Ryan Borgwardt, a married father of three, has been missing since August after leaving for a relaxing fishing trip on Green Lake, about an hour north of his home in Watertown, Wisconsin. Investigators now suspect the experienced kayaker faked his own death and fled to Europe via Canada.

Authorities now believe a Watertown man who was reported missing while kayaking is alive and likely staged his own death before fleeing the country.

GREEN LAKE COUNTY, Wisc. -- A dramatic twist was revealed in the search for a missing kayaker in Wisconsin, the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office said. Ryan Borgwardt of Watertown went missing on August 12 after going on a kayaking trip in Green Lake. Crews recovered his capsized kayak, his car, a fishing pole, wallet, keys and his license.

MINNEAPOLIS — A missing Wisconsin man authorities thought had drowned might be alive in Europe.

It's an investigation that reads like a movie script, and took everyone, including Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll by surprise. "I’ve been sheriff 18-and-a-half years and 42 in law enforcement,

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Investigators searched for months for a missing kayaker who disappeared on a lake in Wisconsin. Now, police say he may have faked his own death. NBC News' Sam Brock reports.