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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Sharipie ago
3 crystals? Wtf?
tossyokeys ago
Supposedly the man was a hunter and collector of rare rocks.
Sharipie ago
It's odd that you'd take them with you on a jog though....
tossyokeys ago
No doubt about that. The most obvious explanation would be that he was out collecting rocks, except Fox described these as "rare crystals," witch leads me to believe that he didn't just find them while out for a run.
Complete, baseless speculation: The guy was going to meet a guy (the attacker) who was selling some crystals. Checks out of work early, lies about feeling ill, because these are very rare crystals at a great price. He only brings the exact cash needed, and leaves everything else at home to avoid being robbed. Does the deal, gets ambushed in some way, then ends up dead in the river.
Sharipie ago
That would sound great IF we didn't know that this man had recently been warning people to not take the flu vaccine. That would be a big no-no for a CDC bigwig.
tossyokeys ago
I'm till looking for a source on his alleged flu comments. If you have one, I'll edit it into the post.