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Missing CDC employee's body found in river weeks after disappearance, police sayThe body of a missing employee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was found this week in a river nearly two months after his "unusual" disappearance that prompted a nationwide search, police announced Thursday. Timothy Cunningham, an epidemiologist at the CDC, was found in Chattahoochee River in northwest Atlanta late Tuesday. Fishermen in the area spotted the body along the bank of the river face up. The decomposed body was stuck in mud in an area that was not easily accessible, leading officials to believe it was “in that position for a while.†“We have no indications to this point that were was any foul play,†Atlanta Police Department Major Michael O’Connor said in a Thursday news conference. ...He reportedly told several coworkers he was disappointed after not being promoted to branch manager.The CDC, however, fired back at the reports and said in March Cunningham had received an early promotion....