GREEN LAKE, Wis. - Investigators say a missing kayaker faked his own drowning death in Green Lake. It's an investigation that ...

A man apparently faked his own drowning so he could abandon his family and flee to eastern Europe, investigators say.

When a 45-year-old man failed to return home from a kayak outing on a lake, authorities thought he had drowned. Eventually, a ...

Authorities now believe a missing kayaker and father of three faked his disappearance in a Wisconsin lake before fleeing the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A missing Wisconsin man authorities thought had drowned might be alive in Europe. Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said Ryan Borgwardt went kayaking on Aug. 11 on Green Lake and ...

Police  believe a father of three, who vanished at a Wisconsin lake this summer, may have staged his own death and fled to ...

Ryan Borgwardt, a married father of three, has been missing since August after leaving for a relaxing fishing trip on Green ...

In August, a man was reported missing after he failed to return home from his kayaking trip. Investigators now believe he ...

A TikTok video that features a man who resembles a person accused of faking his own death in Green Lake County recently went viral.

It’s been a rollercoaster for Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll after announcing Friday that a “missing kayaker” was ...

An analysis of a laptop revealed a digital trail that shows Ryan Borgwardt had planned to head to Europe and tried to mislead ...

Faking your own death is a popular trope in fiction, often sensationalized in blockbuster films like Gone Girl, The Dark Knight, and You Only Live Twice. But a real-life case is ...