A missing kayaker who sparked a 54-day search is now believed to have faked his own death and possibly fled to Europe.

MINNEAPOLIS — A missing Wisconsin man authorities thought had drowned might be alive in Europe.

Wisconsin resident, Ryan Borgwardt, went on a Green Lake solo kayaking trip in August. At 10:49 p.m. on August 11, Borgwardt ...

Ryan Borgwardt, a married father of three, has been missing since August after leaving for a relaxing fishing trip on Green ...

Ryan Borgwardt was presumed dead on a kayak trip in Wisconsin. Cops say it was all a ruse to abandon his family and link up ...

On the morning of August 12, Ryan Borgwardt’s wife contacted authorities, reporting that her husband hadn’t returned from a ...

Police  believe a father of three, who vanished at a Wisconsin lake this summer, may have staged his own death and fled to ...

When a 45-year-old man failed to return home from a kayak outing on a lake, authorities thought he had drowned. Eventually, a ...

Authorities discovered Ryan Borgwardt got a new passport and transferred money to a foreign bank before vanishing.

A man apparently faked his own drowning so he could abandon his family and flee to eastern Europe, investigators say.

What was thought to be a drowning accident may actually be a well thought out plan to leave his family and the US behind and ...