Police, friends and family start search for missing CDC employee

Cops and friends of missing CDC worker started a new search for him on Saturday.

— -- Cops and concerned friends of CDC worker Timothy Cunningham, who mysteriously vanished nearly three weeks ago, kicked off a search Saturday afternoon to find him.

The search party met Saturday at Mercer University's campus, according to ABC News' affiliate WSBTV.

On that day, Atlanta Police and CDC officials confirmed, Cunningham learned that he had been passed over for a promotion and he went home sick.

He hasn't been seen or heard from since.

However, police still don't suspect there is any evidence of foul play related to Cunningham's missing case.