When 'loving' dad-of-three vanished kayaking, they searched the lake for weeks... then twisted truth emerged

When a Wisconsin father-of-three failed to return home from a kayaking trip, his heartbroken family and local community jumped into action. In a since-deleted post on August 15, Emily shared a picture of Jesus and wrote the above message The family and community jumped into action, helping Borgwardt's Emily raise funds for a special search team, Bruce's Legacy, which covered about 1,500 acres of the lake His kayak, life jacket, water bottle, tackle box and fishing pole were found in the water, and his car was still parked nearby. Sheriff Mark A. Podoll revealed on November 8 that Borgwardt was likely alive Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said in a news conference: 'We do not know where he is. We know that he is not in our lake' On September 19, she thanked officials for their 'continued efforts' on Facebook Emily sold shirts with messages like 'Faith Over Fear' and was forced to return to work teaching at a parochial school in order to take care of their three kids Since the sheriff's revelations, the story has gone national, with police receiving several tips. The children only found out that their father likely had tried to fake his own dead to abandon the family a day before the press conference Investigators have since revealed that Borgwardt had obtained a new passport and was chatting to a woman online from Uzbekistan Meanwhile the volunteers who spent dozens of hours searching for Borgwardt told The New York Times the case has cost them 'a lot of grief.'