Wisconsin husband who faked kayak accident death films 'proof of life' video after running away with mistress

A Wisconsin hubby who faked his ain death and ran distant with his mistress taunted constabulary by sending them a 'proof of life' video, but refused to archer them wherever helium is. 

Ryan Borgwardt, 45, purposely flipped his kayak connected Green Lake connected August 11, dumping his telephone and belonging successful the h2o earlier paddling to information connected an inflatable vessel and e-biking much than 50 miles to Madison overnight, the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office said connected Thursday. 

They learned successful October that Borgwardt had crossed the borderline into Canada a fewer days aft his disappearance and had been communicating with a Uzbekistani pistillate who spoke Russian. 

Through her, the Sheriff's Office was capable to get successful interaction with the father-of-three and asked him to reply questions lone helium would cognize and to movie a video of himself, which helium did. 

In the video, Borgwardt - who has not contacted his household since his disappearance - showed disconnected his apartment, telling officers: 'I americium safe, secure, nary problems.' 

Authorities bash not cognize precisely wherever the joined antheral is, but they fishy helium is successful Eastern Europe. They bash not judge helium is successful immoderate information and person had regular connection with him since November 11, Sheriff Mark Podoll said. 

'He has not yet decided to instrumentality home,' Podoll said astatine a Thursday property conference. 

Regardless, getting successful interaction with Borgwardt was a 'big turning point' successful the investigation, according to Podoll. 

The Green Lake County Sheriff's Office is present seeking $35,000 to $40,000 successful restitution for the wealth utilized successful the search. Authorities utilized divers, drones, sonar and cadaver K-9s, and much to look for the missing father. 

Borgwardt could besides look obstruction charges, the sheriff said. 

Podoll is hoping the father-of-three volition marque the determination to instrumentality location successful time. 

'He needs to travel location to his kids,' helium said astatine the property conference, saying officers are trying to 'pull astatine his heartstrings.' 

Authorities spent 54 days looking for the Wisconsin antheral earlier announcing connected November 8 that they didn't judge the begetter had drowned successful the lake, but alternatively had faked his ain death. 

Investigators revealed that Borgwardt had been talking to a pistillate successful Uzbekistan earlier helium obtained a caller passport and a $375,000 beingness security argumentation successful January.

Borgwardt is believed to person utilized his caller passport successful Canada a time aft helium was reported missing.

The strategy was elaborately planned. Borgwardt near his archetypal passport astatine location erstwhile helium vanished, and constabulary said helium tried to screen his tracks by removing his laptop's hard thrust and wiping his hunt past clean.

Before his disappearance, helium changed each the email addresses linked to his slope accounts and moved wealth to a overseas slope account.

Borgwardt's devastated woman Emily, and their 3 children, person been grieving their loss, believing for months helium was apt dead.

She is present being urged to articulation enactment groups for women with 'runaway husbands' arsenic her friends and assemblage rally astir her.

She and Borgwardt celebrated their 22nd wedding day successful July 2024.