Watertown man Ryan Borgwardt confirmed he’s alive in Europe and talking to investigators but still unsure if he will return home, Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said Thursday.

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer and left his wife and three children has been located in Eastern Europe and is communicating with law enforcement, but he has not committed to returning home, authorities said.

Wisconsin officials are expected to give an update on a husband who vanished at a Wisconsin lake this summer. Earlier this month, officials said the father of three may have faked his own death and fled to Eastern Europe, authorities said, and the sheriff is now urging the missing man to come forward.