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Ryan Borgwardt: Kayaker who faked death sends video to police

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Ryan Borgwardt , 45 , vanished on 12 August while on a solo fishing trip in Wisconsin .

Police initially suspected he had drowned and searched the lake for 54 days before finding digital evidence that led them to suspect he had fled to Eastern Europe .

Police have been emailing him, "pulling at his heartstrings" in an effort to coax him back home.

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