Stories about the “missing kayaker” who staged his death and fled to Europe accounted for four of our most-read articles in December and seven of the top 11. From his return to the U.S., to the ...

Ryan Borgwardt, 45, of Watertown ... detectives announced he was still alive and likely somewhere in Eastern Europe.The sheriff pleaded with the Wisconsin father to come home before the holidays.

A Wisconsin man who officials say faked his own death and fled to Eastern Europe was charged ... after he turned himself in to authorities. Ryan Borgwardt, who was reported missing in August ...

At face value, Ryan Borgwardt, Hannah Kobayashi ... say the 45-year-old staged a kayaking accident and faked his own death ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could leave her and their children and meet a woman in Eastern Europe filed court documents Thursday ...