Runaway emerging months after faking his owning death, leaving his family behind, told authorities last month that he faked his death because of ‘personal matters’

Ryan Borgwardt, 45, flew back home on Tuesday, four months after he vanished while out on Green Lake in Wisconsin

He was reported missing August 12, and despite an initial rescue mission lasting several weeks, his body was never recovered

Police investigations revealed the father-of-three was seen crossing the Canadian border days after he vanished

Cops who said he had been had been communicating with a Uzbek woman who spoke Russian, believe he’d been somewhere in eastern Europe

He was booked into the Green Lake County jail on Tuesday on ‘a number of charges’, including ‘obstruction’ – police said

Wisconsin father Ryan Borgwardt, [photo], back in US four months after he faked his own death in a kayak accident and fleeing to Eastern Europe, decided to return to the US ‘for his family’ police said.

A married Wisconsin man who tried to fake his own death in a kayak accident before fleeing overseas decided to return to the US, ‘for his family’ police said.
Ryan Borgwardt who faked his own death before fleeing to Eastern Europe with his lover is now in US custody. He was booked into the Green Lake County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, on charges yet to be made public.
45-year-old Borgwardt flew back home on Tuesday, four months after he vanished while out on Green Lake.
He was reported missing August 12, after his capsized kayak was found in the lake and his vehicle and trailer were found at a nearby park.
His body was never recovered despite an initial rescue mission lasting several weeks, was never recovered and eventually prompting police soon began to suspect other factors were at play other than the suspected death of the missing father-of-three.

Runaway father-of-three Borgwardt [mugshot], was booked into the Green Lake County jail on Tuesday, although no charges have been specified. Police only revealed that he’s been held on ‘a number of charges’, including ‘obstruction’.

Law enforcement learned in October that Borgwardt had crossed the border into Canada a few days after his disappearance and had been communicating with a Uzbek woman who spoke Russian.
After establishing contact with him on a ‘near daily basis’, they were eventually able to persuade him to come home.
He was booked into the Green Lake County jail on Tuesday, although no charges have been specified yet.
Police have not released details of where he was staying or who he was with.
At a press conference this morning, Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll would only state that Borgwardt faces, ‘a number of charges’, including ‘obstruction’.
However he stressed that Borgwardt came willingly by himself, flying into an international airport before turning himself into the local police station. 
He refused to confirm whether Borgwardt has been in contact with his wife of 22 years since his return. 
 ‘I could not be more proud of them and what they did for a family, we didn’t give up and we can stand here today feeling relieved,’ Podoll said of his officers.

Authorities had known since October that Borgwardt [right] had been communicating with a Uzbek woman who spoke Russian, before disappearing four months leaving behind his wife of 22 years. Emily [left], and their three children 

Authorities spent 54 days looking for the Wisconsin man before announcing on November 8 that they didn’t believe he had drowned in the lake, but rather had faked his own death.
Borgwardt told authorities last month that he faked his death because of ‘personal matters,’ the Podoll said. He also told them that he picked Green Lake for his master plan because it’s the deepest in Wisconsin.
The scheme was elaborately planned. Police revealed that Borgwardt deliberately flipped his kayak and dumped his phone and belongings in the water before paddling to safety on an inflatable boat and e-biking more than 50miles to Madison overnight.
Borgwardt had been talking to a woman in Uzbekistan before he obtained a new passport and a $375,000 life insurance policy in January.

Ryan Borgwardt and Emily who have been married 22 years, share three children He has since returned to the US of his own volition and is being held in Green Lake County Jail. However, he has not tried to contact his family police said

Borgwardt left his original passport at home when he pulled his Houdini act – He had reported his passport stolen and obtained a replacement last spring.
According to police, the errant father and husband also tried covering his tracks by swapping out his laptop’s hard drive and wiping his search history clean on the day of his disappearance.
Preparatory to his flight he also changed all the email addresses linked to his bank accounts and moved money to a foreign bank account.
Investigators managed to establish contact with the missing man in November. 
Borgwardt, who had not contacted his family since his disappearance, sent a including a proof-of-life video in an apartment at an undisclosed location, telling officers: ‘I am safe, secure, no problems.’

Law enforcement believe Borgwardt fled to Eastern Europe. Sheriff Mark Podoll however, refused to say where he’d been

In contrast to the frantic family he left behind, being supported by the Sheriff’s Office: ‘They are doing okay, that’s probably the best thing you could say,’ Sheriff Vande Kolk explained last month.
‘I can’t compare their situation to anything I have ever experienced in law enforcement before, I don’t have any reference.’
Borgwardt told authorities last month that he faked his death because of ‘personal matters,’ the Podoll said.
It is expected that the county will seek restitution for the taxpayer-funded search efforts. Sheriff Podoll previously said his office spent $35,000 and $40,000 on the search. That figure does not include the thousands of dollars spent by the nonprofit Bruce’s Legacy, which helped in the underwater search for the body.