A legislative aide is facing charges in a Friday morning deadly hit-and-run wreck.

Police are not officially releasing the name of the victim, but friends tell KVUE News the woman killed was Courtney Griffin, 30.  She lived just a few doors down from where she was killed.

The hit-and-run victim used to work at the Lake Austin Boulevard Animal Hospital.  Colleagues and friends described Griffin as extremely talented, extremely friendly and very well-liked.

She was walking back to her apartment on Enfield Lane either late Thursday or early Friday when she was hit by a vehicle.

"Since I've lived here in January, it's actually the second accident I've seen right in front of my house," said Jason Leggett, a Tarrytown resident.

A woman taking out her garbage on Exposition around 5 a.m. Friday was the first to discover Griffin's body at the edge of her driveway.  At first, it wasn't clear what happened.  A 911 call placed hours later gave police their first good lead.

"There was very little physical evidence on the scene leading us to a suspect vehicle, but three hours later, at approximately 9-o'clock in the morning, we received an anonymous tip from a 911 call indicating that the suspect vehicle was at an address on Windsor," said Michael McCarter with Austin police's Vehicular Homicide Department.

Austin police say the car in question belongs to 23-year-old Gabrielle Nastande, an aide for State Representative Wayne Christian, R-Center.  The car was found at an acquaintance's home on Windsor, around the corner from the accident scene.

"We arrived and found that vehicle and found that this was indeed the suspect vehicle and this was confirmed by body damage to the vehicle on the windshield," said McCarter.

Nastande was later arrested at work inside the State Capitol.  The Travis County Medical Examiner is trying to determine exactly what time Griffin was killed.

Nastande is charged with failure to stop and render aid, a third-degree felony.  If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison.