GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who faked his personal drowning and left his spouse and three youngsters and was believed to have been in Jap Europe willingly returned to the U.S. after roughly 4 months and is in custody, a sheriff mentioned Wednesday.
Ryan Borgwardt “got here again on his personal” due to his household, Inexperienced Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll mentioned.
“We will stand right here feeling relieved,” Podoll instructed reporters.
Borgwardt, 45, landed Tuesday and was being held on the county jail, pending a day courtroom look. The sheriff mentioned his workplace has really helpful numerous expenses, together with obstruction.
Final month, Podoll mentioned Borgwardt started speaking with authorities on Nov. 11 after disappearing for 3 months however hadn’t dedicated to returning to Wisconsin. Podoll mentioned police had been “pulling at his heartstrings” to come back dwelling. He urged Borgwardt may very well be charged with obstructing the investigation into his disappearance.
Borgwardt instructed authorities final month that he faked his dying due to “private issues,” the sheriff mentioned. He instructed them that in mid-August he traveled about 50 miles from his dwelling in Watertown to Inexperienced Lake, the place he overturned his kayak, dumped his telephone after which paddled an inflatable boat to shore. He mentioned he picked that lake as a result of it’s the deepest in Wisconsin.
After leaving the lake, he rode an electrical bike about 70 miles by the evening to Madison, the sheriff mentioned. From there, he mentioned he took a bus to Detroit, then boarded a bus to Canada and bought on a aircraft.
The sheriff mentioned on the time that investigators had been working to confirm Borgwardt’s description of what occurred.
The sheriff’s workplace has mentioned the seek for Borgwardt’s physique, which lasted greater than a month, value a minimum of $35,000. The sheriff mentioned that Borgwardt instructed authorities that he didn’t anticipate the search to final greater than two weeks.
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