Alabama lady killed by pack of dogs; owner charged with manslaughter

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Health was killed by a pack of dogs 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 Fb.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office stated. Officers discovered the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural space outside Pink Bay, close to the Mississippi line, according to the Fb post.

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

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

When officers arrived at the scene, several canines began attacking the residents, causing one in all them to sustain minor injuries and a number of the dogs to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then found Beard's body in the automobile, the sheriff's office said.

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

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

The Public Well being Department did not instantly reply to a request for comment.