Messages between Ryan Borgwardt, the Wisconsin kayaker who pretended to die to escape with a European love interest, and his wife uncovered
A troubling series of text messages between three fathers in Wisconsin shows the distress of a 22-year-old woman, Emily, whose husband disappeared during a kayaking trip. The messages reveal her frantic plea after his sudden vanishing in the middle of the night. On August 11, 2024, Ryan Borgward texted Emily to say he had “sneaked” […]
Wisconsin father Ryan Borgwardt, who pretended to die during a kayaking trip to meet his online Eastern European girlfriend, finds out his sentence in court.
A Wisconsin father, who staged his death during a kayak trip to escape his family and relocate to Europe, has received a prison sentence that mirrors the duration of the search efforts for him. Ryan Borgward, 45, was sentenced to 89 days in county jail after being found guilty of obstructing an officer, as reported […]