Recent content by peas n carrots

Agreed. I think there is a reputation (deserved or not) of women from the former Eastern Bloc catfishing American men. The women I’ve known who have married American men genuinely want a better life, it might not be a love match but they appreciate the opportunities they have in the US due to...

I doubt anyone is going to have sympathy towards UHC - even amongst people sympathetic to BT there is a huge public antipathy towards US private health care providers, and it’s been there a very long time. The only tiny silver lining about this case is that it has restarted the conversation on...

I’m trying to figure out where PE got his info on the side piece? I’ve been staying on top of this story but I haven’t found much info on the lady other thank she was Uzbek and spoke Russian.

Yeah it sounds like he spent 5 days at a hotel with an actual woman. A woman picked him up from the airport too. It’s not totally clear if this is the same woman as the one who was able to get Ryan in touch with the cops. If it wasn’t a scam, I imagine this was the point she probably bailed on...

What a loser! Every new bit of info makes him look worse and worse. He really threw it all away.

More and more I’m wondering if the spinal surgery earlier this year didn’t trigger some kind of mental illness. In my understanding of the timeline, he cut himself off from family and friends shortly after that surgery. Schizophrenia onset tends to happen to males when they are in their 20’s -...

I stayed at a hostel in DC a few months ago. It was the cheapest accommodation I could find. The hostel had private and dorm rooms, and people of every strip from students to business people were staying there. I’m guessing it’s likely the killer stayed there because a regular hotel stay in...

You can find these items at outlet malls and thrift stores. Just because it’s initially expensive doesn’t mean that is what the killer paid - actually based on the hostel stay and being seen at McDonalds there is a good chance he got these “expensive” items thrifting. It would also make those...

The sheriff was quoted as saying “he rode through the night.” RB could be lying about that but what would he gain? For a guy trying to hide, it wouldn’t make sense he would exaggerate a story to make himself seem like more of a badass. "He stashed an e-bike near the boat launch. He paddled his...

We dont know the route he took yet, but I doubt he was on main roads. Lots of backroads are paved in that area and are popular with road cyclists. I actually would be interested in this challenge. Spring 2025 I’ll see you in Green Lake ;-) I feel pretty confident in my assessment because I’m...

He may or may not be a cyclist, but it’s more likely he would be a road cyclist than in most places in the US - active outdoor lifestyles are pretty common. 70 miles on an ebike - totally doable if he is a decent road cyclist. I recently did an e-cycle tour in Oregon, and my rental bike topped...

Watertown is home to Trek bicycles, and cycling culture in that area is huge (I live a few hours away and have cycled in the Madison area a dozen or so times). It’s hard to tell, but he looks to be decently in shape for a middle aged man, I wouldn’t be surprised if he could cycle 70 miles...

<modsnip - sleuthing family members is not allowed> I'm not an expert here, but usually with these kind of Russian/Ukrainian woman scams it seems like the American men tend to have to travel over there first and meet the woman. Maybe RB wasn't upfront with the woman either about his marital status?

Thanks for the info on Uzbekistan. Really everything I know about Uzbekistan comes from YouTube videos over the last several days, so I appreciate having your perspective. It looks like Ryan had been planning this since at least January 2024 when he purchased the life insurance policy. I found...

I've been following this case since the news broke about Borgwardt faking his own death. It seems like Uzebekistan is known for a very low cost of living, and if that is where he is I'm guessing he is living pretty well. It appears Ryan also was a self employed cabinet maker, so I'm guessing he...