A veteran journalist who works for one of Egypt’s oldest newspapers was discovered hung early Thursday in what appeared to be a suicide.

Emad Al-Fekky, 54, worked in Al-Ahram’s news department. According to local media, he hanged himself near the window of his fourth-floor office using a rope.

Authorities were alerted after a worker at a church adjacent to Al-office Ahram’s noticed Al- Fekky’s decapitated head near a barrier between the two buildings.

The massive weight of Al-Fekky’s body according to local media, was what caused the head to get detached and plummet from the fourth level to the ground.

Prosecutors are looking into the situation and have reportedly called his family and coworkers for further interrogation.

According to reports, Al-Fekky has been denied promotions, incentives, and bonuses, and his pay has been reduced in recent years.

According to some stories, he was in financial trouble in the months leading up to his death.

Al-Fekky was described as happy, joking, and constantly having good relations with his colleagues by coworkers.

Alaa Thabet, the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram, has declined to comment on the incident until the investigation is over.

On Facebook, Mahmoud Kamel, a member of the country’s Journalists’ Syndicate, speculated that Al-Fekky committed suicide at his office to send a message to the “unfair” editor-in-chief who, he said, had drove him to suicide.

Thabet refuted Kamel’s claims and informed the syndicate that he would pursue legal action against him.