A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children has been communicating daily from Eastern Europe with police, even telling them how he did

A Wisconsin man is alive and well and likely in Uzbekistan after faking his own death in a staged kayaking accident — and is now in talks with officials hoping to bring him home to his family, authorities said Thursday.

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.