license, was found, Podoll said. Three cadaver dogs and a dive team were also brought in to help with ...

Authorities in Wisconsin believe that Ryan Borgwardt, a 44-year-old married father of three, staged his disappearance and fled to Europe.

A Wisconsin kayaker is believed to have faked his death earlier this year in a bid to leave his family and flee to Europe, according to investigators on Friday. Ryan Borgwardt, a resident of Watertown,

Ryan Borgwardt, a married father of three, has been missing since August after leaving for a relaxing fishing trip on Green Lake, about an hour north of his home in Watertown, Wisconsin. Investigators now suspect the experienced kayaker faked his own death and fled to Europe via Canada.

A Wisconsin father-of-three who vanished during a kayaking trip faked his disappearance and fled to Europe, local authorities announced. Ryan Borgwardt, 45, was reported missing by his family on August 12 when he didn’t return home from his trip to Green Lake.