Rising CDC official seemed to 'evaporate' without a trace

Show Caption Hide Caption Missing CDC employee reportedly gave neighbor strange message A CDC employees that has been missing for more than two weeks apparently said something very weird to his neighbor before he disappeared.

An esteemed official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vanished two weeks ago, bewildering family members and leaving police looking for leads.

Timothy J. Cunningham, a Harvard-educated epidemiologist who aided the CDC in responses to Ebola and Zika outbreaks, left work after feeling sick on Feb. 12, The New York Times reported. His family hadn't heard from him since.

Cunningham's parents arrived at his house in Atlanta on Feb. 14 to find his phone, wallet and driver's license all present, the newspaper reported. His dog, Mr. Bojangles, was left unattended. His car sat parked in the garage.

Now a $10,000 reward stands for information leading to charges around the case.

“I feel like I’m in a horrible Black Mirror episode,” Cunningham's sister, Tiara Cunningham, told the Times, referencing the Twilight Zone-esque TV series.

CDC employee missing after leaving work sick On February 12th, a Center for disease Control and Prevention employee went home sick. He hasn’t been heard from since.

Her brother sounded different in a phone call on the day he left work sick, Tiara told the newspaper. He seemed "not like himself." His father felt uncomfortable after last talking with him, too, noting a "tone" that left him "concerned about Tim."

Cunningham remained missing as of Sunday, police told told The Washington Post, and authorities are looking to the public for leads. Foul play was not suspected.

Cunningham's family hoped he might show up as a John Doe in a hospital, according to Atlanta's Fox 5.



"None of this makes sense," his brother, Anterio Cunningham, told the station. "He wouldn't just evaporate like this and leave his dog alone and have our mother wondering and worrying like this. He wouldn't."

The 35-year-old Cunningham had recently been promoted to the title of commander, family members told Fox 5. The CDC referred to him as "a highly respected member of our CDC family" in a statement.

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