Status: Incarcerated
In Snapped Season 18, Episode 11, the
story of Diane Borchardt is shown. This ends badly for her husband
Ruben Borchardt in the state of Wisconsin.
Diane Borchardt was convicted of party to a crime first-degree homicide
with the use of a dangerous weapon and sentenced to life with parole eligibility after forty years.
At
approximately 3:35 a.m. on April 3, 1994, Ruben Borchardt was shot two times
with a shotgun at his rural residence in Jefferson County. Ruben’s son, Charles, age sixteen, who was
upstairs, was awakened. Charles found
his father still conscious and able to state that two males had shot him. Ruben also stated twice, “I can’t believe
she would do this to me.” After being
conveyed to the hospital a short time later, Ruben died.
At
the time of the murder, Diane and Ruben Borchardt were in the middle of a
highly contentious and very bitter divorce.
Borchardt knew that Ruben was having an affair with another woman
throughout part of their marriage and throughout the divorce proceedings. Borchardt worked at Jefferson High School as
a teacher’s aide and was in charge of study hall periods. It was here that she became acquainted with
students Doug Vest, a co-defendant, and Tim Quintero. Vest and Quintero were friends with co-defendants Josh Yanke and
Michael Maldonado. In addition to being
friends, Vest, Quintero, and Maldonado also had familial ties and were
cousins. Besides working at Jefferson
High School at the time of the homicide, Borchardt also had her own
silk-screening t-shirt business in Jefferson, which was in financial
difficulty.
You can write to Diane Borchardt at:
Diane Borchardt 298089
Taycheedah Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 1947
Fond Du Lac, WI 54935
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