Parents of missing CDC doctor share chilling last text message from him

The parents of a missing doctor shared the last text message they received from their son before his disappearance two weeks ago.
Timothy Cunningham, 35, a highly regarded epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, went missing after he left work mid-day on Feb. 12, complaining of feeling ill. After Cunningham failed to report to work or contact his family over the next two days, his parents, Terrell and Tia-Juana Cunningham, drove down to Georgia from their house in Maryland to check on him. When they arrived at his Atlanta home on Feb. 14, they found their son's phone, keys, wallet, car and dog, with no trace of him.
Tim's worried 60-year-old father said his son would never leave his beloved dog, Beau, home alone like that.
"Tim never leaves Beau unattended," Terrell Cunningham, 60, said. "He just doesn't do it."

Timothy's parents said they began to suspect that something was amiss with their son on the night of Feb. 11, after they spoke with him on the phone.
"As a parent, you have indicators when things are just not right with your child, and that was the case," Terrell Cunningham said.
Timothy's mother said she received a final text message from her son at 5:21 a.m. on the day he was last seen, but that she didn't get a chance to respond to it since her phone was on silent mode.
"Are you awake?" Tia-Juana Cunningham says her son texted her.
"I wish I had that opportunity to answer that text," she lamented.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, Timothy Cunningham worked as a commander in the U.S. Public Health Service and has responded to both the Ebola virus and the Zika virus outbreaks. He holds two degrees from Harvard University.