Found Deceased GA - Timothy Cunningham, 35, Chamblee, 12 Feb 2018 #2

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Han said:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/2...ghbor-to-delete-phone-number-reports-say.html

To me the neighbor may seem a bit awkward but that's all. What are people seeing that is suspicious?
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The whole situation has to be unsettling for all his neighbors, so to have had this interaction with him only a couple of days before, it would (IMO) be extra eerie and might make you wonder if you could've done something.

Plus, I feel like "regular" people are sometimes running on adrenaline when speaking on camera, regardless. There is an air of excitement -- just not in a good way -- and they don't always choose the right tone or facial expression. I would've been super nervous. Again, JMO.
 
I couldn’t get the video with the husband neighbor to run so went searching for it in a different format and found an interesting news video.

This video has an officer confirming that it was a text sent asking the wife to delete his [Tim’s] number:

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/where-timothy-cunningham-things-know-about-missing-cdc-researcher/G5uEMY6565WOAk8zvLxZjN/

Maybe this is why their comments seemed off. It was a text not an in person request. And it was day of his disappearance.

Also more light on why and how the parents knew to be concerned pretty quickly:

Cunningham's father Terrell told the New York Times that he had concerns about recent interactions with his son, whom he described as focused on a host of professional and personal issues.
“The tone and the numerous exchanges gave us reason to be concerned about Tim,” he said. “And I don’t know if it’s an instinct you have because it’s your child, but it was not a normal conversation, and I was not comfortable.”
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…his father was an Air Force nurse for 30 years, and his mother worked for the state health department as a program manager.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/02/28/the-cdc-researcher-who-mysteriously-vanished-had-recently-been-passed-over-for-a-promotion-police-say/?utm_term=.50f19a98d283
 
Jade said:
I couldn’t get the video with the husband neighbor to run so went searching for it in a different format and found an interesting news video.

This video has an officer confirming that it was a text sent asking the wife to delete his [Tim’s] number:

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/where-timothy-cunningham-things-know-about-missing-cdc-researcher/G5uEMY6565WOAk8zvLxZjN/

Maybe this is why their comments seemed off. It was a text not an in person request. And it was day of his disappearance.

Also more light on why and how the parents knew to be concerned pretty quickly:





https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/02/28/the-cdc-researcher-who-mysteriously-vanished-had-recently-been-passed-over-for-a-promotion-police-say/?utm_term=.50f19a98d283
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Well, shoot. I can't get that video to play. But LE said it was a TEXT??
 
ThinkThinkThink said:
Well, shoot. I can't get that video to play. But LE said it was a TEXT??
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The *reporter* says in a voiceover that it was a text, and the clip just shows the officer saying, “I can confirm that...” I’ve never heard that it was a text to the neighbors, but I did hear he texted his mom that day he went missing. Maybe she confused the two?

His dad also says in this video that he was having work and personal issues and maybe “it [the disappearance?] was a culmination of things.” Every time I hear something like that from a family member, it makes me think they suspect the same thing a lot of us do — that Tim disappeared on his own.
 
Jade said:
I couldn’t get the video with the husband neighbor to run so went searching for it in a different format and found an interesting news video.

This video has an officer confirming that it was a text sent asking the wife to delete his [Tim’s] number:

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law...issing-cdc-researcher/G5uEMY6565WOAk8zvLxZjN/

Maybe this is why their comments seemed off. It was a text not an in person request. And it was day of his disappearance.

Also more light on why and how the parents knew to be concerned pretty quickly:





https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-promotion-police-say/?utm_term=.50f19a98d283
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In the video with the male neighbor his exact words are "On Saturday Tim holl-er-- Called to me from across the way, asked me to take his number out of her phone. It seemed a bit strange."

Not sure on the word after "Tim" but it sounds like he starts to say "hollered" and corrected mid-word to say "called" instead. Either way, it does not sound like a text message exchange from the neighbor's own words.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5742427410001/?#sp=show-clips
 
Gardener1850 said:
In the video with the male neighbor his exact words are "On Saturday Tim holl-er-- Called to me from across the way, asked me to take his number out of her phone. It seemed a bit strange."

Not sure on the word after "Tim" but it sounds like he starts to say "hollered" and corrected mid-sentence to say "called" instead. Either way, it does not sound like a text message exchange from the neighbor's own words.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5742427410001/?#sp=show-clips
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I also noticed how he corrected the wording. Not sure about elsewhere, but “hollered” is pretty common in the South and doesn’t necessarily connote yelling or being angry. “If ya need anything, holler.” I wondered if he toned it down for that reason. Or maybe he just that second realized he was saying holler on TV! :facepalm:
 
The reporter is Live from Atlanta police headquarters where police took questions from reporters.

1:02
The reporter says…

Cunningham passed up for a promotion and sent a neighbor a text message before he disappeared.

Atlanta Police Major Michael O’Conner confirmed Cunningham texted his neighbor asking him to tell his wife to remove him from her contact list.

APD Major Michael O’Conner “ I can confirm that did occur”
 
daisydaisy said:
I also noticed how he corrected the wording. Not sure about elsewhere, but “hollered” is pretty common in the South and doesn’t necessarily connote yelling or being angry. “If ya need anything, holler.” I wondered if he toned it down for that reason. Or maybe he just that second realized he was saying holler on TV! :facepalm:
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Yes, that could be. I don't think the neighbor is originally from Atlanta but it is easy for someone who lives in the South for a while to pick up Southern slang. I know from personal experience. If I use a Southernism with my northern family ("y'all" for example) they look at me funny. He may have subconsciously corrected wording for that reason or just out of nervousness. JMO.
 
Jade said:
The reporter is Live from Atlanta police headquarters where police took questions from reporters.

1:02
The reporter says…

Cunningham passed up for a promotion and sent a neighbor a text message before he disappeared.

Atlanta Police Major Michael O’Conner confirmed Cunningham texted his neighbor asking him to tell his wife to remove him from her contact list.

APD Major Michael O’Conner “ I can confirm that did occur”
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The ACJ reporter got it wrong. The video of O'Conner saying "I can confirm that did occur" is from the press conference where reporters were asking questions, It was not an interview with him. Just a minute I'll find the press conference.

Here's the entire presser (questions about the neighbor exchange start abt 11:10): https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=rW8itrU5kIM

In the PC video the reporter asking the question even says "that neighbor he spoke to..."
 
Wow that is a big mistake for a reporter- sorry all!
 
Gardener1850 said:
The ACJ reporter got it wrong. The video of O'Conner saying "I can confirm that did occur" is from the press conference where reporters were asking questions, It was not an interview with him. Just a minute I'll find the press conference.

Here's the entire presser (questions about the neighbor exchange start abt 11:10): https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=rW8itrU5kIM

In the PC video the reporter asking the question even says "that neighbor he spoke to..."
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Hmm, this is just my opinion but this is like so many cases: the last person in contact and there is always truth in the lie.

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Jade said:
Wow that is a big mistake for a reporter- sorry all!
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It's not your fault. There has been some inaccurate or sloppy reporting in practically every case I've ever followed here. When it doubt, I try to find the original words in context. ;)
 
Jade said:
Wow that is a big mistake for a reporter- sorry all!
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It’s okay! (Well...not for the reporter. Huge fact error!) But it’s indicative of the problems we all keep having in this case. Information is spotty to begin with, but what little we do know is confused frequently in stories. :gaah:
 
PlayByAnsible said:
Hmm, this is just my opinion but this is like so many cases: the last person in contact and there is always truth in the lie.

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Do you mean the neighbor was the last person in contact with Tim? As far as we know, coworkers in Chamblee were his last contact on Monday.

(The reporting has also been confusing about when the neighbor exchange took place, though, as somebody said upthread. Day he went missing? Saturday? Sunday? Not helpful, media!!)
 
daisydaisy said:
Do you mean the neighbor was the last person in contact with Tim? As far as we know, coworkers in Chamblee were his last contact on Monday.

(The reporting has also been confusing about when the neighbor exchange took place, though, as somebody said upthread. Day he went missing? Saturday? Sunday? Not helpful, media!!)
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Neighbor says Saturday in the video. Tim went missing on Monday. I think the day confusion is the media getting it wrong. JMO.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/2...ghbor-to-delete-phone-number-reports-say.html
 
Gardener1850 said:
I don't think it has been mentioned specifically about the food but I seem to recall the family said in an interview there was evidence the dog had been left alone in the home for 2 days by the time his parents got there (i.e. 2 days worth of dog crap on the floor is what I took them to mean but they said it in a more tactful way). I can't seem to find that quote right now but this is what is reported about Bo in several sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/health/missing-cdc-doctor/index.html
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The reason I asked, it would show that his absence was a planned thing, not something that 'happened' to him while he was out.
 
daisydaisy said:
The *reporter* says in a voiceover that it was a text, and the clip just shows the officer saying, “I can confirm that...” I’ve never heard that it was a text to the neighbors, but I did hear he texted his mom that day he went missing. Maybe she confused the two?

His dad also says in this video that he was having work and personal issues and maybe “it [the disappearance?] was a culmination of things.” Every time I hear something like that from a family member, it makes me think they suspect the same thing a lot of us do — that Tim disappeared on his own.
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^^BBM

I believe Tim is alive.
I think he planned to take a long break.
There isn't an obvious active search for him.
And, he is not listed on the Atlanta PD Crime Stoppers Missing Persons page:
http://www.atlantapd.org/community/crime-stoppers/missing-persons
There are 19 people listed and Tim is not on the list.
 
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