Authorities Now Work To Track Final Moments Of CDC Worker Who Drowned

Fulton County chief medical examiner Dr. Jan Gorniak tells reporters Thursday that a body found in the Chattahoochee River has been identified as missing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee Timothy Cunningham.

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Updated at 2:50 p.m. Friday

Authorities have partially solved the mysterious disappearance of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee with the discovery of his body. But they may never know how he drowned in a river not far from his home.

Fishermen found Timothy Cunningham’s body on Tuesday partially submerged in water and mud on the west bank of the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta, fire-rescue department spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford said at a news conference.