Alabama woman killed by pack of canine; proprietor charged with manslaughter

An worker of the Alabama Division of Public Well being was killed by a pack of dogs in the northwestern a part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other assault involving the same dogs earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace mentioned Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer time Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents known as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outdoors Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, in response to the Fb submit.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the dog's owner — whom the sheriff's office recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's office stated.

AL.com, the website of several Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week wherein the canine attacked a girl who was strolling. The girl remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canines began attacking the residents, inflicting one in every of them to sustain minor accidents and a number of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers then found Beard's body in the automotive, the sheriff's office mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public data present.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office could not instantly be reached for comment.

The Public Well being Department didn't instantly respond to a request for comment.