Zerohedge: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-05/body-missing-cdc-researcher-found-river
Fox: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/05/missing-cdc-employees-body-found-in-river-months-after-disappearance-police-say.html
Atlanta police press conference on the discovery of the body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ribyqn2pvE
Conflicts in the story:
-Timothy Cunningham, was last seen mid-day February 12, when he left the CDC early, saying he felt ill. Fire department officials have said that they swept the river as recently as February 23rd finding no bodies, which would suggest that Cunningham was either alive for at least 11 days after the disappearance, or was moved postmortem. Dr. Gorniak suggests the appearance of the body is consistent with the date he was reporting missing, 12, February. Gorniak also admits decomposed bodies are more difficult to date, and that the autopsy was otherwise unremarkable, with no evidence of "natural diseases". Tox screen is still in progress.
-Fire officials said "The area was not easily accessible by walking trails, vehicle, or people." Police official O'Connor suggests Cunningham was out jogging, based on his shoes. According the family members and O'Connor, all notable personal belongings were located at Cunningham's home, and the only thing on his corpse were "three crystals."
Opinions/analysis:
First, the press conference video. Body language and eye movements indicate extreme discomfort in almost everyone besides the fire and recovery spokesmen. Specifically, I'd like to draw your attention to Dr. Gorniak at 12:00. She corrects herself mid-sentence, to include the word "natural." She follows this up with a very extreme series of shoulder checks, before stepping off the podium.
Next, narrative. Cunningham was found in jogging gear, in an area with no foot access. Despite the comment by O'Connor that finding a body with no personal identification or personal items was "very unusual," he states at least 5 times throughout the conference that there are "no indicators of foul play" O'Connor also dodges a reporters question about how Cunningham arrived at the location.
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Atarian ago
Boy, was she nervous
tossyokeys ago
How many times did she try to walk off before being done? Like three?
I totally get that speaking in front of the press is a nerve-wracking and potentially career-ending activity, but this is a medical examiner in Atlanta. I feel like they've probably had to talk to the public about murders before.
Atarian ago
Yeah, exactly.
I deliberately avoided making any judgements in my observation, but you would imagine she'd done press conferences like this many times before.
That could be a "GET THIS WRONG AND WE SUICIDE YOU AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY, BITCH" face.
tossyokeys ago
Another moment like that was when O'Connor first made his "no evidence of foul play" comment. He then glances deliberately to his right, which seems kinda odd. Could be anything, but it seems like he was checking for approval or something like that.
Atarian ago
Kinda like the Sandy Hook Coroner...