Update from Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office: Remains of missing woman located

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, Bobbie Jo Saltzman, who was reported missing on Tuesday, Sept. 12, , has been located.
Couvillon announced the update on Friday morning (Sept. 15).
Saltzman’s remains were transported to Louisiana Forensics for an autopsy to determine cause of death.
Her boyfriend, identified as 34 year-old David James Smith, originally from New Iberia, Louisiana, who was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the crash, has been booked into the Vermilion Parish Correctional Center on a warrant signed by the Honorable Andre Doguet for a charge of Hit and Run with No Bond.
The investigation is on-going and further charges are pending.

Original story:

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, Detectives are attempting to locate a missing person identified as Bobbie Jo Saltzman. Ms. Saltzman is described as a 49-year-old white female, approximately 5 feet, 4 inches, 300 pounds. Ms. Saltzman was last seen wearing a brown floral top (same as picture), with burgundy athletic shorts and lime green crocs.
Ms. Saltzman has several tattoos. The name “David” on one arm and a picture of a blooming rose on the other. Ms. Saltzman has a tattoo of a rose on one of her feet. The names of “Chad”, “Claryssa” and “Elaine” are tattooed on the shoulders.
Ms. Saltzman was allegedly last seen driving a white in color, Nissan Frontier, crew cab in the Indian Bayou area early Monday morning; however, the vehicle was located crashed on Pressley Road in Maurice later Monday morning (Sept. 11, 2023) with no occupants. Ms. Saltzman has not been seen or heard from since approximately 3:41 a.m. on Monday morning.
If anyone has any information in reference to Ms. Saltzman, please contact the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office at 337-893-0871 or detectives at 337-898-4403. Ms. Saltzman is entered into NCIC as missing.