Body of missing CDC doctor Timothy Cunningham found

By: Alex

The body of 35-year-old Timothy Cunningham was found in an Atlanta river on Tuesday evening, bringing the long search for the missing CDC doctor to a tragic end.

According to Atlanta Police Department spokesman Carlos Campos, Cunningham’s remains were pulled from the Chattahoochee River on April 3, over seven weeks after he disappeared on Feb. 12.

An autopsy confirmed that the body belonged to Cunningham, although his cause of death was not immediately released.

Cunningham, a highly regarded epidemiologist at the CDC, disappeared without a trace after he left work mid-day in February, complaining of feeling ill.

After Cunningham failed to report to work or contact his family for two days following his disappearance, his parents, Terrell and Tia-Juana Cunningham, drove down to Georgia from their house in Maryland to check on their son.

When they arrived at his Atlanta home on Feb. 14, the couple found their son’s phone, keys, wallet, car and dog, with no trace of him in sight.

The unusual circumstances surrounding Cunningham’s disappearance baffled authorities for weeks until his remains were discovered on Tuesday.

The Atlanta Police Department and the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office are set to hold a press conference on the case on Thursday at 2 p.m. E.T.