Timothy Cunningham found near river; dead

ATLANTA - Channel 2 Action News has learned that the body found near the Chattahoochee River late Tuesday night is Timothy Cunningham.

Cunningham -- who worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- left work on Feb. 12, saying he wasn’t feeling well. The 35-year-old hadn’t been seen since. 

The medical examiner said the preliminary cause of death for Cunningham is drowning but she said officials are still determining the exact cause of death. 

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