Found Alive WI - Ryan Borgwardt, 45, Green Lake, 11 Aug 2024 *evidence that he faked his death and is alive in Eastern Europe*

[Seattle1]

12/12/24

How investigators found Ryan Borgwardt

Now-sealed search warrants show how investigators tracked down Ryan Borgwardt, the Wisconsin kayaker accused of faking his own death.

www.fox6now.com

 

[Seattle1]

Prosecutors Reveal the Moment Runaway Wis. Dad Ryan Borgwardt Allegedly 'Knew That He Made a Mistake'

Borgwardt saw the picture of the woman he went to meet overseas 'and knew that he made a mistake, the one mistake that he couldn't make,' according to the criminal complaint.

people.com

12/12/24

Authorities spent 54 days searching for the 45-year-old woodworker, while his wife and three teenaged children mourned his presumed death by drowning in a Wisconsin lake.


But then on Nov. 8, while Borgwardt was overseas in Eastern Europe, he received an email from Green Lake County Chief Deputy Vande Kolk that made “his heart hit the floor,” according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE.


“Borgwardt also stated he saw the picture of [the adult female that he went to meet] and knew that he made a mistake, the one mistake that he couldn't make,” the complaint says.

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Borgwardt is scheduled to return to court on Jan. 13.

 

[bestill]

I bet his parents will be there for him. I imagine that they are so happy he's alive that they will be more forgiving, imo.

I am so thankful that he didn't off his entire family and go on the run. Now he can face his punishment. I hope his family has an opportunity to give an impact statement, should they want to, when he is sentenced. I am proud that his wife has filed for legal separation. I hope she and their kids get all the counseling they need as they work through this.

What mess this guy made for himself!

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

Wisconsin courts classifies their cases by codes and they have a single code 40201 for "Annulment/Legal Separation."

Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Class Code List

So that her petition is filed under that code doesn't mean she's getting an annulment, but it does mean she is filing for a separation rather than a divorce, because there is a separate code for divorce.

 

[Trino]

Wisconsin courts classifies their cases by codes and they have a single code 40201 for "Annulment/Legal Separation."

Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Class Code List

So that her petition is filed under that code doesn't mean she's getting an annulment, but it does mean she is filing for a separation rather than a divorce, because there is a separate code for divorce.

Why a separation rather than divorce? Wonder what she and the kids are thinking?

 

[Trino]

Missing Watertown kayaker Ryan Borgwardt in custody

GREEN LAKE — The saga of missing Watertown kayaker Ryan Borgwardt has almost come to an end. The 45-year old previously staged his death in a Big Green Lake kayak

www.wdtimes.com

12/11/24

In the end, the Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office managed to convince Borgwardt to return to face the consequences of his own volition.

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Podoll chose not to share the details of how authorities managed to convince Borgwardt to come back to Wisconsin to face consequences, though he did note there was one item in particular that was impactful.

“There was one thing that he brought up that worked in our favor,” Podoll said. “He brought up a dad fact.”

One of Borgwardt’s sons was an all-conference soccer standout for Lakeside Lutheran this fall, and he has another child at Lakeside and one in middle school in Watertown.

Hope they have little to do with their dad who didn't care that he was abandoning them.

 

[Trino]

Prosecutors Reveal the Moment Runaway Wis. Dad Ryan Borgwardt Allegedly 'Knew That He Made a Mistake'

Borgwardt saw the picture of the woman he went to meet overseas 'and knew that he made a mistake, the one mistake that he couldn't make,' according to the criminal complaint.

people.com

12/12/24

Authorities spent 54 days searching for the 45-year-old woodworker, while his wife and three teenaged children mourned his presumed death by drowning in a Wisconsin lake.


But then on Nov. 8, while Borgwardt was overseas in Eastern Europe, he received an email from Green Lake County Chief Deputy Vande Kolk that made “his heart hit the floor,” according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE.


“Borgwardt also stated he saw the picture of [the adult female that he went to meet] and knew that he made a mistake, the one mistake that he couldn't make,” the complaint says.

[..]

Borgwardt is scheduled to return to court on Jan. 13.

He spent $5,000 and cannot afford an attorney so will reprensent himself. We can predict the outcome on that one. His parents were in court. Did he go home with them? Wonder what the photo of his online lover was like.

 

[Megnut]

From the link:

"The complaint states that on Nov. 8, 2024, Borgwardt received an email from Chief Deputy Vande Kolk, which caused his ‘heart to drop.’ The email included a picture of the woman he had contacted, and he realized he had made a critical mistake. Borgwardt admitted to leaving his laptop behind to make his disappearance more believable."

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Your post:

From the link:

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The complaint states that on Nov. 8, 2024, Borgwardt received an email from Chief Deputy Vande Kolk, which caused his ‘heart to drop.’ The email included a picture of the woman he had contacted, and he realized he had made a critical mistake. Borgwardt admitted to leaving his laptop behind to make his disappearance more believable."

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There. I corrected it for you.

What was he thinking??????

 

[Megnut]

Never mind the horrible betrayals of the faked death and then the overseas affair, how about the six months or year where he was biding his time, setting up his exodus, Western-unioning money, amassing secret debt, living A LIE to the people who loved him the most, day in, day out? I'm not sure which part is the worst. Cruel trifecta of broken trust on every single level.

JMO

 

[LoveyG]

Hmm, yup, still going with Catfished.

 

[caradana]

His wife is a very classy woman in that I gather she is holding her tongue, for the sake of her kids and perhaps extended family. She has admirable self-control.

 

[caradana]

DBM, dupe.

 

[peas n carrots]

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

 

[vls12345]

Walmart should have a couple of crime scene aisles where shoppers can have a one stop experience (shovels, bleach, rope, duct tape, storage containers, life vests, etc).

Don't do this to me. It's late at night, ready to hit the hay, and now I can't stop laughing.

Thanks for that BrownRice. Post of the day !!

I was at Walmart tonight buying black contractor garbage bags. While on the row where I picked them up, I thought of your post. Lol.

 

[Tealgrove]

Just trying to imagine how I would be feeling if this was my father.

Assuming my father was dead, not being able to find his body, and trying to process this life altering event as a teen would be incredibly traumatic. Remembering when my father died (I was 27) was a grief and heaviness that enveloped me for months. I think the fear, grief and the unknown could be debilitating.

I think my initial reaction would be relief and joy. Yay, he’s alive - not dead. Then reality would coming calling. Anger, rage, disbelief. Understanding what he put my mother through. The financial hardship that descended upon the family would have caused terrible anxiety.

I would NEVER want to see him again. This family has endured so much trauma in such a short time.

He’s a loser.

MOO

 

[Inthedetails]

Just trying to imagine how I would be feeling if this was my father.

Assuming my father was dead, not being able to find his body, and trying to process this life altering event as a teen would be incredibly traumatic. Remembering when my father died (I was 27) was a grief and heaviness that enveloped me for months. I think the fear, grief and the unknown could be debilitating.

I think my initial reaction would be relief and joy. Yay, he’s alive - not dead. Then reality would coming calling. Anger, rage, disbelief. Understanding what he put my mother through. The financial hardship that descended upon the family would have caused terrible anxiety.

I would NEVER want to see him again. This family has endured so much trauma in such a short time.

He’s a loser.

MOO

I've been thinking about this, too, and picturing myself as an older teen processing this. It is an impressionable age in terms of learning about adult relationships.

I think my overwhelming feeling about be utter confusion. That is a difficult emotion to deal with. I would likely push the feeling aside as much as possible.

For myself, I think it would take years before I felt the weight of the actual betrayal.

jmo

 

[BrianJohnson]

No sympathy - Because of his selfishness he is facing jail time, has no money, his wife and kids want nothing to do with him, no employer will ever trust him, life in ruins permanently, made his bed lie in it

 

[AnyNameIWish]

So we heard Ryan put money in a foreign account, right? And had just $5500 cash?

I think the love interest took ALL his money and ran after she realised he was not as wealthy as he probably led her to think, she didn't want to deal with being part of an international news story- soon after that weird Selfie video, I think she took his account and DasVedaniya'd out of Georgia.

That's the only reason he crawled back to Wisconsin, turned himself in.

 

[Inthedetails]

So we heard Ryan put money in a foreign account, right? And had just $5500 cash?

I think the love interest took ALL his money and ran after she realised he was not as wealthy as he probably led her to think, she didn't want to deal with being part of an international news story- soon after that weird Selfie video, I think she took his account and DasVedaniya'd out of Georgia.

That's the only reason he crawled back to Wisconsin, turned himself in.

Yep.

jmo

 

[Trino]

I've been thinking about this, too, and picturing myself as an older teen processing this. It is an impressionable age in terms of learning about adult relationships.

I think my overwhelming feeling about be utter confusion. That is a difficult emotion to deal with. I would likely push the feeling aside as much as possible.

For myself, I think it would take years before I felt the weight of the actual betrayal.

jmo

Hard for a kid to process dad going to church with family before disappearing. Hard for me to process.