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

An worker of the Alabama Department of Public Well being was killed by a pack of canines within the northwestern part of the state final week as she was responding to a report about one other attack involving the identical dogs earlier in the week, the Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace said Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced dead Friday by the Franklin County coroner after local residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's office mentioned. Officers discovered the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outdoors Crimson Bay, close to the Mississippi line, according to the Facebook publish.

Beard is believed to have been attempting to contact the dog's proprietor — whom the sheriff's office recognized as Brandy Dowdy, 39 — when the dogs killed her, the sheriff's office said.

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 Well being Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier in the week wherein the canine attacked a woman who was strolling. The lady stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, several canine began attacking the residents, inflicting one of them to maintain minor accidents and a few of the canine to be euthanized instantly, the sheriff's workplace said. 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 information present.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Workplace couldn't immediately be reached for remark.

The Public Health Department did not instantly reply to a request for remark.