Alabama lady killed by pack of canines; proprietor charged with manslaughter

An employee of the Alabama Division of Public Health was killed by a pack of canine within the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about another attack involving the same canines earlier within the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Friday on Facebook.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents called the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office said. Officers found the automobile with Beard's body inside it in a rural area exterior Red Bay, near the Mississippi line, in line with the Fb submit.

Beard is believed to have been making an attempt to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace identified as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the canine killed her, the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

AL.com, the web site of a number of Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime worker of the Public Health Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week through which the canine attacked a woman who was walking. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, a number of canine began attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to sustain minor injuries and a number of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office stated. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automobile, the sheriff's workplace said.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held without bail, public data present.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office couldn't instantly be reached for comment.

The Public Health Division did not immediately reply to a request for comment.