Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death, fled to Eastern Europe is in custody

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A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children to go to Eastern Europe is in police custody, online records show. Ryan Borgwardt, 45, was booked into the Green Lake County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Victim Information and Notification Everyday system. No charges were listed. The Green Lake County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday in a social media post that a news conference would be held Wednesday morning to update the Borgwardt case. The post said no further information would be provided until then. Last month, Sheriff Mark Podoll said Borgwardt began communicating with authorities on Nov. 11 after disappearing for three months but that he hadn't committed to returning to Wisconsin. Podoll said police were "pulling at his heartstrings" to come home. He suggested Borgwardt could be charged with obstructing the investigation into his disappearance.
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