The founder of the Tempe Improv has been missing for two weeks, according to a private investigator hired to help find him.
Mark Wilson Anderson, 60, was reported missing by his wife on May 12, said Thomas Martin, a private investigator in Newport Beach, Calif.
Days earlier, Anderson announced the Tempe Improv would soon close after more than two decades of comedy. Its final show was Saturday night.
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During its run, the Tempe club presented such comics as Jerry Seinfeld, George Lopez and David Spade. Anderson publicly blamed competitor Stand Up Live, which opened in Phoenix in 2011, for the loss of contracts with several comedians and ultimately dwindling patrons.
Officials did not state if the club closure was a factor in the missing-person investigation.
Martin said he and the Oklahoma City Police Department have been searching for Anderson, who was last seen driving a silver 2011 Dodge Durango with Arizona license plate AWE8050. Anderson is described as White, with gray hair, brown eyes and glasses, and he is based in Phoenix and Oklahoma, Martin said.
Private investigators have been monitoring Anderson’s credit-card transactions but have had no recent activity. Anderson is believed to have visited six states in the past two weeks: Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Texas and Oklahoma.
A missing-person flier states Anderson may be in need of medical attention but did not list a medical condition.
“His medical condition has set in motion circumstances that he believes he is under some sort of threat,” Martin said. “He may be suffering from some delusion.”
Oklahoma City police officials could not be reached for comment.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oklahoma City Police Missing Persons Unit at 405-297-1129 or Thomas Martin, private investigator, at 800-577-1080.
