Missing father of 3 did 'research' to stage his own death and flee the country: sheriff

Wisconsin authorities connected Thursday said they successfully contacted a missing begetter of three who "staged his death" successful August and seemingly fled the country, though his nonstop whereabouts is inactive unknown.

Ryan Borgwardt's household reported him missing connected Aug. 12 erstwhile helium did not travel home, and Wisconsin authorities and volunteers searched for the 45-year-old for months aft locating his capsized kayak successful Green Lake that aforesaid Monday.

On Nov. 8, astir 3 months aft helium vanished, Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll announced that a integer forensic investigation of Borgwardt's machine led officials to find that the missing begetter and hubby was apt live "someplace successful Europe."

Now, Podoll is sharing caller accusation astir precisely however Borgwardt staged his disappearance and wherever his missing persons lawsuit presently stands.

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Borgwardt "took retired a $300,000 beingness security argumentation successful January and purchased hose cards," the sheriff said, each of which led officials to judge helium is inactive live determination — conscionable not successful the United States. (Facebook)

"He staged his death, and unfortunately, 1 of the things that helium did accidental is helium didn't expect america to spell much than 2 weeks successful searching for him. Well, I hatred to archer you helium picked the incorrect sheriff and the incorrect department."

"I hatred to archer you helium picked the incorrect sheriff and the incorrect department."

The sheriff announced during a Thursday property league that earlier this month, officials with the sheriff's section got successful interaction with a pistillate who speaks Russian and was capable to link them with Borgwardt. Podoll added aboriginal that the missing begetter and the Russian-speaking pistillate seemingly met connected the internet.

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"That was a large turning point," Podoll said of their interaction with the woman.

After getting successful interaction with Borgwardt done the woman, the sheriff's bureau asked him to nonstop a video of himself to beryllium that helium was safe, arsenic their biggest interest up to that constituent was that Borgwardt was good and not successful danger. 

A integer forensic investigation of Borgwardt's machine led officials to find that the missing begetter and hubby was apt live "someplace successful Europe." (Facebook)

Borgwardt complied, and Podoll played his video aloud during the Thursday property conference. In the video, Ryan tin beryllium heard softly saying his name, the date, the clip and that helium is "safe."

The sheriff's office has since had "nearly regular communications with Ryan," Podoll said. 

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Borgwardt has since explained to constabulary that connected Aug. 12, the time helium disappeared, helium parked an e-bike adjacent Green Lake — 1 of the deepest lakes successful Wisconsin — and paddled retired onto the water successful a kayak with his sportfishing rod, telephone and a child-sized, inflatable boat. He dumped his telephone and sportfishing rod into the lake, got successful the inflatable boat, overturned the kayak and paddled to shore, wherever helium past rode the e-bike to a autobus presumption successful Detroit. From Detroit, helium traveled to the Canadian border.

Wisconsin officials judge Ryan Borgwardt fakes his ain decease successful August. (Bruce's Legacy/ Facebook)

Earlier this month, the sheriff expressed that Borgwardt whitethorn person gone to a state successful Europe, though helium clarified connected Thursday that the 45-year-old's nonstop determination remains unknown.

Fishermen connected Green Lake "came up with a sportfishing rod" that officials collected arsenic evidence, and Borgwardt's woman identified the sportfishing rod arsenic her husband's, Podoll said during the Nov. 8 property league recorded by FOX 11.

"We consciousness that this was Ryan's mode that helium could archer the full state however helium did it."

"We are continuing to verify this information, trying to enactment the dots together," the sheriff explained connected Thursday. "We consciousness that this was Ryan's mode that helium could archer the full state however helium did it. There are communications we are expressing the value of his determination to instrumentality home, cleanable up the messiness that helium has created."

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Authorities determined done digital forensic analysis that anterior to his disappearance, Borgwardt replaced the hard thrust of his laptop, cleared his browser past the time helium went missing, took photos of his passport, moved wealth to a overseas bank, changed his email code and had been successful "communication with a pistillate from Uzbekistan," Podoll said connected Nov. 8, according to FOX 11.

The probe into Borgwardt's disappearance volition proceed and "involve a batch much people" going forward, the sheriff said.  (FOX 11)

Authorities had not issued immoderate warrant for Borgwardt's apprehension arsenic of Thursday, and Podoll expressed that they volition not person to service immoderate warrants if Borgwardt decides to "cooperate."

The sheriff's bureau besides has not filed immoderate transgression charges against Borgwardt, but section officials are presently moving with national partners to find however to determination guardant with imaginable charges if they are warranted. The FBI is besides moving connected overseas communication.

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"He needs to instrumentality location to his children. If helium chooses not to return, it's connected his ain escaped will, and I deliberation the connection is precise clear," Podoll said.

Green Lake County volition question restitution betwixt $35,000 and $40,000 successful transportation with the resources needed for ongoing efforts to find Borgwardt.