The fiancé of a Bellevue woman who died in a car crash on Nov. 11 – a man with a reported history of violence who had reportedly been released from jail recently— has been identified as the driver in last week’s hit-and-run accident and is being held on $2 million bail.

Robert T. Jackson, Jr., 38, is being charged with vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run after the Nov. 11 crash in which the victim, Lindsay Hill, 35, was ejected from the vehicle. She died at the scene from blunt force injury to the head and a skull fracture, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Witnesses reported seeing Jackson fleeing the scene and later wandering around the nearby apartment complex in which he lived with the victim, covered in blood. He was apprehended by police after a brief struggle involving three officers and a taser.

Hill leaves behind two sons, the elder of whom reportedly ran to the scene of the collision and found the crashed car and his mother’s body.

Friends and family remember Hill has been warm and friendly, having made a group of friends in person and online.

“Lindsay was a wonderful person. She was always laughing and smiling and bringing out the best in people. She cared dearly for her two boys. My heart is shattered,” said Chere Bautista.

Another of Hill’s friends, Mechelle Chang, described her as vivacious and caring.

“She was a wonderful mother, her boys were everything to her. The words I keep coming back to are vivacious, loving and bubbly…People loved her,” she said.

Unfortunately, Hill had been the victim in more than one abusive relationship, Chang said.

“She was, I would say, trapped in the Catch-22 of wanting to be with people but having to pay the consequences. She didn’t reach out to anyone… Lindsay was very good at hiding her pain,” said Chang.

Hill had reportedly been living with Jackson for a few months, and the two identified themselves as engaged on Facebook. It was reported to police that the two had a violent relationship, and that Jackson had recently been released from prison, according to police records. He reportedly has a criminal history including assault, reckless endangerment and attempting to elude police.

On the night of the accident, a witness reported seeing an African-American man driving a black Lexus in Seattle repeatedly strike his passenger, a lighter skinned woman who appeared to be trying to exit the vehicle.

At one point, a coat, wallet and purse containing a Washington State driver’s license for Robert T. Jackson, credit cards issued to Lindsay Hill and a title of sale for the Lexus to a ‘Rober Jackson’ were thrown from the vehicle.

Approximately 20 minutes later, Bellevue police received calls alerting them to a car crash at the intersection of 119th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 60th Street. Callers reported hearing screeching tires and a loud bang before the power went out. Police arriving at the scene found Hill underneath the black Lexus, which police determined had been traveling westbound on Southeast 60th Street at a high rate of speed before losing control and hitting an electrical utility box.

Speed calculations conducted by a collision investigator determined that Lexus was at a minimum speed between 60 and 69 mph. The speed limit for Southeast 60th Street is 25 mph.

Two officers stated that they could smell alcohol on Jackson and that his eyes were bloodshot and glassy. Hill’s friend, Shelly Weinmeister, told police that Hill and Jackson had been out at a club earlier that evening and were clearly intoxicated.

The results of a blood test have yet to be released.

A GoFundMe account has been set up to benefit Hill’s sons. More information can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/yaawm9vw.

Anyone suffering from domestic violence is urged to contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).