Missing Green Lake kayaker faked his disappearance: Sheriff [Video]

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office provided an update on a kayaker who was reported missing on Aug. 12.

The missing man, 45-year-old Ryan Borgwardt, was not found but has been deemed to be not in the lake and is reportedly on the run.

Numerous efforts went across 54 days to search for Borgwardt. On Oct. 7, multiple law enforcement groups gathered together and decided to go in a different direction.

This direction led them to find out that Borgwardt’s name was run on Aug. 13. by law enforcement in Canada. An analysis of a laptop given to them by Borgwardt’s wife revealed that he had planned his disappearance and tried to conceal his efforts to mislead investigations.

Borgwardt allegedly replaced his hard drive and cleared the browser on the date of his disappearance, syncing it into the cloud on Aug. 11, and took photos of his passports.

Authorities say he also moved …