Alabama girl 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 dogs in 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 Office stated Friday on Fb.

Jacqueline Summer season Beard was pronounced useless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents referred to as the police to report a suspicious car, the sheriff's office said. Officers discovered the car with Beard's physique inside it in a rural area outdoors Pink Bay, near the Mississippi line, in keeping with the Facebook publish.

Beard is believed to have been trying to contact the canine's owner — whom the sheriff's workplace 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 Well being Department. It reported that on Friday morning, she was following up on an incident earlier within the week wherein the canine attacked a girl who was walking. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, several dogs began attacking the residents, inflicting certainly one of them to maintain minor accidents and a few of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's workplace said. Officers then discovered Beard's body within the automotive, the sheriff's workplace said.

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

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

The Public Health Division didn't instantly reply to a request for comment.