Charges Filed in Hit-and-Run Death of Kirkland Native

A 19-year-old Mt. Si High School graduate will be arraigned later this month in the hit-and-run death of Kirkland native Lucinda "Lucy" Pieczatkowski on New Year’s Day.

Cody Eads, of North Bend, was charged last week with one count of felony hit-and-run in the 57-year-old’s death near North Bend.

According to charging documents, Eads, who was 18 at the time, went to a New Year’s Eve party in Fall City, got into a fight with his girlfriend and left in his Ford F150 pickup at about 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1, 2013.

He was driving down Stone Quarry Road, where Pieczatkowski had gotten out of a car after an argument and was walking alone along the road. Eads hit her with his truck and drove home, the documents said. Snoqualmie Police and the King County Sheriff’s Office found her body in a ditch a few hours later.

After the crash, Eads called his girlfriend, who told authorities later that he was “bawling his head off and didn’t know what to do,” documents said. The next day, the Eads family attorney contacted the sheriff’s office and said the truck involved in the crash was parked at their home.

Police used cell phone records to trace Eads’ travel from the party to his home at the time Pieczatkowski was killed.

According to the King County Prosecutor’s Office, Eads doesn’t have a criminal history; his traffic history includes citations for speeding in 2010, 2011 and 2012, a crash in 2010 and a violation of his learner’s permit in 2009.

Previous coverage:

Eight Weeks Later, Still No Arrest in Fatal New Year's Day Hit-and-Run

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