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

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

Jacqueline Summer Beard was pronounced lifeless Friday by the Franklin County coroner after native residents called the police to report a suspicious vehicle, the sheriff's workplace mentioned. Officers discovered the automotive with Beard's body inside it in a rural space outdoors Purple Bay, near the Mississippi line, based on the Facebook submit.

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

AL.com, the website of a number of 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 dogs attacked a woman who was walking. The girl stays hospitalized in Mississippi, AL.com reported.

When officers arrived at the scene, a number of canine started attacking the residents, inflicting considered one of them to sustain minor accidents and some of the canine to be euthanized immediately, the sheriff's office said. Officers then found Beard's physique within the automobile, the sheriff's office mentioned.

Dowdy was charged with manslaughter and is being held with out bail, public data show.

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

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