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Investigators said they found a torn-up sick note for the day of the crash in the home of the Germanwings pilot who’s believed to have intentionally crashed a plane into the French alps.

After raiding Andreas Lubitz’s apartment in Dusseldorf and his parents home, authorities found torn-up medical documents from his doctor declaring him unfit to work, including on the day of the crash, the prosecutors office in Dusseldorf said in a statement Friday. The documents show that he was in treatment, according to the release.

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No suicide note or letter claiming responsibility for the crash was found during the searches, according to the statement.

Prosecutor’s spokesman Ralf Herrenbrueck said in a written statement that torn-up sick notes for the day of the crash “support the current preliminary assessment that the deceased hid his illness from his employer and colleagues.”

Such sick notes from doctors excusing employees from work are common in Germany and issued even for minor illnesses. Herrenbrueck didn’t reveal details of what illness Lubitz was suffering from.