Lawrenceville Police investigators say a man arrested for the fatal hit and run of an elderly woman last week has an address less than a mile from the scene.

Tran Hong, 79, was hit and killed by someone driving a small U-Haul truck as she walked along Johnson Road to go the grocery store September 10th.

Lt. Jake Parker says 51-year-old Leonard Decouto ditched the U-Haul truck with front-end damage within two days of the accident. U-Haul recovered the vehicle in Duluth and notified police.

“When they processed it, they looked at that particular damage, and it’s consistent with striking a pedestrian,” he tells WSB’s Sandra Parrish.

Parker says Decouto, who would often rent trucks to pick up strap metal for recycling, was identified through his rental contract. He was arrested at a recycling facility in Norcross Monday night which had been told to notify police if he showed up to the business.

Decouto is facing charges of first degree vehicular homicide, felony hit and run, and failure to maintain lane.