Investigators believe he faked his own death and ran away to Europe. Podoll said they searched for Borgwardt for 54 days.

MADISON, Wis — A Wisconsin man apparently faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his family and flee to ...

Ryan Borgwardt, a Wisconsin kayaker, reportedly faked his own death and fled to eastern Europe, investigators say. Green Lake ...

When Ryan Borgwardt didn't return home from a fishing trip on Green Lake in Wisconsin in early August, local authorities ...

INVESTIGATORS THINK HE LEFT FOR A FISHING TRIP ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF TOWN, FAKED HIS OWN DEATH, THEN FLED TO EUROPE. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SCOURED GREEN LAKE AUGUST 12TH. THE DAY RYAN BOURGEOIS FAMILY ...

Ryan Borgwardt, a resident of Watertown, Wisconsin, vanished in mid-August after an apparent kayaking accident on Green Lake.

They also found his overturned kayak with a life jacket attached to it on the lake, in an area where the waters run more than 200 feet deep. An angler later discovered Borgwardt’s fishing rod.

After father of three Ryan Borgwardt disappeared while kayaking, officials believe he may have faked his own death due to a ...

The Green Lake County Sheriff's Office on Friday announced it believes a kayaker, initially thought to have gone missing this ...

GREEN LAKE COUNTY, Wisc. -- A dramatic twist was revealed in the search for a missing kayaker in Wisconsin, the Green Lake ...