Overview

• Ryan Borgwardt, 45, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction in Green Lake County Circuit Court before Judge Mark Slate.
• The judge imposed 89 days in jail to mirror the length of his evasion, exceeding the prosecutor’s 45‑day recommendation.
• Authorities say he staged a death on Green Lake, used an inflatable and an e‑bike to reach Madison, then traveled through Canada toward Georgia.
• Investigative files cite a renewed passport, foreign fund transfers, a reversed vasectomy, and a high‑value life‑insurance policy as evidence of planning.
• A Russian‑speaking contact facilitated a video call confirming he was alive abroad, and he later returned to Wisconsin and was taken into custody.