The Wisconsin man, who allegedly faked his own death before turning up alive and well overseas, returned to U.S. soil where sheriff's deputies booked him into jail, authorities said Wednesday.
Ryan Borgwardt arrived in the United States on Tuesday and was taken to the Green Lake County Jail on unspecified charges, Sheriff Mark Podoll told reporters.
Borgwardt is accused of staging his Aug. 12 disappearance while kayaking on Green Lake, about 100 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
When Borgwardt didn't come home on that day, searchers found a capsized kayak and his vehicle and trailer parked in Dodge Memorial County Park.
After international call for help to find Borgwardt, a Russian-speaking woman reached out to Green Lake County Sheriff's deputies and helped them contact the wayward father, authorities said.
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