Heavily loved Arizona yoga teacher vanishes after going to meet blind date

A “handsome” and “heavily loved” Arizona yoga teacher has been missing for nearly a month after going to meet up with a blind date, according to concerned family and friends.Marcus Freiberger, 45, set out for a would-be romantic meetup in Phoenix on Feb.

21 — but hasn’t been seen since, leaving his dad, friends and yoga students desperate for answers, Fox 10 Phoenix reported.Freiberger’s dad — who described his son as “handsome, young, ambitious, heavily loved and liked by friends” — isn’t sure if his son did meet anyone that night, but he suspects “foul play” particularly because the younger Freiberger’s beloved 2-year-old dog, Thomas, had been left alone for several days after he vanished.“There’s no reason for him to disappear … Even if he did decide to go somewhere, he would’ve at least called his friend to take Thomas.That makes me really think there’s something more going on here, foul play of some sort,” Dutch Freiberger told 12 News Thursday.

Freiberger had recently found a gig at a local yoga studio and became an instant hit among its clientele, Dutch told the outlet.He said Freiberger had been between apartments when he vanished, and that he had previously struggled with drugs and money issues.Yet the worried dad said his son had been on the right track, had plenty of friends and had no apparent reason to willingly go off-grid.“Typically, Marcus would call his mom … He loves to FaceTime, and he’d call her a couple or three days apart.Then all of a sudden the calls stopped coming in,” Dutch Freiberger told 12 News....