Wisconsin Kayaker who falsified his death and fled to the country is accused after returning to us

Green Lake, Wis. – A wisconsin The man who falsified his own drowning And he left his wife and three children in Eastern Europe willingly returned to the US after four months and was accused on Wednesday of obstructing an intense lake search for his body.

The criminal complaint that accuses Ryan Borgwardt with the obstruction of the crime offers a detailed account of how the 45-year-old has disappeared, including the way he endeavored to get out of the water, almost failed by habits on the road. Abroad and was living in Georgia’s land when he realized he left too many clues behind.

The police said Borgwardt was transformed on Tuesday at the authorities at the Sheriff’s office in Wisconsin County. A judge entered a plea that did not say in his name, during a short court hearing on Wednesday afternoon. He was released on $ 500, although he should pay this amount only if he will miss a future court.

Borgwardt told Judge Mark Slate that he would be represented before, because he has only $ 20 in his wallet. The judge advised that he can receive a lawyer named in court, but did not name one for him.

It is not clear what intends to do Borgwardt now. His parents were in court, but he was led by the judicial executors after the procedure ended without talking to them. The coasts escorted the couple through a back door to avoid waiting reporters.

Borgwardt was reported missing on August 12. According to a criminal complaint, Borgwardt told investigators that he had investigated how to disappear, studying the lake deaths and how deep a body should sink so that they do not reappear.

He participated in the church with his family on the morning 11 August and then put his plan on that night, driving 50 miles (80 kilometers) from his house in Watertown to Green Lake. Sheriff Mark Podoll said Borgwardt told investigators he had chosen Green Lake because it is the deepest lake in Wisconsin.

And he dressed the kayak to the middle of the lake, swelled a cork that he brought with him, overturned the kayak and lined back on the shore in the cork, throwing the mobile phone and an approach with other identifications in the lake. On the road, according to, according to the complaint.

Borgward said that “he had to do this credible, so that everyone, including law enforcement, believed he drowned in the lake,” the complaint said.

He told investigators that he had endeavored to leave the lake, sinking into his waist muscles. Concerned about the fact that the police would find their fingerprints, tried to wash them on the way before taking over an electric bicycle he was walking nearby. He traveled 70 miles (112 kilometers) through the night to Madison, where he caught a bus to Toronto airport.

He said he was just going through the Canadian habits because he didn’t have the driver’s permit, which he throws in the lake. Eventually, he climbed into a flight to Paris and then in an unspecified country of Asia.

After landing in that country, a woman raised it. They spent a few days in a hotel, and he later took over the residence in Georgia, according to the complaint and a probable statement.

The investigators contacted Borgwardt through the information they found on a laptop that he left behind, including a photo of the woman he traveled to meet. He told investigators that he had to leave the laptop behind to make his death, but left too much information about it, according to the complaint.

Podoll said in November that investigators have found passport photos, questions about moving funds to foreign banks and communicating with a woman from Uzbekistan. They also found that Borgwardt took a life insurance policy of $ 375,000 in January. Podoll said that politics is for his family.

The sheriff’s office said that Borgwardt’s search lasted more than a month and cost at least $ 35,000. Borgwardt told investigators that he often checked the news for updates on his disappearance and thought that search would only take a few weeks, according to the complaint.

Borgwards told investigators that he knew the police would find him, but he wants to delay his efforts as long as he could, according to the complaint.

Podoll announced in November that investigators had made contact with Borgwardt and “fired at his hearts” to come home.

The sheriff told reporters during a press conference on Wednesday morning that Borgwardt returned to the US willingly and turned to the Green Lake County Justice Center on Tuesday afternoon. He refused to detail Borgwardt’s return journey, just saying he “climbed a plane.” He also refused to elaborate what caused Borgwardt to return.

“This will depend on it one day,” said the sheriff. “We will not free this … I brought a father back on my own.”

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Associated Press Writer Ed White in Detroit contributed to this report.