The Wisconsin husband and father, who authorities said faked his own death at a lake and fled the country, has been sentenced to 89 days in jail -- the same number of days he was missing, a judge ruled. Ryan Borgwardt, 45, appeared in court on Tuesday to plead no contest to the misdemeanor charge of obstructing an officer and receive his sentence.

Wisconsin man Ryan Borgwardt faked his drowning with an overturned kayak to establish a new life in Eastern Europe with a woman he met online, prosecutors said.

A man faked his death while kayaking. He's now headed to jail. Ryan Borgwardt, the 45-year-old Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death before fleeing the U.S., has been sentenced to 89 days in jail. Borgwardt pleaded no contest at Green Lake County Circuit Court to a misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer on Aug.