A man came forward Feb. 9 to claim responsibility for a phone call that prompted the closure of a La Jolla school last week and spurred a law enforcement investigation. William Cooper told San Diego’s Ch. 10 he was the one who made the call, but he said he never made an actual threat and seems to think it was a misunderstanding. He said he called because he just wanted to know how his 5-year-old daughter was doing. He lives in England and cannot talk to her or see her. He said he had a court order to get the information, so he was frustrated when school staff would not tell him. “I said, ‘What do you want me to say, I have a friend who’s going to go down there to put a bomb in the school to get your attention?'” Cooper said in a phone interview. An FBI official said there were specifics in the threat, but Cooper said that is not true. “The FBI agent … I’d like him to come to England and face me and question me over that,” Cooper said. “That is ludicrous. That’s stupid.” La Jolla Country Day School was closed on Feb. 4 after the FBI said the school received a telephone message the day before from “a known individual” who threatened to place a bomb on the campus. In a letter to parents immediately following the threat, Interim Head of School Judy Fox had said the person was not affiliated with the school. FBI officials had said the person was not a student or a school staff member. The threat prompted authorities to search the campus, but nothing suspicious was found. Extra security was at the school when classes resumed on Feb. 5. Reporters at Ch. 10 tracked down Cooper’s ex, Cara, the girl’s mom. She said she does not think he would bomb a school but thinks he is unpredictable. “I would just ask him why … why do this to your own child,” Cara said. “I am devastated that it has come to this, and I am of course deeply saddened that it affected this many people.” The little girl will not be returning to La Jolla Country Day. La Jolla Country Day School is a private college-preparatory school with about 1,200 students. It has students as young as 3 and serves pupils through the 12th grade. –KGTV