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Missing Dad Faked Death for True Love

Josh Johnson | December 11, 2025



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This week I wanted to share my thoughts on the man from Wisconsin who faked an accident to move to Europe.

Police and volunteers searched relentlessly for him to no avail only to find out he made a getaway across the world.

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  4. @SadisticSenpai61

    December 11, 2025 at 4:39 am

    He chose the deepest lake in WI to "disappear" at for a reason – he assumed that because it was so deep, that they'd assume he was at the bottom and that they… wouldn't check. lol

  16. @beachgirlshari

    December 11, 2025 at 4:39 am

    Loved the stair riding story. I once did the same thing, only wearing high heels with ankle straps. I rode those stairs on my knees and shins like a midget on skies and when I reached the bottom my shoes had come off and were now ankle bracelets.

  17. @Lady-Bug3

    December 11, 2025 at 4:39 am

    Men love doing that comparison thing to get away with stuff! Gaslighting the hell out of women! But recently the opposite happened . A friend was married to a guy and they have had some difficulties and she decided she was done. Everyone supported her because they agreed he was not for her. Her uncle visited, realized he did the same thing but his wife stayed and he realized what she could have done to him for his actions. He has been nice every single day since. Wife almost divorced him because she was worried it was a scam 😂.

  22. @angelsflight1837

    December 11, 2025 at 4:39 am

    You know Hawk, it is rape, plain and simple. It is about power. Trump has pardoned an awesom slew of people who did not deserve pardons. As a 59 year old woman, who was a victim of childhood pedophilia,.all this shit is just really tramatizing and bringing on PTSD that is screwing with my life.. it is all about power when a.man abuses any female. Whether it is age two to ninety two. The thought of it being denied and not 😢respected, that Trump is thinking of a pardon to Maxwell. It sort of proves that the elites forever has used the chatel as they please. I feel sorry for Ivanka. Probably why her mom is dead and buried in the back nine.

  23. @Michelle-so2hz

    December 11, 2025 at 4:39 am

    Hey Josh, this is your auntie 🤣🤣🤣 complementing you on your jokes your comedy your humor you are amazing. You’re doing great work keep I wish I could see you alive sometime in the New York area.

  36. @NarrowGateGreetingCardCo

    December 11, 2025 at 4:39 am

    A Wisconsin man named Ryan Borgwardt faked his death in August 2024 by staging a kayaking accident and initially fled overseas to be with a woman he met online, who was from Uzbekistan.

    Key details of the case:

    Staged drowning: After a kayaking trip on Green Lake, authorities found his overturned kayak and his car parked nearby. A large-scale search was launched for his body, which lasted 54 days.

    The plan: Investigators later discovered that Borgwardt had paddled to shore in a child-sized inflatable boat, retrieved an e-bike, and traveled to Canada before flying to Europe.

    Uzbekistan connection: Investigators discovered Borgwardt had been communicating with a woman from Uzbekistan and that she had helped them contact him in November 2024. At the time, Borgwardt was believed to be in Uzbekistan or eastern Europe.

    Return and sentencing: Borgwardt voluntarily returned to the US in December 2024 and was arrested. In August 2025, he was sentenced to 89 days in jail—the exact length of his deception—after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing an officer. He was also ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution for the cost of the search.

    Motivation: Borgwardt told investigators that he felt like a failure in his family life and had accrued significant debt. His wife divorced him after his return.

  39. @samanthaangell3131

    December 11, 2025 at 4:39 am

    The kayak… I have a friend whose dad disappeared kayaking in Florida. I am 100% aware that this means absolutely nothing to nature, but we're from MN and he was a swim coach for two decades. I also know that he cheated on his wife with his high school gf for several years. Got caught, cut it off, it had been many years since then. In reality, I know this man is deceased. But in the conspiracy folder in my brain, he faked his death to go live with her.

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