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

[truthfinder2019]

I've seen people be located just from images of an apartment interior before, so should be a matter of time.

Yep I agree, it shows a lot …the entrance, the side door, the living room, the wall paint, the window…

 

[Columbo Was The Best]

IMO, if not in Uzbekistan, he is either in the western part of Russia, or in Turkey or in Bulgaria.
Don’t ask why, just a gut feeling based on all I read and observed
Of course MOO and could be totally wrong

Yes, I have the same feeling. I was reading online most of the flights Canada - Uzbekistan are non-direct and many are run by Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airlines, etc... with stopovers in Turkey and countries around that area. This could end up becoming a diplomatic issue, depending on where he is. Some countries won't be too happy to have him there when they catch up with the FB/TV news...

 

[poppyquiche]

Oh what a very huge surprise that some russian woman snagged this l o s e r into blowing up his life for a scam An unsophisticated rube like him is going to have a VERY interesting time in Eastern Europe/Central Asia, I’ll tell you that much (source: am ethnically part Eastern European; am friends with many people from the region and surroundings. It is an incredibly complex region with a LOT of corruption and widespread problems. (And many many wonderful, law-abiding people who deserve so so so much better than the glorified, rundown, kleptocratic gas station russia has turned so much of the area into over the years. But I digress.)

Knew this was going to be the case. This dude has not given off Genius Vibes from the jump. I'm just honestly kind of surprised that he wasn’t murdered shortly after arriving, so I guess that’s good (in that I don’t want anyone to be murdered and I don’t want his kids to have to live with that.) I suppose it’s possible he really did meet some woman who genuinely likes him and/or sees him as a financial windfall enough to keep him around.

 

[Inthedetails]

Yep I agree, it shows a lot …the entrance, the side door, the living room, the wall paint, the window…

I'm thinking that the press conference was for Ryan as the audience. But perhaps there is more to it. Why show the video if the presser was just for Ryan? He doesn't need to see the video as he's the one who sent it. The American public doesn't need to see it as LE could just say they have contacted Ryan and received a video from him, and LE really doesn't even need to say that.

So, why show the video today?

jmo

 

[Sillybilly]

I think he is a jerk to do that to his three children and his wife and his entire community. I personally would not want him back.

Could leave a note on the door, "Welcome back. Oh, sorry .. we moved"

 

[truthfinder2019]

Can we find this tyle of internal door / manufacturer ?

Snapshot from above video

 

[Deleted member 296739]

Could leave a note on the door, "Welcome back. Oh, sorry .. we moved"

Maybe with contact information for the local LE and perhaps her attorney?

 

[truthfinder2019]

I'm thinking that the press conference was for Ryan as the audience. But perhaps there is more to it. Why show the video if the presser was just for Ryan? He doesn't need to see the video as he's the one who sent it. The American public doesn't need to see it as LE could just say they have contacted Ryan and received a video from him, and LE really doesn't even need to say that.

So, why show the video today?

jmo

Maybe they re indeed hoping someone recognizes the place
We websleuthers are literally everywhere.

 

[truthfinder2019]

Maybe with contact information for the local LE and perhaps her attorney?

And a large bottle of Dulcolax

 

[Columbo Was The Best]

I'm thinking that the press conference was for Ryan as the audience. But perhaps there is more to it. Why show the video if the presser was just for Ryan? He doesn't need to see the video as he's the one who sent it. The American public doesn't need to see it as LE could just say they have contacted Ryan and received a video from him, and LE really doesn't even need to say that.

So, why show the video today?

jmo

To maybe show his living conditions (doing really well) after what he has done to his family and for this to be something that would prompt a fellow American expat to report him to authorities if he is seen in public? Maybe they know the country he is in but they cannot pinpoint the exact location at this stage and they need people's assistance.

Just my speculation, of course.

 

[Inthedetails]

Maybe they re indeed hoping someone recognizes the place
We websleuthers are literally everywhere.

Maybe, but I don't recall the Sheriff asked for the public to help? Maybe I missed that.

jmo

 

[Chimera]

Maybe, but I don't recall the Sheriff asked for the public to help? Maybe I missed that.

jmo

Agreed, I don't think he did.

I'd imagine the authorities are treading lightly ?
IF there's more to this case than meets the eye.
Omo.

 

[priyaya]

To maybe show his living conditions (doing really well) after what he has done to his family and for this to be something that would prompt a fellow American expat to report him to authorities if he is seen in public? Maybe they know the country he is in but they cannot pinpoint the exact location at this stage and they need people's assistance.

Just my speculation, of course.

Yeah I got feeling he was kinda bragging

 

[Deleted member 296739]

Yeah I got feeling he was kinda bragging

Grrrr

 

[Inthedetails]

Yeah I got feeling he was kinda bragging

I got the feeling that he was asked by LE to show that he is not being held against his will, so he showed a glimpse of the other room. He did look sort of sheepishly pleased about his accommodations.

jmo

 

[ACG2x]

Interesting the Sheriff said he purchased the insurance policy for his family and not himself or his supposed new woman.

His lack of smarts showed too when he thought that he could leave a digital footprint a mile long and then fake his death and in a week or two everyone would just shrug and say OK guess he’s dead let’s pay out this massive life insurance policy he just bought and not check his online profile.

My guess is he was having martial and financial issues and met the woman who spoke Russian online and they concocted this craziness together. The guy was working a menial job supporting three kids and by the looks of the family’s social media profile was living somewhat of a comfortable lifestyle so in this economy it’s easy to see how that could happen.

IMO he decided he wanted to run away and take the cowards way out because he had this woman waiting for him and he thought he would take care of his family with the life insurance, they think he died, etc and life goes on. Sheriff noted many times that his “plan didn’t work like he thought it would”.

I also suspect the Sheriff was treading lightly in calling him a deadbeat family abandoner because they legit don’t know where he exactly is and want him to eventually come home and face all of this and if you rail against him in a news conference he will undoubtedly see, he may go into deeper hiding.

The other issue is legally speaking if he doesn’t face the music for restitution for the futile recovery efforts, it may fall back on his wife which would add insult to injury. Regardless, this story is far from over.

 

[Trino]

Oh what a very huge surprise that some russian woman snagged this l o s e r into blowing up his life for a scam An unsophisticated rube like him is going to have a VERY interesting time in Eastern Europe/Central Asia, I’ll tell you that much (source: am ethnically part Eastern European; am friends with many people from the region and surroundings. It is an incredibly complex region with a LOT of corruption and widespread problems. (And many many wonderful, law-abiding people who deserve so so so much better than the glorified, rundown, kleptocratic gas station russia has turned so much of the area into over the years. But I digress.)

Knew this was going to be the case. This dude has not given off Genius Vibes from the jump. I'm just honestly kind of surprised that he wasn’t murdered shortly after arriving, so I guess that’s good (in that I don’t want anyone to be murdered and I don’t want his kids to have to live with that.) I suppose it’s possible he really did meet some woman who genuinely likes him and/or sees him as a financial windfall enough to keep him around.

We don't know what this guy told the woman - probably not that he was married with 3 kids and he was going to desert them. If he deceived his wife, chances are he deceived this woman too.

 

[tarabull]

Missing kayaker Ryan Borgwardt made contact with authorities, but location still unknown

On Thursday, Wisconsin authorities said they have been in contact with missing kayaker Ryan Borgwardt, but don't exactly know where he is.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Chimera]

Interesting the Sheriff said he purchased the insurance policy for his family and not himself or his supposed new woman.

His lack of smarts showed too when he thought that he could leave a digital footprint a mile long and then fake his death and in a week or two everyone would just shrug and say OK guess he’s dead let’s pay out this massive life insurance policy he just bought and not check his online profile.

My guess is he was having martial and financial issues and met the woman who spoke Russian online and they concocted this craziness together. The guy was working a menial job supporting three kids and by the looks of the family’s social media profile was living somewhat of a comfortable lifestyle so in this economy it’s easy to see how that could happen.

IMO he decided he wanted to run away and take the cowards way out because he had this woman waiting for him and he thought he would take care of his family with the life insurance, they think he died, etc and life goes on. Sheriff noted many times that his “plan didn’t work like he thought it would”.

I also suspect the Sheriff was treading lightly in calling him a deadbeat family abandoner because they legit don’t know where he exactly is and want him to eventually come home and face all of this and if you rail against him in a news conference he will undoubtedly see, he may go into deeper hiding.

The other issue is legally speaking if he doesn’t face the music for restitution for the futile recovery efforts, it may fall back on his wife which would add insult to injury. Regardless, this story is far from over.

Bbm.
Re. the bolded : Oh, no.
Hopefully not !
I don't believe they would do this, but we'll see.
Omo.

 

[poppyquiche]

...I do have to say, while I find none of this funny for his poor family, it is sincerely pretty hilarious that this guy figured that everyone would have just been like "welp, guess he's dead, anyways let's just throw up an obit, pay out this insurance money and move on" after a couple of weeks, AND that he could leave that kind of a digital paper trail and nobody would ever figure out that anything was up. Particularly funny since it sounds like the cops and the wife knew this was all BS waaaaaaaaay earlier than we knew.

I hope this guy has to face the music back here in the US in some way. Doing something like this to your family is just so unbelievably cruel. I understand people being stressed about finances or midlife crises or whatever, but I cannot fathom the level of sociopathy you have to be in possession of to do something like this (although, as several of you have pointed out, our standards are so low here that at least we can all be glad he didn't murder them before skipping town.)

Are his parents still alive? Siblings? If my sister faked her death my parents would be absolute basket cases. If his folks are still around I assume they must be in their 60s/70s. He's lucky neither of them had a cardiac/vascular episode from all of this at their age. I know I'd be having to basically babysit my parents and have my dad practically hooked up to a blood pressure cuff 24/7 if they thought their child had unexpectedly died in a tragic accident and then found out they had been lying about that because they'd be so hurt and upset. My parents make me completely crazy about a great many things, but I can't imagine doing something like that to them or my sister on purpose. I can barely imagine doing something like this to someone I hate, and this man did that to his own children.