CDC Employee Leaves Work Sick 10 Days Ago and Hasn’t Been Seen Since

a reply to: RainbowPhoenix

Followed this as well.

A few items to help us investigate:

Timothy Jerrell Cunningham, 35
Not an isolated type, stayed close to friends and family.
Sister was "best friend" and talked to him a couple times a day.
Family said he had been acting odd the past couple days. No one has been specific about, only saying he did not sound like himself in conversation. Obviously something heavy was on his mind he was not sharing.

The guy is a bit of star at the CDC. Highly educated, moving fast through the ranks. Listed in Atlanata's "Top 40 under 40".

His CDC bio lists him as a "Lead" over a team and his history includes rapid response teams for Ebola and Zika.

He left work in the afternoon a couple weeks ago saying he was not feeling well and that was last anyone saw of him.

His house was locked up (two windows open).
Dog was there unattended "Bo" and family said he really loved the dog and would never leave it alone for any extended period of time.
His wallet, phone, credit cards, Drivers license, passport, car...all left at home.

Looking at White pages and google maps, his home appears to be in a populated suburb as opposed near any woods or large parks. Wandering away on foot would have meant passing down blocks and blocks of neighborhood streets, where I imagine someone would have seen him.

This could have been an unusual suicide or psychotic break. If so, where did he go? Simply walking off into some wooded area doesn't not look possible according to google maps.
He could have gotten some exotic virus that effects mood.
He definitely had a bright future ahead of him by all accounts.

What was he working on at the CDC would seem a relevant question.
Transportation from his home is the other big question. Surrounded by neighborhoods walking off without being seen by someone is unlikely, car in garage...Accomplice, Criminal Abduction, Uber or Taxi.

originally posted by: Blue Shift

originally posted by: RainbowPhoenix
I wonder if maybe he knew his time was limited and didn’t want to spend it in quarantine so he went somewhere remote to wait to die.

Hopefully not the local water reservoir. I saw Cabin Fever!

THAT just freaked me out.

There are two addresses listed in White pages for him.

I examined both on Google Maps trying to figure out where he might have been able to walk to since all ID, Wallet and Car left at home.

The Green Dot is his address, look at what is just north of his home.

a reply to: RainbowPhoenix

OK...

Plus..PhD from Harvard.

And what the hell is a "Epidemic Intelligence Officer"??

That was his job title.
www.wsbtv.com...

He is from the "Bolton Neighborhood so the address I had is correct.

Found this:

What is an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer?
An Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer is someone who tries to find out the source and details of any epidemic in order to find a cure and/or put a stop to it. The officer will investigate people, who have been afflicted with the outbreak, possible causes of the outbreak and possible ways to cure the outbreak. An epidemic intelligence service officer will strive to protect the health and welfare of not only the country, but the world as well.

www.masterspublichealth.net...

WHAT was he working on at the CDC?

the brilliant young man has always been up to the task. He is a commander in the US Health Service Corps, his family said, and as part of his job is sent to respond to public health emergencies like the Zika virus, the Ebola virus, or natural disasters, ABC reported. According to his CDC bio, he’s a team lead with the CDC’s Division of Population Health and trained with the CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer. His family said he was recently promoted to Commander, 11 Alive reported.

heavy.com...

Doors locked, car in garage, keys, wallet DL and passport plus credit card all left there.
The windows seem a clue.

Another strange thing they noticed was that two of the windows in his home were left open. This alarmed them, they told NBC, because it was very out of character. He was very environmentally conscious and wouldn’t have normally left those windows open, they believed.

heavy.com...

"The CDC not commenting on the nature of his work. Employees being instructed not to talk about this until "higher-ups" do"

www.msn.com...

a reply to: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
I have no idea what I just watched but I am scared now. WTH was that? And on the topic at hand, I started doing some digging and the more I found out the weirder this whole thing gets. So now I am done with this topic and shall turn a blind eye and go play with my chickens.

originally posted by: ]soberbacchus

Wow!! Thanks for your contributions as terrifying as they may be. The implications here are crazy. What if his choosing a house close in Proximity to that water treatment plant is no coincidence?!? The longer we go without answers the scarier this gets.

THAT just freaked me out.

There are two addresses listed in White pages for him.

I examined both on Google Maps trying to figure out where he might have been able to walk to since all ID, Wallet and Car left at home.

The Green Dot is his address, look at what is just north of his home.

a reply to: RainbowPhoenix

Right.

For the conspiratorial minded there is a lot to worry about.

He is ultra-smart, PhD from Harvard, moving quickly up the ranks at the CDC as an "Epidemic Intelligence Officer"
"someone who tries to find out the source and details of any epidemic in order to find a cure and/or put a stop to it. The officer will investigate people, who have been afflicted with the outbreak, possible causes of the outbreak and possible ways to cure the outbreak."

He's has been tasked with identifying and containing diseases like Zika and Ebola in the past.

And chose a home that is easy walking distance to both a massive Railroad Junction and a Water Plant.
Could be coincidence, but wow!

If he went off the rails he is ideally located to spread an epidemic broadly and rapidly and knows precisely how to do it.

Cops and FBI should be combing both the rail yards and the water plant.

And AGAIN...Why is the CDC refusing to talk about what he was working on???

This has devastating potential.

a reply to: RainbowPhoenix

And just a note about psychology. His parents said they were disturbed to see two windows open in his house because he was "very environmentally conscience".

It was a high of 62, low of 52 in Atlanta the day he went missing.

So he had the heat going and the windows open? Is that what the parents meant by "Environmentally Conscience?" and the windows being open would be unusual?

Or was he obsessive about his air quality and never had the windows open? Which might make sense for someone that works in clean-room labs a lot with strict air control plus researches all kinds of airborne viruses on a daily basis.

Fever and couldn't cool down quickly enough?

Still trying to figure out where the open windows fit into this.

If he left his house with a ride from uber or lyft, you'd have to search their records. He could have walked through to the next subdivision and med his ride on a street corner. Taken a ride to a mall and disappeared into a crowd....

I should have reported this when this thread started.

Sometime late Jan or early Feb my local DFW news reported that a previously unknown virus was found in one (or could have said a few) flu samples. I recall them using the word 'deadly'. Then I never heard it mentioned again. Tried a search today but found nothing. Haven't checked my local health dept stats but will do that now and report back.

Interestingly, the family believes he may still be in his work uniform .
source

originally posted by: kathael
Interestingly, the family believes he may still be in his work uniform .
source

That might make sense, but I couldn't find that at your link?

Hopefully this decomposed body found in the lake isnt him..news link

a reply to: soberbacchus

Very last line of the article, below missing person's unit telephone number

Cunningham's family and Crime Stoppers are offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and indictment in the case. Police said that at this time they do not have any evidence of foul play, but it is their practice to explore any and every possibility in a case such as this one.

Anyone with information on the case should contact Atlanta police or Crime Stoppers.

Family offers $10,000 reward for information in case of missing CDC employee.

The water angle is certainly interesting. If there is any footage of him talking to something not there it would eerily echo Eliza Lam. The patient zero aspect is also worrying. It sounds bad, but I hope it is just normal foul play and nothing else.

originally posted by: kathael
Hopefully this decomposed body found in the lake isnt him..news link

That is in Lawrenceville about an hour away from where he lived by car.

It could be him, but not sure if the timing is right and Georgia is a big place. Apart from that there would be the question of how he ended up an hours drive away without a car.

Also, the story says the coroner has examined the body, which means they would have definitely matched him to the now nation-wide search if it was him.

I checked Tarrant, Dallas local and Texas state stats as well as CDC and nothing. That said, if it was indeed unknown there would be no category but it would have been sent to CDC. However reports or 'influenza virus' only including subtypes. I found nothing current on co-infections.

a reply to: soberbacchus

And AGAIN...Why is the CDC refusing to talk about what he was working on???

Could he have discovered a virus/bacteria that was only found in a laboratory? He would have told someone.