Boulder Creek death deemed accident

The death of the man found at Boulder Creek Elementary School yesterday morning was deemed to be an accident by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office today.
William “Bo” Rodman, of Oregon is said to have fallen onto the concrete floor of a second-story balcony sometime late Sunday or early Monday morning.
“Based on evidence at the scene, it appears as though he fell. That fall combined with a medical condition caused his death,” Sgt. Dan Campos said.
Campos did not disclose what the medical issue was but said a forensic pathologist determined Rodman’s condition.
Rodman’s truck was found nearby.
“This was an accidental death,” Campos said.
An autopsy was performed Tuesday morning.
Family confirmed that Rodman is from Redmon, Oregon and was recently in the Santa Clara area visiting family. As a child, Rodman spent some time in Boulder Creek, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Why he was at the elementary school is unknown, Campos said.
A teacher found Thomas lying on his back on campus around 7 a.m. on Monday, April 12. His head was bloody and deputies originally treated his death as a homicide case.
Classes were canceled Monday morning for 500 elementary students who were supposed to return to school from spring break that morning. Students were back in classes Tuesday, with counselors on hand.
A meeting to discuss what happened was held by the school for parents Tuesday morning. At the meeting, Superintendent Julie Haff said there is a possibly the distric could use bond money to install security cameras on the campus.
Boulder Creek Elementary parent Cindy Smith, who has a five-year-old son at the school, said that word of the dead body traveled fast.
“There were a lot of rumors flying around,” Smith, 40, said. “Our first concern was that the teachers were safe. The school office and news outlets were very helpful on getting the information out.”
Christina Wise said she and her nine-year-old son watched the news together yesterday and talked about the facts.
“He seemed unaffected yesterday but today he was a bit apprehensive about coming to school,” said Wise, 41. “But the district is handling this with great care and that’s all we can hope for as parents.”