Cody's death was one of the most effective and surprising in Neighbours' history. Only days before, she had announced that she'd be moving to Newcastle to attend medical school there and stay with her brother Adam. She explained this to Sam, who she had only recently begun seeing and they decided that their relationship just wasn't destined to be. Meanwhile, the police were staking out number 28, as drugs had been discovered in an old car that Mal Kennedy was doing up, and the police were waiting for the dealers to come and retrieve them. After a tussle in the street, a shot rang out and Luke was horrified to find that Cody had been shot in the stomach. Cody's mother, Pam, came down from Darwin and it seemed as though Cody was going to recover - until she suffered a heart attack and died. Most fans knew that Peta was leaving, but the twists and turns in her final few weeks cleverly kept everyone guessing about how exactly her departure would come about. The subsequent memorial service was also very nicely done - remembering Cody's old friends Jen and Rick, who sent messages. Sam also received one final visit from Cody, when she appeared as a vision to tell him to move on with his life. Then Pam took the body back up to Darwin for burial, and Cody was never mentioned again.