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Fred Onyango

Wisconsin husband fakes kayak death, leaves family and $200k in debt for online lover — until cops reel him back in

A Wisconsin husband, who faked his own death to run away from his family and debt, and then was quickly found, has finally given answers to all the people who were curious about his story, after his interview with investigators back in Dec. 2024 was finally made public.

Ryan Borgwardt caught national attention when he went missing after a trip to a local lake in Green Lake County, Wisconsin. Borgwardt is a father of three and a husband. Before long, the entire local community joined the search. But it didn’t take long before Borgwardt himself strangely released a video informing the search party that he was actually fine, though he refused to reveal his current location.

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