By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-13 14:39:57 | Updated at 2024-12-23 23:27:20
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The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death moves to end their marriage
Channel 3000 News/AP ^ | December 13, 2024 | AP Staff
Posted on 12/13/2024 6:37:29 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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 seeking to end their marriage.
Online court records indicate Emily Borgwardt filed a petition in Dodge County Circuit Court seeking a legal separation from Ryan Borgwardt. According to the petition, the marriage is “irretrievably broken." The document doesn't elaborate.
A woman who answered the phone at the office of Emily Borgwardt’s attorney, Andrew Griggs, on Thursday said he would have no comment. Online court records don’t list an attorney for Ryan Borgwardt.
The separation petition states that the couple has been married for 22 years and Emily Borgwardt wants sole custody of their three teenaged children. The document adds that Emily works at a private school in Watertown. Ryan is listed as self-employed and currently residing at an “unknown address.”
A hearing in the case has been set for April.
Ryan Borgwardt, 45, was reported missing on Aug. 12 after telling his wife the night before that he was kayaking on Green Lake, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Milwaukee. His disappearance was first investigated as a possible drowning. But subsequent clues — including that he obtained a new passport three months before he disappeared — led investigators to speculate that he faked his death to meet up with a woman he had been communicating with in Uzbekistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia.
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Of local interest. We've all been following this story since the guy went missing.
Fake your death to leave the wife and kids for a Russian Mail Order Bride. This guy is a genius! *SMIRK*
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