While investigating Evelyn's disapearance and first meeting with woodman, i quickhacked him while getting out the room through the elevator - not enough damage to kill him, though. But i did enter combat state with the folks there because of it.
Later, while talking to Maiko, it was insinuated that Woodman was already death and i was the perpetrator.

After skipping through a few threads here, i feel like the game checks if hes dead by crossing if you entered combat with him or not, NOT by...

[Spoilers] Woodman didnt die - Yet Judy and Maiko didnt get the memo