Missing Phoenix Melrose Yoga instructor was planning on going on blind date
A Phoenix man has been missing for a month after reportedly going on a date with someone he had not yet met.
Marcus Freiberger was last heard from by his father on February 21, when the 45-year-old yoga instructor planned to meet a blind date at a parking garage near 2nd Avenue and Van Buren Street, according to a flyer from the AWARE Foundation.
The flyer, from the Virginia-based nonprofit, states that it is unclear whether Freiberger, a three-year instructor at Melrose Yoga and a Prescott transplant, ever met his date.
Freiberger left his dog behind, which the flyer states is "something he would never do."
Phoenix police told The Arizona Republic Saturday that Freiberger was reported missing on March 14. Although he has not been located, police said that detectives do not have reason to think Freiberger is in imminent danger.
He is 6 feet tall, weighs 225 pounds, has dark brown hair and brown eyes, and drives a white 2021 GMC Sierra pickup with Arizona license plate 3MA66L.
The flyer directs tips to Phoenix police at 602-534-2121.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Phoenix yoga instructor missing over a month had planned blind date
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