(CNN) — Ryan Borgwardt, a Wisconsin kayaker accused of faking his own drowning and fleeing the country, is alive somewhere in Eastern Europe and has been talking to investigators, officials said. “Great news: We know that he’s alive and well,” Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said in a news conference Thursday. In a video sent to officials last week, Borgwardt appeared in a nondescript room and said, “I am in my apartment. Borgwardt told investigators that he thought they would stop searching for him after about two weeks, officials said. The following day, two fishermen casting along the lake found a fishing rod that belonged to Borgwardt, his wife told officials.

Source: CNN November 22, 2024 23:04 UTC