The Death of Ruben Borchardt

Ruben and Diane Borchardt were in the middle of a tense divorce when Ruben was shot and killed in his home on Easter morning in 1994. His estranged wife, Diane was a former teacher’s aide/study hall monitor at Jefferson High School in Wisconsin and was well-liked in the community. Soon after the murder, the community would learn that Diane had a darker side and of how she solicited the murder of her husband from high school students in her study hall.