Diane Borchardt Case Explained: Murder-for-Hire Plot in Wisconsin | True Crime Documentary
Reuben Borchardt was a Wisconsin carpenter in the middle of a bitter divorce. The affair was out in the open, the marriage was in ruins, and he was so afraid of his wife that he stacked empty jars in his basement doorway to make noise if anyone came near him at night. He never made it to morning.
On Easter Sunday in 1994, Reuben was shot with a shotgun in his rural home while his teenage son slept upstairs. His last words, spoken to his son, were: “I can’t believe she would do this to me.” Prosecutors said the danger wasn’t a stranger. It was his estranged wife, Diane, a school teacher’s aide…
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