article_snippet: The note, city prosecutor Christoph Kumpa said, had been "slashed.
article_snippet: the University Clinic said the official'd gone there twice, most recently on March 10, "concerning a diagnosis.
article_snippet: But the fact that investigators found "ripped, recent medical leave notes, including for the day of the offense, leads to the preliminary conclusion that the deceased kept the official illness secret from the official employer and the official professional environment," prosecutors said.
highlights_snippet: Ripped medical-leave notes found at Patrick Sondenheimer home indicate the co-pilot hid an illness, officials say .