121
submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Summary

Authorities in Green Lake, Wisconsin, suspect that missing kayaker Ryan Borgwardt, 45, may have faked his own death and fled to Europe.

Borgwardt was last seen on August 12 during a fishing trip; his kayak and belongings were later found, but extensive searches yielded no body.

Investigators discovered he used his passport after disappearing, transferred funds abroad, took out a $375,000 life insurance policy, and wiped his laptop.

Officials are exploring possible criminal charges, and they believe he may now be in Eastern Europe.

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 84 points 1 month ago

Anything to get away from a Trump presidency.

[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 8 points 1 month ago

Agreed, but he disappeared well before the election.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I mean, maybe he just knew! 🤣🤔

[-] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 25 points 1 month ago

they believe he may now be in Eastern Europe.

Has anyone checked if he's on lemmy.ml?

[-] PlasticLove@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago

You’re thinking of Eastern Asia.

[-] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

Oh, so what are the possibilities? Somebody found his passport and used it? And that somebody that found the passport somehow also moved all the money and did the insurance thing? And also wiped his laptop?

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

My money is on avoiding a costly divorce

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm just putting this out there.

If I was married to a man, and we were about to divorce, I would 100% be willing to go along with him faking his death so I could collect his life insurance, and then I'd split it with him 50/50.

this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
121 points (99.2% liked)

World News

39387 readers
2260 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS