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

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

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers found the car with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outdoors Crimson Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Fb publish.

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

AL.com, the website of a number of Alabama newspapers, reported that Beard was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor and a longtime employee of the Public Well being Division. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week through which the dogs attacked a lady who was strolling. The woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of dogs began attacking the residents, inflicting one among them to sustain minor accidents and among the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then discovered Beard's physique in the automobile, the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

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

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